BUT - what are they randomly checking for? The officer only asks for her ID, to establish her identity, that's a law enforcement function, he never asks for her registration, which would marginally be a safety/compliance function. At 04:01 PM 6/22/01, Jon Beets wrote:
Random roadside checks have been legal in many states for years.... I can remember them as far back as 1982 in Texas.
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Anyway, I agree now it was a police recording.
So, they can pull you over for no reason? She asked repeatedly if she'd done anything wrong, the Copper said it was a checkpoint thang.