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Depends on how I feel about the whole stop. I don't do drugs or run any kind of contraband, including possessing weapons in prohibited areas. So I can't see where I would have anything to hide. But I am also well aware that a cop needs probable cause to search, and that if he has to ask it means that he doesn't have it.

But I could see myself consenting if I felt that the cop was respectful and/or articulated some reason for wanting to do it.

But in most cases I would not consent. If the cop wants to detain me while he calls in a dope sniffing dog, he'll just be wasting his own time as well as mine. There's no way he's gonna get anything out of the stop except a traffic violation no matter what he does.