A peace officer is signaling for you to drive to the edge of the roadway. You decide to ignore the officer's warning and flee the scene. You are guilty of a misdemeanor and can be punished by being:
- Fined up to $1,000.
- Jailed in the county jail for not more than one year. ✓
- Given a warning and a citation.
Answer: B. Jailed in the county jail for not more than one year.
You are guilty of a misdemeanor and can be punished by being jailed in the county jail for not more than one year.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says using a motor vehicle to flee or try to evade law enforcement who are doing their job is a misdemeanor. It states the punishment for that is imprisonment in a county jail for one year or less. Ignoring an officer's signal to pull to the edge of the roadway and driving off is exactly that kind of fleeing, so the county jail term is the penalty the handbook lists.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Fined up to $1,000. — The handbook gives jail time, not a fine amount, as the punishment for this misdemeanor, so a $1,000 fine is not what the passage describes.
- C. Given a warning and a citation. — A warning and a citation are not the penalty described; the handbook calls fleeing from law enforcement a misdemeanor punishable by time in county jail.
Remember it
Fleeing an officer's signal is a misdemeanor, and the handbook's penalty is county jail time, not a fine.