Ever Wondered Why Cops Touch Your Car’s Tail Light After Pulling You Over?

The article goes ahead to state that another fascinating motivation behind why policemen touch raise lights is that “it leaves proof and bunches of it!”…

The article goes ahead to state that another fascinating motivation behind why policemen touch raise lights is that “it leaves proof and bunches of it!”

Fingerprints

If you think about it, this ritual is actually ingenious in that if the officer touches your car’s rear light, his fingerprints will be there to find should you decide to attack him or worse, kill him.

Just a ritual

These days, however, most police vehicles come fully equipped with cameras, making the ‘tail light tap’ habit a totally unnecessary one. In fact, those officers who still practice the ‘tail light tap’ today just do so out of the ritualistic behavior.