Do you legally have to roll your window down all the way for police?

Answer 1

No. But they can murder you for not doing so.

Answer 2

You only have to roll it down far enough that you can talk with each other and you can hand documentation to the officer. But, if you don't roll it down all the way, the police can claim "probable cause" and order you out and search your car for weed. Your call.

Answer 3

I would just to stop them smashing it open with their baton

Answer 4

You are required to lower it enough for the cop and you to have a talk back and forth and hand over documents and allow him to see what you are doing to make sure you dont have anything dangerous but it doesnt legally have to fully be down.

Answer 5

Yes.

Answer 6

Yes

They're basically allowed to do nearly anything they want to justify their own safety in a traffic stop and they can also demand you roll it down as a "safety check."

Now you can refuse, but then they're authorized to drag you out by the scruff of your neck and put a finger in your butt to check for drugs.

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

An order to roll the window all the way down would be a lawful order in the context of a lawful traffic stop in the U.S., so, if that occured in a state that had a law that penalised failure to obey the lawful orders on an officer in the performance of his duties, then yes. If you are asking if there is some universal law that requires all persons in all circumstanes to roll down all windows every time they see a cop, there are no world-wide laws on any subject.

Answer 9

The better to use their alcohol sniffing flashlight, my dear.

PAS IV Passive Alcohol Testing Device. The right tool for DUI checkpoints and traffic stops, the PAS IV passive alcohol tester and flashlight allows officers to establish just cause without the subject's involvement by "sniffing" a subjects breath, open containers or enclosed spaces for the presence of alcohol.

Answer 10

You do if you want to keep it in one piece.