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Further
Okay, the above was quite sincere, but I'll reset a bit and take a more academic posture with the following.
Scott very correctly notes that an officer may for essentially any reason at all get you to submit to a body patdown. (Terry v Ohio).
So don't resist such a patdown if asked. But never, never consent to a search of your vehicle or your other private property.
And that's not only if you're on that short drive between supplier and your home, but imho, even more pertinent if you're driving along and are as far as you know, clean as whistlef for illegal contraband.
1) What if there's something in the car you don't know about?
Ever dropped anything that may have fallen between or under the seats? If you guess wrong, a lifetime criminal record could await you.
2) Ever had a passenger in your car drop anything? Or worse yet, ever had a passenger in your car who just MIGHT, if riding with you at the time of the stop and becoming frightened, INTENTIONALLY "drops" something under your seat?
Remember, a single wrong guess is costly....
But let's say you're really, really sure you and the car are clean.
A cop's search of your vehicle could involve anywhere from a couple of minutes to a half hour or more if he really wanted to poke around and call for dog or support. And if you have no contraband, the search is of course futile.
I submit that it is irresponnsible as a citizen for me to facilitate such a huge waste of police time. If I know my car is clean, I KNOW he's wasting time that could be used for more important work. He is far better off writing me my ticket or giving me a warning for my alleged traffic infraction and then we all go about our day.
And akin to that, I'll be damned if MY TIME is not worth more than standing by waiting for a cop to search my clean vehicle just to find out its clean.
Now you owe your nearest DPR org (try the DONATE key at the top of this page...smile) at least a buck....Unless you think my last two posts weren't at least 5% as informative as Mr Cooper's DVD?