and he did say he was going to give us all tickets and he started writing them but than when i said something about the statute he stopped talking put away his pad and just went to his computer...
that computer time was probably to check valid licenses, tags and endorsements.
let him write the ticket next time, then let him be shamed in court.
I've been resting at rest areas and been "stopped". However, their questions were usually just more about riding in general and nothing to do with legalities.