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kevinds t1_j70i9aj wrote

>It may be possible to argue double jeopardy if he had received the ticket and then a few miles down the road while in route to a place that he can bring himself into compliance he received the same tickets but that isn't what happened.

>Double jeopardy is for the EXACT SAME crime - as in the same charges from the same incident that happened at the same time.

He was stopped twice, given tickets twice, but has four tickets for driving more than 8 hours without a break.

>What happened is he broke the law.

>7 hours later he broke the law again

And got 4 tickets for driving without an 8 hour break, the EXACT SAME CRIME.

That is why I said "pretty sure only two of those are valid". One from each time he was pulled over, totalling two.

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