So the cops make you exit your vehicle in what you feel is an unsafe place. Here's how to protect yourself. What we're talking about here is cops ordering you to do something that you feel is dangerous to your health or dangerous to your safety. You are required to follow the lawful order of a police officer. He's entitled to keep you in the car or get you out of the car almost at his whim. If a cop tells you to step out of the car, step out of the car. There's nothing good that comes from you fighting with this police officer on the street. to get that stop over with as quick as possible and sometimes you just have to do what the cop tells you to do and not fight with him on the street.