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at roadside checks but there's no reason to take it out on the enforcement officers. Remember that they are out to catch the cowboys, so profession ... al drivers who have been driving within the law have nothing to fear.
Always be polite, but firm: firmness comes from the knowledge of your rights—and the rights of the person conducting the check. So it pays to know what your rights, and theirs, are.
The watchword should be reasonableness. A police officer has the perfectly reasonable right to stop your vehicle if he believes an offence has been or is being committed. Depending on how you handle the check will determine how long he, or she may decide to hold your vehicle up.
It's important to know when to hold your peace. If a police officer advises you that anything you say may be taken down and used as evidence stop and consider what your reply will be— if any.
If you do feel that you have been badly treated, stay calm and polite, make your point in a firm but reasonable manner. If you still feel aggrieved don't argue, politely ask the officer or enforcement official for their name, indentifying number if they have one, their inunediate superior and the place where an official complaint should be sent. Then, if you are free to do so, leave the checkpoint.