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I recall some good advice: if asked to exit the vehicle, lock it on your way out. "Force of habit, officer. Take a bite out of crime! "

At that point, anything in the vehicle is not only out of reach, it's securely locked. Terry would not apply.

Good idea . . . especially if you have a car that uses keyless touchpad entry and you leave the actual keys inside. Now in order for the officer to search your vehicle he will have to actually break in to the locked vehicle to do so. I'm not an attorney, but it would seem to me that courts wouldn't tend to view this in a good light.