Around 12/3/2007 3:52 PM, Brent P wrote:

> 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.

Correction: HOPE you won't get hurt.


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