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license checks  

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  • Police officers regularly request driver's licenses of individuals whom they stop for traffic violations. Police may also ask to see driver's licenses at roadblocks that are designed to stop drunk drivers. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; License Checks]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/license_checks

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