i also noticed that the passenger sitting in the vehicle was staring at me intently and watched as i went by. >> deputy gates makes a u-turn and pulls up behind the trooper. right away, he senses something is off about the encounter. >> i noticed several times that the driver asked why he had been stopped. >> why am i being pulled over? >> i believe i told you, sir, according to the computer, the registration on the vehicle has expired. >> he was asking several other questions. these were questions i already knew the answer to and i had just gotten there. >> why are you trying to make this so difficult? >> i'm not trying to make it difficult, sir. >> it was obvious to me that the driver was trying to stall. >> you can get arrested for not having a survivor's license? >> yes, sir. >> i didn't know if he had a weapon on him or drugs on him or other kind of contraband, i didn't know. >> about as long as we've been standing here -- >> i wanted to resolve the situation and he just wanted to get away. and i think he was weighing his options on how best to achieve that goal.