From: Peter Honeyman
i believe there is a special exception related to automobiles that makes them subject to search without a warrant when the driver is placed under arrest. but check with a lawyer.
Just be sure not to get out of your car - there are different rules that apply to cars without occupants in them, though your state's rules may vary. But it's much better to avoid getting to that stage. Be friendly in your non-cooperation, and if a hostile-looking cop wants to see whether your papers are in order, give him your license, registration, insurance papers, *and* your ACLU card ("Don't leave home without it"). As a friend of mine says to cops, "If you've got a legal right to search my car, I'm sure you will, but if you need my permission, you don't have it." Of course, this is no longer really cypherpunks material, just regular punks :-) Bill Stewart, somewhere in New Jersey