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There's a video of a night-time police stop of a 17-year-old driver in Michigan for flashing the officer with high beams. The officer initially states his intention to only give the driver a warning. Unfortunately, the kid decided to play the "am I free to go?" line rather than cooperate, and the officer decided to es... |
There's a video of a night-time police stop of a 17-year-old driver in Michigan for flashing the officer with high beams. The officer initially states his intention to only give the driver a warning. Unfortunately, the kid decided to play the "am I free to go?" line rather than cooperate, and the officer decided to es... |
There's a video of a night-time police stop of a 17-year-old driver in Michigan for flashing the officer with high beams. The officer initially states his intention to only give the driver a warning. Unfortunately, the kid decided to play the "am I free to go?" line rather than cooperate, and the officer decided to es... |
Hypothetically speaking, let's say that a person is very paranoid about intruders, government, end of the world, so on. They decided to buy some land and have a fence around the property with clear markings "do not enter" and warnings that there are "traps" in the area. The person makes every reasonable attempt to warn... |
I have heard that it is ok to not have a child car seat if you are coming / going to an Airport. I googled it and found conflicting opinions. Is it allowed as per law to not use child car seat in a cab?
As per my understanding, at all times we need to use a child car seat, whether cab or your own car.
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Is a child car seat required in California cabs? |
**Yes, unless special circumstances arise.**
Quoting [V C Section 27360](http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d12/c5/a3.3/27360),
> (a) Except as provided in Section 27363 a parent, legal guardian, or driver shall not transport on a highway in a motor vehicle, as d... |
There's a video of a night-time police stop of a 17-year-old driver in Michigan for flashing the officer with high beams. The officer initially states his intention to only give the driver a warning. Unfortunately, the kid decided to play the "am I free to go?" line rather than cooperate, and the officer decided to es... |
It seems that a person who is deported will normally be deported to the country of their citizenship, but this is not a requirement, particularly if the person is stateless. In such cases the person may be deported to a country of which they *used* to be a citizen. For example, according to http://travel.state.gov/cont... |
What happens to an individual who is deported to a country of which they are not a citizen? |
Even if the authorities *aren't* injured, the homeowner may well face criminal charges. Many states make it illegal to set booby traps; for instance, California makes it a felony in [section 20110 of the Penal Code](http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=20001-21000&file=20110). The definition ... |
(US Answer) Under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, "*A lawyer may reveal information relating to the representation of a client to the extent the lawyer **reasonably** believes necessary... to prevent **reasonably** certain death or substantial bodily harm...*" Most states have incorporated the MRPC into their ... |
The [CAN bus Wikipedia page][1] states that:
> CAN bus is one of five protocols used in the on-board diagnostics
> (OBD)-II vehicle diagnostics standard. The OBD-II standard has been
> mandatory for all cars and light trucks sold in the United States
> since 1996, and the EOBD standard has been mandatory for all ... |
Since when is CAN bus mandatory for new vehicles? |
The [CAN bus Wikipedia page][1] states that:
> CAN bus is one of five protocols used in the on-board diagnostics
> (OBD)-II vehicle diagnostics standard. The OBD-II standard has been
> mandatory for all cars and light trucks sold in the United States
> since 1996, and the EOBD standard has been mandatory for all ... |
When I was interviewing for a contractor job, the hiring manager indicated many times that they will convert me to full time job within one year. (I resigned from my full time job to take this contractor job due to his verbal promise).
During this time, I was offered full time job by other companies and I did not ac... |
Can you take an employer to court for false promise? |
Can I publish a book and the source code in the book under two different licenses?<br>
Eg. Publish a book under the GNU FDL license, but license the source code examples in this book under the Apache license? |
Can I publish a book and source code in the book under different licenses? |
On busy streets lanes near an intersection generally have arrow markings such as "straight only", and "right/left only". If you are on the "straight only" lane, when is the latest that you may enter into the "right/left only lane" before coming close to the intersection, in New York City?
