Well it was my fathers truck and I didn't know. However I have never been one to buck Police authority. I answer the questions I am ask and I don't give them attitude. I wanted to give and honest answer so therefore I looked. I have found that being polite and submissive to an office will net you a whole lot of leaneancy. I have been pulled with open containers, ran stop signs, caught in my youth with not so legal contraband and cut loose with a warning just for being nice and polite and doing exactly what I am told and nothing more. It's when people get slick and try to give attitude that nets them a negative outcome. That's half the reason certain citizens get shot is because they buck authority and try to be a bad ass with the officer.If it was not forced then I think it's a matter of choice. If you're comfortable with telling him it's in there then tell him and if you're not I don't think you have to respond
This bow up and get a smart mouth with an officer escalates to totally unnecessary conclusions. If people would realize that they are the law and lying and getting tough with them is not a proper way to conduct yourself when confronted with the law. All these police shootings are usually related to some kind of disrespect and straight up no respect for the law. If these kids would take yes sir, no sir response when questioned they would likely find out that usually nothing will come out of it but a slap on the wrist. However there are those bad asses that have prove they are above the law and talk back or put hands of the law that leads to all these non-sense situation. Not all the time but a good bit of it.
When pulled over by the police do what he ask and nothing more and nothing less.That will go a whole lot further than being slick and answering questions with questions or bad mouthing the man. A total lack of respect for the law of land is what's got this country in the quagmire it's in now. That and people just not willing to right thing and telling the officer what they know and aid in trying to catch an offender. There is no such thing as ratting someone out. It could be that guy you protected by keeping your mouth shut that will probably get you shot by the same A hole down the road. Just saying!