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I wondered about this, but I didn't know if it would really happen. Do we have any evidence for it?

When a police officer asks "do you know why I pulled you over?"

And you answer "I pled the fifth" instead of "no"

You did nothing wrong, but their spidy senses go wild. It's like that, but with more government paperwork and database updates.

Exactly. Rational (on the police/government's part), but perverse (in that it punishes exercising your rights by taking them away.)