Originally posted by CHF_Slapaho:
Favorite technique.

Before he even gets to your car, have your car off, both hands on the wheel and license, registration & insurance in your hand.

Always respond with "Yes sir."
When he/she asks if you know why you were pulled over, "Yes sir, I was going a little quick." or "Yes sir, I rolled past that stop sign, I apologize."

Most of the time, if you treat cops w/ respect, and you make them feel like they have complete control of you and the situation, they'll let it ride.




Sometimes this works, but like when I got ticketed, the cop's only job is traffic violations so, especially on a pretty quiet night, there was no getting out of it. He didn't even talk to me, he just got my stuff and gave me the ticket.
And unless you have your license and registration always right by you, then I wouldn't go reaching for it in the glove box. That would make the cop extremely nervous. I just pull off the road as quickly/safely possible, turn car off, hands on wheel, and leave seat belt (harness in my case) on. And at night, it's good to have the dome light on, but my ticketing cop had an extremely bright spot light that he left on well after I was free to go, so I didn't really need a dome light on. ... There I go getting started again.

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