If Cops Demand Your Window Down, DO THIS...

[Jedi Guy]

33. They could, yes.

But they're going to ask you to lower the window so they can talk to you. You don't necessarily have to lower it all the way, though. You could lower it halfway so it's enough to talk and pass your license and such through the gap but not so low that they could easily reach in.

As a practical matter they'd only likely get you out of the car to search you for weapons, which on your bog standard traffic stop should be fairly unlikely, especially if you keep your cool. Getting someone out of a car on the side of the road is risky for both the officer and the driver so in a normal stop it's not very likely.

On that note, if they should happen to ask you to exit the vehicle that's considered a lawful order under Pennsylvania v. Mimms. Refusing to do so is just going to escalate things, potentially to the point of them forcibly removing you from the car.

As someone else noted, you can put your hazard lights on when they initiate the stop and then pull over in a place that's well lit and has other people around, like a gas station.