If you had entered into the... |
On busy streets lanes near an intersection generally have arrow markings such as "straight only", and "right/left only":
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
If you are on the "straight only" lane, when is the latest that you may enter into the "right/left only lane" before coming close to the intersection in... |
Good timing: I just got a new OBD II scanner yesterday.
Since this might hit a wider audience, I'll take a foundation-first approach. Your vehicle is comprised of things like brakes, ABS, fuel injection, gear box. Nowadays, these parts are operated by electronic controllers.
The physical path by which the contr... |
Busy streets lanes near an intersection sometimes have arrow markings such as "straight only", and "right/left only":
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
If you are on the "straight only" lane, when is the latest that you may enter into the "right/left only lane" before coming close to the intersection in Ne... |
What is the latest that one can enter into a right/left-only lane in order to make a turn at the intersection in NYC? |
U.S. states have tended to decriminalize suicide over the last few decades. However, this doesn't mean the deceased person's family can always recover damages. For example, see *Wackwitz v. Roy*, 418 S.E.2d 861 (Va. 1992).
Likewise, many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusions that allow the ... |
Is suicide legal in the U.S.? |
Is suicide legal in the U.S., and does it void insurance benefits? |
A friend of mine was doing business with Company A, and asked a lawyer to draft a contract saying that if Company A failed to perform, my friend would be able to take possession of Asset X (the critical asset), as an indemnity so that he could do the job himself. The lawyer drafted a contract with Asset Y (a totally di... |
U.S. states have tended to decriminalize suicide over the last few decades. However, this doesn't mean the deceased person's family can always recover damages. For example, see *Wackwitz v. Roy*, 418 S.E.2d 861 (Va. 1992).
Likewise, many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusions that allow the ... |
What statutes constrain an insurance provider's treatment of suicide? |
Is suicide legal? U.S. states have tended to decriminalize suicide over the last few decades. However, this doesn't mean the deceased person's family can always recover damages. For example, see *Wackwitz v. Roy*, 418 S.E.2d 861 (Va. 1992).
Likewise, many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusi... |
When I was interviewing for a contractor job, the hiring manager indicated many times that they would convert my position to full time job within one year. (I resigned from my full time job to take this contractor job due to his verbal promise).
During this time, I was offered full time jobs by other companies and I... |
U.S. states have tended to decriminalize suicide over the last few decades. However, this doesn't mean the deceased person's family can always recover damages. For example, see *Wackwitz v. Roy*, 418 S.E.2d 861 (Va. 1992).
Likewise, many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusions that allow the ... |
U.S. states have tended to decriminalize suicide over the last few decades. However, this doesn't mean the deceased person's family can always recover damages. For example, see *Wackwitz v. Roy*, 418 S.E.2d 861 (Va. 1992).
Likewise, many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusions that allow the ... |
At one point, legal scholars referred to suicide as a form of self-murder (for example, see Coke or Hale). However, this view seems to be changing.
*Are those who take their own lives guilty of some crime, or have some forms of the act been decriminalized? What about those who willingly assist?*
Regardless of ... |
To what extent is suicide legal in the U.S. and in individual states? |
My question relates to one Apple App Store guideline:
> Referencing third-party platforms in your app or its metadata is not appropriate on the App Store.
I will explain, what does this means: it is prohibited to show any information about other platforms in the application. So, the developer is prohibited from ... |
At one point, legal scholars referred to suicide as a form of self-murder (for example, see Coke or Hale).
*Are those who take their own lives guilty of some crime, or have some forms of the act been decriminalized? What about those who willingly assist?*
**Note**:
If you've been contemplating things, the peop... |
Many insurance companies have explicit suicide clauses: exclusions that allow the company to *deny* benefits to the policy holder's estate. Essentially, suicide voids the benefits policy.
What statutes (if any) govern an insurance company's actions in this arena? That is, do any statutes prohibit a company from de... |
Though this question would be great to know for various legal systems, I'm tagging this with [tag:united-states] since it will likely be complicated enough with just a single country being considered.
