I've always believed traffic stops of any kind were a bad idea. One day, a cop who happened to be a friend (about the only cop I've ever had as a friend in my life....) were discussing traffic stops. I mentioned the inherent danger of a traffic stop, ESPECIALLY at NIGHT. I slowly watched a look of fear come over his face.

Why? Because a cop might believe he is pulling over one lone solo driver when in fact three guys with AK-47s are hiding the back seat and three more guys with AK-47s are hiding in the trunk of the car, that's why.

There isn't enough money on this planet to make me:

1. want to be a cop

and

2. pull over potentially violent people 50 times a day for a dead tail light.

there are much much safer ways to make a buck......