that is an excessive rate of speed. She shouldn't have been going that fast, so I hope she still gets the ticket for that (I hate speeding, full disclosure).

Okay, she was speeding, and she got a ticket for that. She didn't contest that. But to be told that her VALID Canadian license was not good enough and all of the other copies of documentation she provided were rejected ? Plus she was handcuffed AND her car impounded ?

Disrespecting her Canadian license was bad enough, but the rest of it was sheer over-kill, power-tripping by the officer.

What's wrong with you ??

I live in a state next to Canada and there are Canadian drivers all over, and I have many colleagues who drive down here from Vancouver for business but geesh, that's almost 90 mph. What was wrong with her? I think they were both in the wrong (and the cop needs more training).

You are right about that. It is too easy for a loose rock or something on the road, even an animal skittering across the street, to cause you to swerve. And at that speed, physics takes over. And who among us has conquered physics ?

Sorry for being snarky. I'm just so tired of hearing about over-reaction by LEOs, especially for people of color. The article doesn't mention that, but because of the location, I might have assumed the worst.

I just feel that there are many levels on which this situation could have been avoided.

for pulling and ticketing cars, esp. out of state drivers. There's much desire for revenue collection according to Atlanta natives who've been charged there for speeding.

The invalid document claim is BS, and it's the second time there's been a post here lately about people having difficulty with digital ID records, specifically passports.

A few years ago students from DC were leaving Arizona after a hiking trip and agents at the airport held them due to their DC drivers licenses. The agents kept asking around whether DC was a state, ie valid, to the point where the couple almost missed their flight.

I never heard that you didn't need hard copy ID in another country though (not referring to DC).