This is one of the problems I have always had with our courts and laws. I can follow the normal person and see him commit a violation, so I can stop him. And if I don't see a violation, it is suspicious behavior and I can stop him for that. Somehow, that seems wrong to me, as a basic principle.speedsix wrote:...he was prolly checking you out and got a call to go to...because we all drive sloppily from time to time, when an officer sees someone driving very carefully and precisely (especially slower than the posted speed), he sometimes wonders why the driver's trying so hard not to get noticed, and will pull him over to see if he's DWI...happens often and I've seen/heard it play out in court and the judges(several, not just one) went for it...that's especially often the case at night...
I don't have a problem with the SCOTUS decision that I can stop someone for a genuine violation of the law, even if it is done as a pretext for an investigatory stop. I have done this and aught many felons that way. But if we have so many laws that obeying them all is suspicious behavior, we have a real problem with our society.