Why do cops touch your tail light when they pull you over?
You may have noticed that police officers touch the tail light of a vehicle when they pull it over.
This practice is very familiar in developed countries such as the United States of America and there is a good reason for it !
In general, police officers touch the tail light of the vehicles in order to leave their fingerprints on it as a secure proof that the officer did approached the vehicle.
In case the officer finds himself in a dangerous situation fingerprint evidence would prove that he was present in the scene and that evidence will lead investigators to the vehicle and to the owner thereof.
This safety precaution has been practiced by police officers for decades.
Another reason for this practice is to provide sort of a ''surprise'' to the person inside the vehicle. This is done in order to prevent him from hiding malicious or prohibited items, such as guns, ammunition, drugs, and others in the vehicle.
The continuous practice proved to increase the arrest of intoxicated drivers, sellers of prohibited substances, people found in possession of unlicensed firearms, and all the other road related offenses.
At present,due to the advent of new technology ,our law enforcers, instead, modernized and adopted innovative technology in implementing traffic rules. Now, we have security cameras installed on almost every corner of the road and on police cars themselves.
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Wow, I never knew this! Some very basic but awesome knowlegde!
@fancybrothers, I recently heard about this, but am so glad that you are shining it on Steemit. There are some really great "life hacks" for all types of professions.
Just imagine how many times this has saved the lives of a man or woman who has served protecting our country.
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