[sliverstorm]

And it is up to each individual to elect when to assert them. That's another one of our rights.

[dredmorbius]

Given the premise of the original article, electing not to assert your rights isn't particularly safe.

Note that when I did assert my rights, I really didn't have any reason for doing so other than that they are my rights. It was literally a couple of years later that I made the association between the stop and the possibility that I may have been carrying what were technically illegal drugs.