Went and got myself arrested today...

[Ghost in the Machine]

147. You were temporarily detained, not arrested. That's the common terminology, and is commonly done...

"Here, have a seat in my car while I run your license and check for unpaid tickets/outstanding warrants".

Both of my kids were driving at 9 & 10 years old, they learned on our property, driving my old 4 wheel drive around the property (I have 15 acres). Sometimes they would "run up to grandma's" (we live way out in the sticks and my folks live on the same road, 4 houses down from me).

My daughter couldn't wait to turn 16 and go get her license, but my son never had an interest in getting his. He still drove around the property, but wasn't allowed to leave "our hill". He rode with his sister, or had friends come pick him up.

To make a long story short, when he was 18, he stayed the night with some friends. He called me the next morning and asked me to meet him at the bank with his check. When I met him, he was driving his friends vehicle, with his friend in the passenger seat. My exact words to him were "boy, you better get out from behind that wheel, or you're gonna get pulled over and get your ass locked up". Six hours later, I get a call, telling me my son was in jail. I asked "what for?" "Driving without a license", was the answer. I called the jail, confirmed he was in there, what the charges were, and how much the bond was. They said "oh, he's getting out now, no bond, just being released with a citation to appear in court. If he shows up at court with a valid license, the case will be dropped". That was the "incentive" he needed. I took him down to the Drivers License Office the next day, he took the test, got his license, went to court, and the charges were dropped.

There's your difference between "arrested" and "detained".

Peace,

Ghost