old.Tohtori
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Actually in the UK the Police do need s reason to stop you..it could be anything...including a shed load of things at their discretion..but they do have to claim something for the stop...they cant stop you and say..we think you might be an asshole.
I think that they have to inform you the reason only if you ask for it, but it could be anything. They would literally just have to say "random sobriety check" or some such.
I don't think Scouse was stopped 22 times and every time he asked for a reason the cops went "Oh no reason."