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Originally Posted by Trogdor
3) Have your ID and insurance ready to go when they get to your car. Next time you get pulled over, look where the office had their hands as the approach your car. It's on their belt, so that they're ready to draw their gun if they need it. If you can avoid moving your hands to a place where they can't see them, the safer you both are. So make sure you've already gotten in to your wallet, purse, or glove box before they get to your car.
5) If it's dark, turn your dome lights on. This way they can see in to your car easier and know that it is safe. Also, if you can, try to pull over in a place where a street light is coming in to the front of your car, or in to a parking lot there there is a lot of light.
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Mostly great advice except these two.
Do NOT go reaching in your pockets/jacket/glove box for your ID, insurance etc. They see you digging around or leaning over to grab something out of your glove box it makes them very nervous. I have always waited until they ASK for these things. Some times they wont even ask if they plan to give you a warning. They seem to appreciate it. If/when they ask, just tell them what you're going to do and do it with your hands as visible as possible.
Pull over as soon as you can safely do so and keep your hands high on the wheel. Don't bother with your dome light, that's silly. If you've been pulled over at night you know full well that their spotlight does an excellent job of illuminating your entire interior. The added light from your interior lights is hardly noticeable.
And with the street lights etc. Just pull over when they light you up. If they wanted to wait for the ideal spot to pull you over they would have waited to pull you over. Again, they've got the lights covered. Taking an extra 10 seconds to pull into a parking lot is just going to piss them off and make them wonder why you didn't just pull over. ie what did they just try to stuff under the seat while they were screwing around pulling into a parking lot.
I'm not a cop but I've been with HCSO for 5 years.