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{{Short description|Detention of a driver by police}} {{see also|Terry stop|Consent search}} {{see also|Terry stop case law|Consent search case law}} {{for|the 2017 American documentary film|Traffic Stop (film)}} {{Globalize|2=the United States|date=June 2019}} [[File:Police officers in Poland during the traffic stop, Zabrze, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, November 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Policja]] officers conducting a traffic stop in [[Zabrze]], [[Poland]]]] A '''traffic stop''', colloquially referred to as '''being pulled over''', is a temporary [[Detention (imprisonment)|detention]] of a driver of a [[vehicle]] and its occupants by [[police]] to [[Criminal investigation|investigate]] a possible [[crime]] or minor violation of law. {{TOC limit|4}}
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