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• On the Blog Post Ohio's Totalitarian "Hidden Box" Law is Unacceptable

  Daniel Rosen

  9:46 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

  This article is misleading. Reading the article "It doesn't matter why you want a hidden compartment, nor what you use it for. If you have one, you may face 18 months in jail and a $5,000 fine if this bill becomes law." But reading the bill you see this "No person shall knowingly operate, possess, or use a vehicle with a hidden compartment with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle has been or will be used to facilitate a crime."

  Truly hidden compartments are only located when a drug sniffing canine hits on a vehicle and the subsequent search reveals the hidden compartment. If someone wants a hidden compartment to transport money or valuables for a business purpose then since no crime is being facilitated there is no violation of this bill. If this compartment is discovered by the police without any drugs ever being used in that compartment it is a poorly constructed secret compartment anyway.

  Intent is a factor in this bill despite the author's claim.

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