When can someone be legally required to enter a facility because of their mental illness? Are there particular diagn... |
(US) Under what circumstances can a person be forced to enter a facility for having a mental illness? |
Taking the US as an example, the [Constitution][1] states
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress... |
Bob locked his bike. Two hours after he found another bike locked to his. Can he cut through the lock that doesn't belong to him on his own?
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I am mostly interested in the following locations:
- California, United States
- Massachusetts, United States
- Paris, France
- Seoul, South Korea |
Bike locked to mine: am I allowed to cut through the lock on my own? |
Quite a few states have laws against things like "interfering with a peace officer" or "obstructing a peace officer".
This action might or might not fall within that statute, but there's enough variation in wording between states that it's impossible to say in general. It can also depend on some other parts of the s... |
Five bills are mentioned in [this report](http://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RL33706.pdf). Two of them, H.R. 2422 and S. 829, are very similar and appear to be applicable to the same situations (though I can not find the full text of the latter), with the only difference being that the former was introduced in the House of... |
How common is it for bills to be introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate? |
Have just been reading about the remarkable jetpack flight over Dubai, in the article [Flying over Dubai — and other places — with jetpacks][1] (a YouTube of the incredible flight is included in the article).
My question is, what is the law regarding a similar flight over an Australian city? (for example, flying ov... |
Can a personal jetpack flight legally occur over Australian cities? |
Yes, of course he can; he would probably need tools like bolt cutters or a hack saw unless he were very strong or the lock was very weak.
Perhaps you meant to ask if Bob is committing a crime or a tort by doing so?
Yes, of course he is; the tort is known as Wilful Damage and the crime usually has a similar name.
The... |
Have just been reading about the remarkable jetpack flight over Dubai, in the article [Flying over Dubai — and other places — with jetpacks][1] (a YouTube of the incredible flight is available on [YouTube][2]).
My question is, what is the law regarding a similar flight over an Australian city? (for example, flying ... |
All software development contracts I've seen specify that x piece of software will be developed for y dollars within z amount of time. This works out for traditional [Waterfall][1] model projects, where you do a lot of forward planning and it is reasonable to expect that you will know how long the project will take ne... |
How should a contract for Agile software development differ from a contract for Waterfall software development? |
Yes, of course he can; he would probably need tools like bolt cutters or a hack saw unless he were very strong or the lock was very weak.
Perhaps you meant to ask if Bob is committing a crime or a tort by doing so?
For common law jurisdictions:
Yes, of course he is; the tort is known as Wilful Damage and the crime u... |
Five bills are mentioned in [this report](http://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RL33706.pdf). Two of them, H.R. 2422 and S. 829, are very similar and appear to be applicable to the same situations (though I can not find the full text of the latter), with the only difference being that the former was introduced in the House of... |
Could a personal jetpack flight legally occur over Australian cities? |
One time, on a long, straight, downhill on-ramp to an Interstate highway, there was a cop pointing his laser at the cars that were on their way to enter the highway. The speed limit on the highway is 65 mph, while the speed limit on the street that the other end of the ramp is connected to is 35 mph, but no speed is po... |
In Ohio, what is the speed limit on an on-ramp? |
One time, on a long, straight, downhill on-ramp to an interstate highway, there was a cop pointing his laser at the cars that were on their way to enter the highway. The speed limit on the highway is 65 mph, while the speed limit on the street that the other end of the ramp is connected to is 35 mph, but no speed is po... |
One time, on a long, straight, downhill on-ramp to an interstate highway, there was a cop pointing his laser at the cars that were going down the ramp on their way to enter the highway. The speed limit on the highway is 65 mph, while the speed limit on the street that the other end of the ramp is connected to is 35 mph... |
So, this might sound like an odd question, but at a very simple ethical level there is a clear problem with using an adblocker. There is, after all, a very clear understanding that ad providers are paying them for your access to the content or put differently: You pay for the content by watching those ads (of which sel... |
Is it illegal/unlawful to use an adblocker? |
Typically - in fact - in almost all cases - there are no posted, regulatory speed limits for on- and off- ramps.
