Fourth Amendment, subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions. Konfrst, supra. Less rigorous requirements govern searches of automobiles, not only because of the element of mobility, but because the expectation of privacy with respect to one’s automobile is significantly less than that relating to one’s home or office. Id. Inasmuch as roadside encounters between police and suspects present especially dangerous situations, on the reasonable belief that a suspect is dangerous and may gain access to a weapon, the police may search those parts of the passenger compartment of a vehicle they have properly stopped where a weapon may be hidden. State v. DeGroat, 244 Neb. 764, 508 N.W.2d 861 (1993). See, also, State v. Gross, 225 Neb. 798, 408 N.W.2d 297 (1987) (<HOLDING>). In Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 103 S.
recognizing that police officer may stop a suspect if the officer has a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity may be afoot holding that an officer  may detain a person in order to determine identity and circumstance when that officer has a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity may be afoot holding that a police officer may stop a driver where the officer has a reasonable and articulable suspicion regarding the commission of a civil traffic violation holding officer may search vehicle for weapons if officer has reasonable belief based on articulable facts that officer or another may be in danger holding that an officer can stop an individual if the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion that criminal activity is underfoot