In what circumstances will the police be able to stop and question the driver of a car in front of the vehicle after the vehicle has been stopped by the police?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Soura, 2003 SKQB 459 (CanLII):
In a later decision, The Queen v. Belnavis, 1997 CanLII 320 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 341, La Forest J. (dissenting on another issue), at p. 371, stated: . . . the police, since Ladouceur, supra, have the power to stop cars at their whim for purposes of traffic regulations and the like and to make enquiries relevant thereto from the occupants. I also agree that the police in performing that duty need not turn a blind eye to things in plain view that evidence, or raise suspicions of illegality, and that he or she may also ask questions about this, subject, of course, to the occupants’ right to silence.
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