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" <[1]reeza@flex.com>
   To: "Jon Beets" <[2]Jon.Beets@pacer.com>;
   <[3]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
   >  >

References

   1. mailto:reeza@flex.com
   2. mailto:Jon.Beets@pacer.com
   3. mailto:cypherpunks@cyberpass.net