So, do police officers have more rights than you do on a traffic stop? Probably not, cuz you have a whole lot of rights under the Constitution and under certain statutory and case law, but cops have more authority than you do and they have more tricks up their sleeve than you do. You might think that you're savvy and that you can get away with certain things. For example, cracking your window on a traffic stop. It might be legal, but guess what else is legal? It's legal for him to ask you to get out of the car. Now you're on the side of the road talking to this police officer and he's mad. Why would you do that? Don't do that.