united-states police search-and-seizure police-power
Can you refuse to vacate your car when police gives you an order to do so?
<p>Are you legally required to leave your car when a police officer tells you to do so?</p>
<p>If you ask police if you are under arrest and they say no then I dont see a reason why you should?</p>
<p>Maybe if they have a warrant to search your car. Im more interested in the rules of random traffic stops when you are not under arrest and there is no warrant to search your car.</p>
<p>Im also interested if refusing to vacate your car gives police probable cause to search it?</p>

<p>If we are talking about an otherwise legal traffic stop, the supreme court has ruled that with reasonable suspicion they can order you out of your car and pat you down for weapons. They will claim it is for their safety. In practice, this is very easy for the state to prove. See cases in the comment by Rick (<a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/434/106/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977)</em></a> and <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/519/408/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Maryland v. Wilson, 519 U.S. 408 (1997)</em></a>, but there are many others as well, e.g. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968).</p>
