I breathe a sigh of relief when I see that it&#x27;s a State Trooper who has pulled me over. I have never had a negative experience with a State Trooper.<p>One time, I was speeding and got a ticket for it but the cop was really cool about it. I was in Cadiz county Ohio and I was doing 75MPH. I was in a 65 zone and then it dropped to 55 and I failed to notice the sign. A cop clocked me doing 75 and started following me. He waiting until two miles later to pull me over where the speed limit was back at 65MPH. He was very professional about the whole thing and I have no complaints about him.<p>Unfortunately, not every interaction goes well.<p>I know that I have these and I suspect that you do too.
Little verbal clues that I drop to indicate to the officer that I know what&#x27;s going on but I&#x27;m not going to say it overtly and give him a reason to pretend to be offended at the suggestion.<p>A few examples:
When a cop asks &quot;Do you know why I pulled you over?&quot;, I say &quot;I have a pretty good idea, officer but I am not going to say it out loud.&quot;<p>&quot;Where are you headed?&quot; gets met with &quot;I&#x27;m on my way to obey the law, officer.&quot;<p>They also like to ask &quot;Do you have any drugs in the car?&quot; and my response is always &quot;No more than you do, officer.&quot;<p>When asked for my license, &quot;I need to reach into my right front pocket to retrieve my wallet, officer.&quot; and I wait until he indicates that I should reach for it.<p>I have found these to be responses that deescalate the situation.<p>They&#x27;re not direct challenges to his authority so he doesn&#x27;t feel threatened and they allow me to get through the interaction with my sense of dignity intact. I know what&#x27;s happening and just as importantly, he now knows that I know.<p>By chance, is your wife blonde? I have found that I get a more negative reaction if I am in the company of a blonde woman.