AU> I was asked politely so I did. If it had been an order, 
 AU> that would have been
 AU> a different story. If there is no law against it they 
 AU> can't tell you to turn 
     That may not be correct, there is a little thing called Officer Safety.
Bear in mind, especially out of state that the officer doesn't know you from 
John Q. Turd and doesn't know how you'll react to things.  For that matter, 
he doesn't know if it is your car and your scanner, a local thug could've 
car-jacked you and is now driving around with your car and scanner...
     I said all that to say this  :)
     If he runs the car for stolen, he doesn't want you to be sitting behind
the wheel and here "Vehicle was taken in an armed robbery about 2 hours ago
100 miles down the road..."
     See what I'm saying?  Fortunately you were nice to him, and from what 
you've said, he had a good attitude with you...everybody drove away and 
nobody rode away in a backseat....   :)
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