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| shardian:
They must be pretty desperate to get out-of staters to visit if they so openly offer advice like that...or RI people are just that nice. |
| ChadTower:
Officers tend to be more helpful when you don't give them an attitude for pulling you over. And they really appreciate it when you don't go digging for your registration until they ask for it. It's not good to go digging around in your glove compartment while they're walking to the car. Bad bad bad. |
| shardian:
I have always used the nice guy approach to cops. It works everytime...except for backwoods cops. By accident, I have found a new method to use: Have an irritated pregnant wife in the car when getting pulled over. I had an ---uvula--- State trooper say I ran a red light (it was yellow until I passed it). I did my nice thing, but he was being a jerk. My wife then got pissed and basically told him he didn't know what he was talking about. OMG, I thought I was really in for it. He went to his car after his chewing out, came back with a somber ,'I'm glad I'm not you fella', kind of attitude, gave me a warning and said he might have been wrong. That was awesome. Unfortunately, now my wife is convinced that is how cops should always be handled. :laugh2: |
| Ed_McCarron:
Dang, once again I gotta agree w/Chad. I hate that. You want to make the cop pulling you over as comfortable as possible. This means, by the time he gets to your window, you should have completed the following: Interior light on. Drivers window open. Vehicle off. D/L, Owners Card, and insurance in hand, hands (both of em) on top of the steering wheel. You'd be amazed how many will recognize the effort you've gone through on their behalf and will be more likely to warn for a small infraction. |
| ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 05, 2006, 01:14:06 pm ---D/L, Owners Card, and insurance in hand, hands (both of em) on top of the steering wheel. --- End quote --- I've been told by several Officers not to do this. They don't want you digging around in compartments or under your seat until they are close enough to see what you are pulling out. That includes your wallet. I was told by all of them to wait until instructed to get them out, tell the officer where each item is, and then get them in plain view of the Officer. That way they know you're not pulling out a weapon rather than your registration. If they see you digging around in the car while they are walking up to it they have to be cognizant of the fact that you could be dangerous. |
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