I am not even going to try to guess how the posters making a quick trip to the gas station without his shirt on remotely suggests he isn't intelligent enough to know to actually wear CLOTHES when he goes to court, nor do I understand how NOT wearing a shirt to the gas station suggests uncleanliness.

But, I digress....The legal difference between arrested, detained, and stopped is the difference between being told why you were being stopped and not being told.

A traffic stop is just that. A stop. You are NOT under arrest. What you believe or think the cops SHOULD have done is irrelevant. Until they actually issue you the ticket, they are not , as a matter of law, required to give you a reason for stopping you. In my opinion, asking why you were stopped is extraneous, since, obviously, if they wanted you to know, they would have told you and will , in fact, inform you of the reason in due time.

Of course, this answer is not from a personal experience point of view--since I have never received a ticket, nor have I gone to traffic court on my own behalf. I'm merely telling you what the law is regarding what an officer is, by LAW ( not opinion or preference) required or not required to do.

Maybe you could get a transcript of -----(voice trailing off)...Um, nebbermind.

Don't forget to wash behind your ears.