Opinion ID: 2213080
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Heading: Plaintiff first argues Officer Wooten unlawfully stopped him as he drove along the public street.

Text: Code section 321.492 authorizes a peace officer to stop any vehicle in order to: (1) require exhibition of the driver's operator or chauffeur license, (2) serve a summons or traffic ticket, (3) inspect the vehicle's condition, (4) inspect any manifest of employment, (5) inspect safety equipment and (6) inspect registration certificate. The cases plaintiff cites in support of his first contention concern the existence of probable cause for search of a vehicle after it was stopped by police officers. They are not applicable here as there was no search. In our recent opinion in Shellady v. Sellers, Iowa, 208 N.W.2d 12, 14, we say: Erratic driving such as weaving across the center line of the street is sufficient to justify an officer in stopping the vehicle and conducting an investigation. State v. Gustafson, Fla., 258 So.2d 1, 2; State v. Ellanson, 293 Minn. 490, 198 N.W.2d 136, 137; State v. Fry, 13 N.C. App. 39, 185 S.E.2d 256, 260; Perkins v. State of Mississippi, (5 Cir.), 455 F.2d 7, 9.