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Originally Posted by gleonard
which is why he didn't write the ticket, however it was enough probable cause to pull you over to see if he might be able to bust you for something else.
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beat me to it. You'd be surprised how many wanted criminals get caught on stupid routine traffic stops. Cops know this, so they'll use any excuse to check you out on a whim. As someone else said, it's their job. Yes, I agree it can be annoying as hell
And yes, while they can run plates as they follow you that's not the same as running your license, since they can't assume the owner of the car is the person actually driving it.