you also have to remember the vast amounts of crooked cops, you do not want
to be on there bad side, harassment from police is a lifetime problem for
some!
"Mark" <Gilpin.MCKnospam@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:<a48jvs$cce$1@bent.twistedbits.net>...
> The first rule about vehicle searches, they have to have probable cause to
> search a vehicle. If they have probable cause, they don't have to ask
> permission. If they ask permission, they don't have probable cause. I
would
> fight the ticket, and mention the fact that they threatened you for
> permission to search your vehicle. That alone will most likely get the
> ticket thrown out just to try to keep you from pursuing the case any
> further, and will most likely get the officer a nice little side bar with
> the magistrate, after you have left. You have to admit that someone
driving
> around with a complete set of spare wheels in the vehicle is not an
everyday
> occurrence, and would probably raise suspicion in most cases. But the
threat
> of impound as a means of coercion to submit to a search is still illegal.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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