The hearing court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. As the police followed defendant's car toward a location known for drug activity, the car moved from the travel lane to the parking lane without signaling and stopped in front of a fire hydrant. At a minimum, these facts gave the police the requisite objective, credible reason to approach defendant's stopped car, which led to the discovery of drugs (see e.g. People v Ruiz,
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