Yer I've been noticing lately ever since these impound laws have come into effect the popo have been getting into this habit of yelling:
A) Turn off the car and fkn hand me your keys, your car is being impounded for <insert some made up offense>
B) Turn off the car and fkn hand me your keys and licence because you won't be needing them anymore.
Upon the driver not admitting to some bs offense the cop just made up they continue insisting in an attempt to get the driver to cave in and admit to something they haven't done through fear I guess? Especially with the yelling and looking down onto us in the car.
But if those attempts fail they will head back to their car, prolly do the standard licence and registration check and then look through some books to find any old offense they can pin the driver down for. If not go inspect the car for defects.
This has happened so many times now that I'm starting to believe this is a common strategy/procedure for most cops in order to get more fines.
Think about it, you are yelled at and threatened your pride and joy is to be taken away, you are instantly scared and think of how bad this situation is. So now when it comes time to receive say some bs offense that isn't really true you will just accept it willingly believing this is such a great outcome compared to what it could of initially been.
I must commend the popo for great thought behind this new strategy, just so ethical.
BTW: Before you say I'm basing this opinion on hear say through friends, I've actually been there when it happened.