On Thursday, October 20, 2005, at 06:20 AM, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
I haven't travelled widely, but I have encountered the routine pull-over check-papers type stop in Jamaica (the only other country in which I've lived) more than once and never seen or heard of it in the US.
We have the so-called random drivers license checks. The cops block a road and stop each car and ask to see the drivers license and vehicle registration. This has been challenged in court but the challengers lost.
Bob
