Randomly checking for a drivers license which you are required to have when driving. Many people who have had their drivers license suspended often drive their vehicles anyway. I would assume most states (if not all) require you to surrender you drivers license to the police when asked. I believe the law actually views the drivers license as the property of the state which would be where they have the right to revoke it.

Jon Beets
Pacer Communications


----- Original Message -----
From: "Reese" <reeza@flex.com>
To: "Jon Beets" <Jon.Beets@pacer.com>; <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: The Art of Submarine Warfare


> 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.
>  >
>  >Jon Beets
>  >Pacer Communications
>  >