> Which is why I refuse to travel outside of the Schengen area. Just one data point: A few days ago was pulled over in Germany, I assume, for travelling on fo

> Which is why I refuse to travel outside of the Schengen area. Just one data point: A few days ago was pulled over in Germany, I assume, for travelling on foreign plates from a small (Schengen area) country. Initially we thought we must have broken some traffic rule we weren't aware of. But it seemed more like an immigration check. Asked for passports, searched the car and asked a lot of questions. Didn't even check the driver's license and the likes, so definitely not a traffic stop. Not particularly paranoid about this kind of stuff and they seemed nice, but I'd certainly try to push back if this has happened in the US. Don't know much about German law, I may be wrong, but I'm assuming like in most of Europe you don't have much of a right to refuse unless it's a very unusual ask (which searching a phone may be)