[W126 Coupe] correction on advice I gave about VA radar

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Hey there Richard,
MD hits you that hard for 20 over on an interstate in the middle of
the night on a week day??


Besides, I moved to Atlanta, and the cops here have bigger fish to fry
then me riding the 80-90 mark...

Jonathan



On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:43:05 -0500, Shayegan, Richard
<rishayegan at davidson.edu> wrote:
> A self-describer bored law student (albeit Australian but he was bored
> enough to look into US laws) says this:
> ---------------------------
> re: our earlier contact this is what I have discovered about the US laws
> on recording conversations between people. It is legal to record a
> conversation between two people as long as one party is aware of it and
> agrees to it in 38 states (this is apparently a state law ... same in
> Australia FYI )
> 
> the following 12 states require both parties to be aware, or have other
> other conditions on this sort of thing.
> 
> California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts,
> Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington.
> 
> So if you don't live in any of those states you can tape whomever you
> want as long as you know and consent (selling/displaying said recordings
> are another matter altogether) using them privately or in a court case
> is OK though (by my limited reading).
> 
> hope this helped, just remember I am an Australian and still just a
> student so don't take any of this as Gospel.
> --------------------------
> 
> So, one, this would explain Bill saying I'd be getting into hot water if
> I recorded a conversation, and two, in VA I'd be ok. Assuming this is
> correct of course. I'll ask the American lawyer I know next time I see
> him online. But either way, if it were illegal to record the
> conversation everywhere, if you knew you were getting a detector ticket,
> saying to the cop that you will record the conversation so that he is
> aware would keep you legal and it would achieve the desired purpose
> (i.e. make sure you don't get falsely charged or given some illegal
> bargain).
> Richard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jim Nowak
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:47 AM
> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] correction on advice I gave about VA radar
> 
> Why would it be any different that a cop recording his
> traffic stops.  You don't need permission in a public
> place.
> 
> Jim
> 
> --- "Bill P." <bl6377 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > If you have a recorder going in a public place like
> > a restaurant and you are
> > recording a conversation from another table, ok
> > (MAYBE)!  They should have
> > kept their voices down so not to be heard.  But to
> > record a conversation
> > between two people (Cop & Speeder) without one's
> > knowledge is no good!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> > [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On
> > Behalf Of Jim Nowak
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 21:36
> > To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> > Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] correction on advice I
> > gave about VA radar
> >
> > The tape recorder should not get you in any trouble
> > since you are in a "public" location.  However, if
> > you
> > were on a phone or in a private bld, ETC, that would
> > be a different story all together.  Out in the open
> > on
> > a public roadway, you can video or audio tape and
> > there is nothing they can do.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The MB Coupes Website!
> > W126 SEC Mailing List
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> >
> 
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