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Originally Posted by vstech
well, the cop said I was doing nothing wrong, not speeding or anything, he just pulled me over because they are instigating a new program to pull randomly all diesels on the road.
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If I were you, I would follow up to see if the stop was indeed as he said it was.
Being pulled over for a random check sounds bogus and unconstitutional to me.
Driving a diesel-powered vehicle is not reasonable probable cause of using an illegal fuel substance, and summarily search your car for evidence. No way.
There is no difference between what the officer told you and if he would have said; "we know that drivers with black skin color are breaking the law in a higher percentage than white skin colored drivers, therefore we pull black skin colored drivers over randomly to run an NCIC check, and search them. We don't bother pulling white skin colored drivers over to search them randomly - just black skin colored drivers."
That said, I would have asked; "am I required by law to submit to your test?" Then, if he said; "yes," I would have refused the test.
They would have had to obtain a search warrant signed by a judge to search my car.
If they find any law breakers, they are banking on them paying the fine, and not taking being stopped; without probable cause, to court to throw it out.