Having had the opportunity to drive extensively throughout Euorope, one thing I’ve noticed in drivers there have much better training with respect to what to do when pulled over by police; pull over as soon as it’s safe to do so, then immediately turn off the car. Everyone understands this and everyone does this. Failing to do this is likely to result in a license suspension.
In most countries, the police will stay in their car and issue directions to the driver through the police loud-speaker. It’s very common to tell the driver to exit the vehicle and stand either by the ‘boot’ or the ‘bonnet’ then the police will exit their vehicle and make their approach.
All things considered, this is probably the better procedure. I’m not sure why law enforcement in this country doesn’t adopt a national standard. A better, universally understood SOP for traffic stops would go a long way towards ending much of the drama, IMO.
That’s in part because “what to do when stopped” is part of their more extensive driver training.
I agree that there should probably be a common standard here in the states. Of course, we’re more likely to have entitled idiots that think it doesn’t apply to them, too...