Originally Posted by
dougmc
He can't take you to jail simply for a minor traffic ticket. And by this I mean yes, he could -- but police departments have policies against that sort of bull and he'd get in trouble for it and he knows it...
Actually he can take you to jail for a minor traffic violation; with a couple of exceptions you can be arrested for almost any traffic violation, especially moving violations. Do you know for a fact that departments have policies against it or are you just making assumptions? Is it just an Austin thing because I know for a fact in San Antonio they will arrest you and book you for traffic offenses if they want to and nothing will be said about it.