In article >, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:

>> Um, she didn't confront the cop. She appeared to be merely disorganized
>> and did not have her papers at the ready for inspection. To a cop,
>> anything short immediate and total obedence is a confrontation I suppose,
>> but in the real world it isn't. I understand that a good number of cops
>> are ex-military and that the police forces are militarized leading to an
>> expectation of military style obedence and having one's documents etc at
>> the ready but that is no excuse.

> There's also one more thing. As referenced in the discussion comments on the
> Fark.com sites, an increasing number of police officers are apparently
> starting to use anabolic steroids to gain an edge over the suspects and
> criminals they deal with. That means steroid rage.
>
> To be smart, one should always have their driver's license on them, and
> their registration and proof of insurance in a small wallet that can be kept
> in the glove compartment or center console compartment within the vehicle.
> Then, when going for the license and registration/proof of insurance, tell
> the officer something like: "I'm reaching for my wallet to get my license",
> then get the license and give it to the officer. Then say something like
> "I'm going to open this center console compartment to get the registration
> and proof of insurance", then get it and give the registration/proof of
> insurance to the officer. Don't give them any reason to suspect resistance.
> Don't give them any reason to think there is any sort of threat.
>
> Doing the above makes any traffic stop that much quicker, and the officer
> isn't as defensive since there is clearly no threat. That goes for whether
> it's just a fix it ticket, or if they are actually issuing something like a
> speeding ticket.

Live in fear, be a good little slave and you won't get hurt.