[This article](http://www.sptimes.com/News/050700/SouthPinellas/A_word_of_advice_on_r.shtml) proved interesting. Specifically,
> Those ramp speed signs, black numerals on a yellow field, are advisory onl... |
Bob locked his bike. Two hours after he found another bike locked to his. Is he allowed to cut through the lock that doesn't belong to him on his own?
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I am mostly interested in the following locations:
- California, United States
- Massachusetts, United States
- Paris, France
- Seoul, South Kor... |
The statute doesn't say much in detail (from the New York State [Vehicle and Traffic Law](http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/lawssrch.cgi?NVLWO) (unfortunately, the site works on javascript, so, you have to navigate by opening the "Laws" menu and then making your way from there):
§ 1128. Driving on roadways ... |
A friend and I bought a fixer-upper house. I paid in full for it. She was supposed to pay for all repairs, and made many other promises. She said she would have income from a settlement for 7 years that would cover the repair. Because of this, I put her name on the title. Huge mistake, of course.
She has broken eve... |
The statute doesn't say much in detail (from the New York State [Vehicle and Traffic Law](http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/lawssrch.cgi?NVLWO) (unfortunately, the site works on javascript, so, you have to navigate by opening the "Laws" menu and then making your way from there):
§ 1128. Driving on roadways ... |
I read on [EricaJoy's salary transparency experiment at Google](https://storify.com/_danilo/ericajoy-s-salary-transparency-experiment-at-googl):
> It's illegal to retaliate against employees for sharing salaries.
Is that so, in the United States? |
Is it illegal to retaliate against employees for sharing salaries? |
So, this might sound like an odd question, but at a very simple ethical level there is a clear problem with using an adblocker. There is, after all, a very clear understanding that ad providers are paying them for your access to the content or put differently: You pay for the content by watching those ads (of which sel... |
Is adBlocker modifying the service? AdBlocker is a browser modification that tell the browser not to display this service or load this service. Google delivers the content, then your browser is in charge of displaying the content.
Many Web browsers don't display ad's without the aid of addOns like AdBlock.
- We... |
So, this might sound like an odd question, but at a very simple ethical level there is a clear problem with using an adblocker. There is, after all, a very clear understanding that ad providers are paying them for your access to the content or put differently: You pay for the content by watching those ads (of which sel... |
> **Short answer: You don't know, you can't know and you can't force the officer to tell you.**
As a practical matter, you have no way of knowing if you are compelled to follow an officer's order because you are being detained unless the officer volunteers that information (your detention status) which they are not ... |
<h3>Summary Conclusion</h3>
> **You don't know, you can't know and you can't force the officer to tell you.**
<hr>
<h3>Detention Status</h3>
As a practical matter, you have no way of knowing if you are compelled to follow an officer's order because you are being detained unless the officer volunteers that informa... |
My mother was convicted of something nearly 20 years ago in the UK, but since it was not worthy of prison forgot about the details soon after. I need to know about it in order to fully disclose information about everyone living in my house for an application I am making, but I don't know how to find out about details a... |
How to find record of conviction? |
This is a fun one. I don't have any particular domain knowledge about this question. So this one is just a guess.
My answer is strictly from a practical standpoint. If I were faced with this situation in real life, what would I do? (Technical point: I feel the vagueness of the language, "Is he allowed to" allows me ... |
Real property seems to have peculiar legal customs. For example, if somebody has leased property like a vehicle and defaults on their lease the most expeditious way for the true owner to recover the property seems to be repossession, which is essentially physical recovery by "reasonable" force.
But when it comes to... |
This is a fun one. I don't have any particular domain knowledge about this question. So this one is just a guess.
