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I made a mistake ONCE and had a gun pointed at me.

I NEVER made that mistake again.

I GOT OUT of my car without being instructed to and started walking back toward the cop car after being pulled over.

The COP FREAKED OUT and pulled his gun and started ordering me to place my hands on the car ect. Everything turned out fine in the end, but I scared the piss out of him apparently and since then NEVER get out of the car. I just sit patiently, move slowly, keep my hands visible, be super polite and respectful (whether it is deserved or not) and don't argue, but just express regret for my actions.

Was driving home late one night and had a flat tire. I’m jacking up my truck when a Highway Patrol car pulls over and lights me up.

I stop jacking and start walking back to his car ... with the tire iron in my hand. I suddenly stop and think about how this must look, drop the tire iron and raise my hands.

He gets on his loud speaker and says he is only keeping the semis away from me, so I don’t get blown off the jack. Nice guy.

The time I was lying face down in the street, hands behind my head, while a cop stood over me with his gun drawn. Well ... lets just call that a misunderstanding.

I had a cop pull me over one time after I coasted through a stop sign (it was bitterly cold, and my old car had a habit of killing when I drove too slow in cold weather until it warmed up a bit.) As I sat in my car waiting for the cop to come to my window, I could see in the sideview mirror the cop had his gun hand resting on the handle of his piece. And he was in a foul mood ranting and raving about other things (I had a pile of snow on the car as well). I simply said yes sir and no sir to everything he said. I avoided getting a ticket but just narrowly.

Since then, I've been pulled over about half a dozen times for various driving offenses of which I was 100% guilty of all of them. I simply repeated the same procedure each time...yes sir, no sir all in a calm tone.

But that was the only really nasty cop. The other times the policemen were professional and a few almost apologetic. I've only had to pay one traffic ticket. But the rule is: be nice to the cop, and he might let you off without a ticket. So far, so good.

One time I was out of the car (he told me to get out) chatting with him when I made the mistake of putting my hand under my untucked shirt. Just an idle move I thought nothing over but it earned me a well deserved pat down and a lecture about what motions to NOT do.

You never know what a policeman wants when you are stopped.

I was stopped once, he (by loudspeaker) told me to get out of the car and bring back my insurance papers, registration and license. I did.

Years later, I got stopped again, grabbed the license and papers opened the door and was told (by loudspeaker) to “stay in the car”.
Now I stay in the car till told what to do. After all, it is HIM that will be at the drivers side window where the stupid speeding drivers can hit him.