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A common trick used by police is to phrase questions as commands.

"I'm going to search your vehicle, ok"

If you say "ok", then you just volunteered to have your car searched.



This is true, but tangential to my comment.

The Supreme Court has determined that the police have the authority to -demand- your exit from a vehicle, orthogonal to the issue of "Am I free to go?" and other detainment questions, and to compel your exit from the vehicle using force if necessary (at which point you reach the awkward catch-22 of "is this classified as 'resisting arrest'?"




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