People not fully complying or being disrespectful during these traffic stops is "highly predictable" and happens every day, Futterman said.

"You shouldn’t be arrested because you’re a jerk," he said. "The crime should not be contempt of police or acting like a jerk to police.”

One view of law enforcement's role in society is to maximize arrests, he said, adding that in that view, the traffic stop is "pretext." The police don't care that you have your high beams on, Futterman said, but it gives them a reason to pull you over, run your information or check for a more serious crime, which creates negative police-citizen interactions.

"That, to me, is fundamentally problematic," he said. He added that those interactions can be counterproductive because they reduce the public's trust in law enforcement.

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