My answer is strictly from a practical standpoint. If I were faced with this situation in real life, what would I do? (Technical point: I feel the vagueness of the language, "Is he allowed to" allows me ... |
Is it illegal to run away from a police officer in a way that provokes them, in the US? |
According to the answers in [this question][1] it's legal to photograph someone in public without their consent. I'm assuming the answers still hold true for video or audio recording (such as what can be done with a smart phone). What counts as public? For example if your at the gym or your in an office and record your... |
What is considered "public" in the context of taking videos or audio recordings? |
An [article on SFGATE from 2013](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Corporation-not-person-in-carpool-lanes-4173366.php) explains the legal efforts of Johnathan Frieman of San Rafael, CA in creating a test case for corporate personhood.
Frieman argues that if corporate personhood is valid, and corporations have... |
Do corporations have equal rights with natural persons to carpool on California freeways? |
An [article on SFGATE from 2013](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Corporation-not-person-in-carpool-lanes-4173366.php) explains the legal efforts of Johnathan Frieman of San Rafael, CA in creating a test case for corporate personhood.
Frieman argues that if corporate personhood is valid, and corporations have... |
Articles on [SFGATE from 2013](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Corporation-not-person-in-carpool-lanes-4173366.php) and [Wikipedia: Jonathan Frieman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Frieman) describe the legal efforts of Johnathan Frieman of San Rafael, CA in creating an odd test case for corporate personh... |
Busy streets lanes near an intersection sometimes have arrow markings such as "straight only", and "right/left only":
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
If you are on the "straight only" lane, when is the latest that you may enter into the "right/left only lane" before coming close to the intersection in Ne... |
According to the answers in [this question][1] it's legal to photograph someone in public without their consent. I'm assuming the answers still hold true for video or audio recording (such as what can be done with a smart phone). What counts as public? For example, if you're at the gym or you're in an office and record... |
This is an amusing idea, but ultimately it seems frivolous: How does one establish the physical presence of a corporation in a car?
Yes, corporations have _some_ of the legal rights and liabilities of people, but they are not people. And there are plenty of rights a person has that a corporation does not. For exam... |
My question relates to one Apple App Store guideline:
> Referencing third-party platforms in your app or its metadata is not appropriate on the App Store.
I understand this to mean that it is prohibited to show any information about other platforms in the application. So, the developer is prohibited from mention... |
In the U.S. this is a notoriously perilous area of the law, particularly because the laws regarding recording vary so much between the states. A good source for this question is [the RCFP](http://www.rcfp.org/reporters-recording-guide/state-state-guide).
To give you an example: [In Pennsylvania it is a _felony_](ht... |
From Wiki:
'Argumentative is an evidentiary objection raised in response to a question which prompts a witness to draw inferences from facts of the case.
...
For example, if a lawyer on direct examination were to ask his witness, "So he was driving negligently?," opposing counsel could raise an argumentative objecti... |
What is the opposite of argumentative? |
_Non-argumentative_?
You list one of a number of possible objections that can be raised to a question posed to a witness during a trial. The opposite of _a question that can be disallowed_ under the rules of trial is presumably _a question that is allowed_. |
From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentative):
> Argumentative is an evidentiary objection raised in response to a question which prompts a witness to draw inferences from facts of the case.
> ...
> For example, if a lawyer on direct examination were to ask his witness, "So he was driving neglig... |
<sup>This arose from an actual conversation in chat. The question was originally posed by Doorknob.</sup>
Let's say that someone [denied the Holocaust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_denial) in a message posted in a Stack Exchange chat room. This is a crime in many countries. What jurisdiction w... |
What jurisdiction would a crime committed in an internet chat room fall under? |
I'm working with a few folks on updating some serious software for mechanism design. Engineered mechanisms have existed in the world now for a few hundred years or so.
[![Six Bar Mechanisms][1]][1]
The science here isn't really new. We're debating bringing out some software for mechanism design and synthesis. We... |
<sup>This arose from an actual conversation in chat. The question was originally posed by Doorknob.</sup>
Let's say that someone [denied the Holocaust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_denial) in a message posted in a Stack Exchange chat room. This is a crime in many countries. What jurisdiction c... |
What jurisdictions could a crime committed in an internet chat room fall under? |
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