Various states are considering changing driver’s education courses to teach students how to correctly interact with police officers during traffic stops.
North Carolina legislators plan to introduce a bill. Mississippi, New Jersey and Rhode Island are also looking to address traffic stops, reports the Charlotte Observer.
Illinois has already passed a bill that deals with the issue. Its 2017 guidebook, “Rules of the Road,” offers various tips on how drivers should behave when a police officers stops them.
The guidebook tells drivers to pull over safely to the side of the road and to keep their hands on the steering wheel.