> "It is virtually impossible to drive a motor vehicle in this country and
> not unwittingly commit some infraction of the motor vehicle laws,"
> (Judge David) Mannheimer wrote. "And because motorists who are stopped
> for traffic infractions often accede to a police officers request for
> permission to search, the Fourth Amendment rules governing traffic stops
> create the potential risk that law enforcement officers will... search
> dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of people and vehicles each day even
> though the officers lack any grounds to justify these searches."