‘Failure to identify’: New bill targets drivers who don’t provide name during traffic stops

CLEVELAND (WJW) — According to State Rep. Sharon Ray of Wadsworth (R), there is a growing trend of drivers in Northeast Ohio refusing to comply with police orders — identifying instead as so-called “sovereign citizens.”

“These are folks who do not believe they have to identify themselves at traffic stops,” Ray explained.

Ray is co-sponsoring House Bill 492, which she says would close a loophole in Ohio law…

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