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In the couple of years or so that I have been following the discussions on this site, my attention has been particularly attracted to discussions of traffic stops and other encounters with law enforcement I.D. checks. From general appearances it would seem that many forum members have extensive numbers of traffic stops or checks. Lots of statements like "I always do....when stopped and ..." seem to be here as well as other forums. I'm nearing the double nickle in age, with about 39 years of driving experience, and have been stopped for a grand total of 2 "seat belt check road blocks" (early into adoption of the mandatory seat belt legislation), 1 "road block insurance check" (when the mandatory requirement for liability insurance was first initiated), and 2 speeding violations. Those stops were all a few years ago, and none since obtaining my CHL. So, of a total of 5 I.D. checks, 3 were general road blocks that were some 20 years ago (do they still do this sort of thing?), and two were actually my fault and deserved the stop. Admittedly, I was born, raised, and still live in the same small town NE TX area, which is a much slower paced life than the DFW, SA, Houston, Austin type areas, and we are possibly a bit less likely to "punch the pedal" than thse that have to constantly negotiate the freeways, Interstate highways, toll roads and other high speed on ramp/off ramp highways.

I'm just trying to figure out why some folks seem to have such an abundance of experience with requests for I.D with LEOs.