I got pulled over in louisiana once, thought I might have been speeding. I got out of the van and the cop pulled a gun on me and yelled at me to put my hands on the bonnet. Freaked me out a bit, not really the sort of thing that happens in England or Australia. They do seem quite trigger happy.
(, Mon 24 Aug 2020, 15:48, Reply)
and you can get out and have a conversation and try and weasel out of the fine, as I'd done quite a few times before in Australia (though having said that Australia's become more like the US recently, and I think they now want you to stay in your car). I also had a lot of drugs in the van so I wasn't keen on them coming over
(, Mon 24 Aug 2020, 16:02, Reply)
thinking it was the polite thing to do. I only had two cops pointing their handguns at me. Disclosure: I look like the casting for the part of a flower child.
(, Tue 25 Aug 2020, 23:05, Reply)