Back in February of this year I was pulled over for not wearing a seat belt in a commercial tow truck in Oregon. The Washington County Sheriff's Office Deputy, J. Wilson, who is the commercial motor vehicle enforcement officer, was clueless about the law. Here's what happened, and yes, I did file a complaint with his sergeant, but was told by his sergeant that results of citizen complaints were not revealed to the public.
I was at a stop light. The deputy was sitting to my left, in the right lane waiting to go forward when his light turned green and the car in front of him moved. My light turned green and I went forward about 5 mph. When I went through the green light, I saw in my large over-size mirrors that his sheriff's van had made an illegal turn in the lane next to me. My other light was green that was next and I turned left in the right left turn lane (two lanes turned left here.
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