“Just fyi...the cop should approach the car and state something like “the reason you were pulled over is because you failed to use your turn signal when changing lanes”.
Exactly so.
They are not supposed to walk up to your car and ask you where you are going, He didn’t pull you over because he was curious as to where you were going. They are not supposed to ask you to guess why they pulled you over. If you say well because I was speeding? You have now admitted something. Its best to just not answer those questions and comply with what you are required to do which is show ID etc. Tell the officer your name etc. I would not be a smart mouth that’s just my philosophy. But I will also deflect a question I don’t want to answer. Or just stay quiet. Which you have every right to do.
Its a personal thing. It does not make you an azz to refuse to politely answer a question. You always have the right to remain silent. That your right.
Yes, they are supposed to according to training, but they are not legally obligated to say it the way I stated.
You do have the right to remain silent, but the cop also has the right to order out of the car, call the drug dog, and run your full history as a result of your silence. It is his discretion and he may or may not do it, but he legally can. Just don’t get mad if he does it because your actions, though legal, caused his legal response.