On a stormy evening, you have been assigned as the "ticketing officer" of the night, which involves parking out on the major route that runs through your town with speed radar gun in hand. Without fail, in ten minutes you clock a car at 80 MPH in the 50 MPH zone. Once you catch up to the car and pull the speeder over, you walk up to the driver's side door and bend down to peer in. As the words "license and registration please" come out of your mouth, you notice a bag containing a suspicious-looking substance sitting on the passenger seat. Which of the following would allow you to search the car without a warrant?
A. If the bag contained money
B. If the bag contained something that smelled horrible
C. If obtaining a warrant would allow the suspect to destroy the evidence
D. If the driver of the car had a previously unpaid ticket
Answer: C
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