Warrantless Cell Phone Searches

I firmly agree that is what passwords are for and yes, the 5th amendment could than be invoked but that is not my point. The freedoms that we used to have are dwindling away and I shouldn't have to invoke the 5th because my 4th was violated. As for what this could mean to us as drivers, it could mean many things and I don't see any good coming from it. I mean we are all essentially being told when to drive, when to sleep and we have to cover our butts in so many ways but this post and my concern was regarding what other posters had asked; could DOT make us give them our phones. If it goes through than yes we would have to give it and even though we don't have anything to hide persay, it could have a negative impact on the driver in ways we can't imagine. This is hypothetical but just imagine you are involved in an accident and its not your fault but they arrest you and confiscate your phone. On the phone they see that a phone call was placed near to the accident but maybe you were on your bluetooth and they feel that you were distracted and now have evidence to use against you. That very evidence was obtained without the need for a warrant and without your attorney fighting for your 4th and 5th amendments, so yeah it could cause problems. Also, what if under further investigation, your phone GPS puts you out of locations on your logs by 15 minutes or whatever and they get you for log violations. There are many what ifs and yes, it is purely speculative at this point but we have so much to deal with and this would just be one more thing to add to the issues. Btw, it is not being paranoid as someone else posted it is me saying that we have rights and they keep getting trampled on. I mean what are they going to tell us we can do or not do next? I also agree with the admin, this should not be about politics but rather a concern among professionals and to how it relates to us.

 

I guess the only thing we can do is be even more vigilant on what we are doing, when we are doing it and how we operate in every given moment so as not to have to be put into a predicament that is disadvantageous for each and every one of us.