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anygunanywhere wrote:

Humanphibian wrote:if you have a Texas Drivers License, or Texas Vehicle Registration, you have for all intent and purpose given Texas DPS probable cause to pull you over at any time.
Same situation with TX Parks and Wildlife....you got a huntin license....you have given consent to search your vehicle, residence,etc.......at any point, anytime that your license is in effect.

You may think so, but this is not true.

If it were true then my League City security alarm would allow the police to enter my home without a warrant.

Anygunanywhere

I'm not so sure that analogy holds true. The difference between the two would be that your alarm requires a "permit"(if monitored) and driving requires a "license". You have the right to an alarm, but driving is considered a privilege. I also believe you already gave permission for the police to enter your home (if the alarm is going off) for the purposes of checking for theives when you applied and received a permit. So no warrant would be needed.

There are also some difference in that your home is on private property and the vehicle is usually on public property when out on the roads.

The reason for not asking you to sit in the back seat of his car is obvious, unless he took your weapon first. I have been asked to sit in the front seat with Troopers on several occasions. I figured it was so they could keep an eye on me. They usually make small talk while sitting there. Maybe it is courteous way of interrogating you.

I have had plates stolen off my trailers on at least two occasions and I have had one trailer stolen from me. Both of these crimes are pretty common. When anything about a trailer looks suspicious, they know there is the possibility of either a stolen trailer or a plate that is registered to someone elses trailer. I know guys that have taken the plate off one of their trailers to use on a different trailer they own. I think it is a stupid way to be cheap, but it happens all the time.