In lieu of recent Supreme Court cases, the provisions of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution have been under recent investigation. For example, in the case of Collins v. Virginia, Motorcyclist Ryan Collins sped by an officer at 140 mph and refused to stop. The officer, however, was able to retrieve photos and a license plate number from the vehicle. After seeing images of the parked bike on Collins’ Facebook page, the officer tracked it to the home of his girlfriend. The officer saw the Suzuki in the driveway under a tarp, walked up, and uncovered it. The license plate and VIN confirmed it was the motorcycle and that it was, in fact, stolen. This case pits the automobile exception to a warrant requirement against the Fourth
