"Roll down all windows, take your key out of the ignition and put your keys on the dashboard. Turn on the internal car light, turn off the radio. Do not leave the car, do not unbuckle your seat belt and do not open the glove compartment until directed to. Put both hands on the dashboard and respond to every question with "Sir", just like in the military. Slow and steady wins the race of not being shot by a twitchy vet with a gun."

That's what my uncle who was a cop told me before I got my license, and I'm a white ginger. And every speeding ticket I've done the same thing.

/the prevalence of cops planting shit on perps after shooting them in the back over the last few years being caught on cameras (thanks survellance state/orwell/huxley!) has cemented my fear of cops - though having a crooked cop as an uncle growing up helped ferment a healthy fear of them decades ago. Of course back then it was Vietnam vets who were twitchy - now it's Iraq and Afghanistan (16 years of war?!?!?!) vets.