When I was a young poor preppy white high school punk I probably got stopped a half dozen times a year for such things as, broken taillight, cracked windshield, balding tires, failure to signal, speeding. Back then they just wanted to smell your breath to see if you were smoking marijuana. If I had been a long hair, I’m sure I would have been stopped a lot more.
Thirty years ago, when I had a beard, long hair, and a VW van, I’d get stopped several times a year (though not for speeding, in that thing). Since I didn’t smoke dope, and was always polite to the cops, I seldom got a ticket.
Now all that’s left is the beard, which is gray, and I have only been pulled over once in the last 12 years or more. That time I was definitely speeding, but was just told to slow down.
I was stopped once for going 58 mph in a 55 mph zone in 1972. When I pointed out to the officer that the vehicle code didn't even levy any fine or points for fewer than 6 miles over the limit, I got a long lecture as he proceeded to go (illegally) through my car.