[John Rogers]

Hi James, thanks for the recommendation but I haven't needed an attorney in the 40+ years I have lived here. I guess it is because that when I would even take the race car on test runs with the numbers and such on it I made sure to never ever give the police the chance to stop me, including registration, proof of insurance and my license. I don't think we got all the story, was the Humvee a government vehicle or personal since the drug guys that are coming up from the south use them and Chevy Suburbans a lot so they are very closely watched. Was the trailer marked as government in anyway even a federal license plate possibly and finally why were you driving it through the city in the first place instead of using I-5 if you were coming up from the south maybe the helo base at I.B. or some other place? If you were coming from NV and driving down I-15 then the whole area around there is San Diego and not Chula Vista except for the 8th street gate which is National City. The exits at the 32nd street base have nearly the highest accident rate in the county and many years ago the base CO asked for traffic cameras and extra police patrols to cut down on accidents and gang related crime due to the gang bangers so it was not the local police eciding to do the beefed up enforcement on there own.

I know when I was in the Navy and the few times I drove off the base that I had the number to call if I got stopped and someone would make sure there were no issues and I would not get hammered. I am surprised you did not call anyone for assistance and try to get someone to help you get out of it right then.

As for the ticket and fine in north county for the no insurance, that is a huge issue here and in all the border states and for example in Escondido there is a huge majority of illegals, they have NO license and NO insurance and it is driving the police crazy so EVERYONE that gets stopped has to show their proof of everything. The rate of uninsured drivers causing accidents is huge so the north county police are at a ZERO tolerance point now! As for me and my wife, we just make sure each vehicle has an insurance card in it and I always have my license with me. Most times I have my Ruger LCR but that is another matter.