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An officer who feels safe is a happy officer. A happy officer is much more likely to give you a warning, rather than a ticket.

Things that make an officer feel unsafe are standing out in traffic, weapons, and furtive movements. You make the officer happy, and he’ll make you happy.

Save the debates about the righteousness of traffic stops for a time when you are not stuck out on the side of the road with an officers ticket book in his hand.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"Things that make an officer feel unsafe are standing out in traffic..."

Oh yeah, that reminds me of another pet peeve of mine - stoopid people who are pulled over, and who basically stop in the middle of the road. Dumb, dumb, dumb! Not only do they put the officer at risk, but they serve as a big dumb roadblock for everyone else trying to get through the area. FGS, drive a half a block to where you can get off the roadway - the officer and everyone else will thank you for it!