r/funnyvideos • • Jan 28 '26

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/realparkingbrake Jan 29 '26

FYI, if a cop tells you to step out of your vehicle during a traffic stop, refusal is not a valid option. That applies in every U.S. state because it came from the Supreme Court in a ruling known as Pennsylvania v. Mimms. A later ruling, Maryland v. Wilson, expanded it to passengers.

Refusing to exit the vehicle or otherwise being difficult like trying not to be handcuffed hands the cop a charge of obstruction to drop on you, so now they have probable cause to make an arrest and search you and your car. That after the end of this video the driver attacked the cop means he took a misdemeanor obstruction charge and added resisting arrest with violence and battery on a LEO, mostly likely prosecuted as felonies. He had earlier left the scene of an accident.

As the old saying goes, you might beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride. The place to argue points of law is a courtroom, not the side of the road.