Since when has driving, or riding with a presumably licensed driver, become a right?
In the olden days, nobody needed the State's permission to ride a horse or be a passenger in a covered wagon. As is always the case, time has passed and the State has eliminated that freedom.
Driving is a privilege, riding is a right. To do otherwise would be to
Inhibit movement.
It’s called the right of free passage.
Verifying a valid driver license for the active driver is one thing. Running background checks is entirely something else.
Unless a member of the vehicle can be reasonably assumed to be an active fugitive or the vehicle can reasonably be assumed to have been used in the commission of a crime, my background as a passenger is none of LE business. They are assuming for no logical reason that I am guilty of something and by involuntarily allowing a background search on me I am essentially having to prove I am innocent.
It’s called the right of free passage.
Verifying a valid driver license for the active driver is one thing. Running background checks is entirely something else.
Unless a member of the vehicle can be reasonably assumed to be an active fugitive or the vehicle can reasonably be assumed to have been used in the commission of a crime, my background as a passenger is none of LE business. They are assuming for no logical reason that I am guilty of something and by involuntarily allowing a background search on me I am essentially having to prove I am innocent.