TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seo,Sarah A.
TI  - Policing the open road: how cars transformed American freedom 
SN  - 9780674980860
AV  - GV54 .L62 S467 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Traffic regulations
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Traffic safety
KW  - Automobiles
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Searches and seizures
KW  - Discrimination in law enforcement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A "mystery of traffic" -- From "lumbering foot patrolmen" to "motor-mounted policemen" -- The automotive Fourth Amendment -- "It could happen to you" -- The right to "privacy in public" -- The Fourth Amendment tool in criminal patrol
N2  - Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--Provided by publisher
ER  -