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The following are some tips from my insurance company (USAA at http://www.usaa.com). These are from a long time ago, but I am certain they still apply now. Last time I was pulled over, for having a headlight out, the officer did not even give me a *warning* and I think it is because I did all of these things. They are hugely courteous to the officer. Interestingly, my mother got the *same* lecture from the two officers who pulled her over, after she went in the glove box, as they were walking up to her car. She had applied for a concealed carry permit about two months prior and later figured it may show up on her record, somehow. She heard the officer on the passenger's side say "She's going in the glove box!" They arrived at her door with guns drawn! For my Mom! It still cracks us up, at reunions. Little gray haired old lady, wondering why the police are treating her this way
My little hints, via USAA... if you get pulled over, at night, don't go in the glove box, before the cop gets there! Are you getting your license and registration, to be helpful? Or grabbing your .45? Hiding your stash?
Turn on your inside lights/dome light, so the cop can see into your car better than you can see out. It puts him/her in a better frame of mind.
Kill your engine so you tell him/her you aren't about to flee.
Roll down your window, all the way, before he gets out of his/her car so you can....
Keep both hands on the steering wheel, where the cop can see them.
None of these things are going to jump out at the officer as being something you are doing because you have so much experience getting pulled over
. If it were me, I would guess, it is because you are related to a cop or are one yourself.
I have to hand it to people like GTNOS. I could never be a cop. I couldn't stand being there, everyday, for the worst moments in people's lives. it would eat me up and I wouldn't be able to let it go. Little kid runs in the street and gets hit by a car. Guess who gets to be there to relive it with the witnesses? The cop with a newborn. 13 year old with a bright future O.D.s at Mom's house on her first experiment with drugs, in stressfree suburbia. Here comes the cops to relive it with the grieving parents, after they got home to discover the corpse of their beautiful daughter.
After *another* day like that, I think I can cut the cop a break and make giving me a ticket (or not), an easy event. They have my respect and I don't judge them by the new guy who is still all fired up about being an officer, or the jaded guy who is hating the public because most of them lie to him or are trying to get away with something.
To give you an idea how blessed my life is; guess what I had nightmares about last night...
I was going to have to sell my Mustang because I kept getting pulled over.
That's it! That is all I have to worry about in my wonderful life. I give *thanks* for that.
Give the cops a break, next time they pull you over. If they just want to see your car, let them. If they want to look at the engine and hear you tell them about 300 HP, tell them. If they are a fan of your car, relax and smile about it. If you are speeding, take your medicine and don't give the cop a hard time.
If you were the cop, you would have pulled you over too. You are the bad guy.
Oops, slipped a haiku in there, sorry.
-David
My little hints, via USAA... if you get pulled over, at night, don't go in the glove box, before the cop gets there! Are you getting your license and registration, to be helpful? Or grabbing your .45? Hiding your stash?
Turn on your inside lights/dome light, so the cop can see into your car better than you can see out. It puts him/her in a better frame of mind.
Kill your engine so you tell him/her you aren't about to flee.
Roll down your window, all the way, before he gets out of his/her car so you can....
Keep both hands on the steering wheel, where the cop can see them.
None of these things are going to jump out at the officer as being something you are doing because you have so much experience getting pulled over
I have to hand it to people like GTNOS. I could never be a cop. I couldn't stand being there, everyday, for the worst moments in people's lives. it would eat me up and I wouldn't be able to let it go. Little kid runs in the street and gets hit by a car. Guess who gets to be there to relive it with the witnesses? The cop with a newborn. 13 year old with a bright future O.D.s at Mom's house on her first experiment with drugs, in stressfree suburbia. Here comes the cops to relive it with the grieving parents, after they got home to discover the corpse of their beautiful daughter.
After *another* day like that, I think I can cut the cop a break and make giving me a ticket (or not), an easy event. They have my respect and I don't judge them by the new guy who is still all fired up about being an officer, or the jaded guy who is hating the public because most of them lie to him or are trying to get away with something.
To give you an idea how blessed my life is; guess what I had nightmares about last night...
I was going to have to sell my Mustang because I kept getting pulled over.
That's it! That is all I have to worry about in my wonderful life. I give *thanks* for that.
Give the cops a break, next time they pull you over. If they just want to see your car, let them. If they want to look at the engine and hear you tell them about 300 HP, tell them. If they are a fan of your car, relax and smile about it. If you are speeding, take your medicine and don't give the cop a hard time.
If you were the cop, you would have pulled you over too. You are the bad guy.
Oops, slipped a haiku in there, sorry.
-David