Walk It Through: The Stop on the Interstate
Lights in the mirror past dark, a license left at home, a phone held out instead, and a question about the topper.
Lights and a siren come on behind a pickup on the interstate after dark. The trooper is in a marked car.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A speeding stop with a warning and no arrest. A DUI investigation, a dog sniff on separate suspicion, and a search on probable cause are left to their own pages.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.