Yeap, cops just pull people over to harrass them. They never do it because maybe the person is breaking a law, or heaven forbid, their legislature has passed a law that allows random checks (backed up by the supreme court btw).Back before it was nationally publicized on some news show (20/20, Primetime Live, etc. don't remember), if you drove through Louisiana with out-of-state plates (especially Texas), you had a good chance of being pulled over for no reason, by cops on a fishing expedition. I knew plenty of people that had this happen to them (as well as myself) - family, friends, people that were serving at Barksdale with me or under me, but that is for another thread.
To get back on topic, I will say I don't think the SS#s should be posted, but then again state agencies collect and use our SS#s, so..
Once again I will post this. Random searches/roadblocks and checks are all allowed under various state law because the legislature enacted a bill into law, or the public voted it in by ballot measure.
Cops do NOT have the luxury of picking and choosing which laws they will enforce and which ones they will ignore. As much as you and others would like to see them do.
You have a bitch about random searches/roadblocks - take it up with the politicians in your state or the state you are in where it happens AND with the supreme court who decided they were legal.