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Originally Posted by Shoonra

I have spoken to police officers and they have their own, rational, explanations for advising people to stay in their cars. They have experienced, or heard of other cops' experiences, with people who came out of their cars armed and eager to do harm. Also, instances of people running off, throwing away drug baggies when the cop couldn't see them, and, on a few occasions, people getting out and slipping on the mud, stumbling over something in the dark, or being clipped by a passing vehicle. All in all, safer for everyone if the person stays seated in the car, where the cop can generally keep an eye on him.

The story about the secret insurance policy is total fantasy. So is the notion that the UCC governs traffic tickets or that traffic laws apply only to "commerce".

WITHOUT PREJUDICE
The word "traffic" itself denotes trade.

Traffic (etymology) French trafic, from Old French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare, to trade....