In todays bizarro world environment of freaks and fairies committing random violence against white peepo and Asians, 5-0 being ambushed and killed more than ever, everybody is on edge out there. That’s a really important common sense detail to keep in mind.
Any kind of furtive movements, especially at night in a dark vehicle, are going to raise someone’s cackles at least a bit on approach, it’s just human nature.
Sure so you’re a completely innocent working stiff just getting your license out, but a large percentage of people that cops stop are hiding things (drugs/guns/booze) with those very same movements, some jumping out of the vehicle with angry intent after making such movements, whether that’s as a distraction to what’s in the vehicle or as an attempt to get a better position for fight or flight.
Regular people don’t think about those things when they're being stopped, they just get nervous or angry because now they’re really gonna be late or they think this is going to cost them $$ so they already appear anxious to the casual observer yet still see their movements as completely normal because they haven’t been exposed to the other side of the coin or ever thought about blasting their way out of a car stop. A cop has to think that way with each stop, complacency kills, but the people get irritated by it and make fun of it because “hey it’s just me, Jimmy Pajamas, I’m no cop killer, stop being such a pussy.”
Everyone’s going to do what they want either way, some guys just love being a**h***s during traffic stops, questioning everything and playing shit house lawyer before they even produce their DL. Others are calm, polite and respectful while still others play calm and polite while they’re plotting how to escape because they have multiple warrants and they’re pros at the game. You just don’t know what type you will get when you light them up (with blues, not bullitz).
For me, if I’m being stopped, I put my window down a bit while still moving in case the cop wants to direct me to a safer place to stop using the loud speaker. I’ve actually had this happen with the highway meter maids when there was no break down lane or shoulder to stop on.
Put my emergency flashers on so they know I’m responding to them and not just continuing to drive away.
My interior light comes on when I stop, car in park, foot off the brake, and my hands stay empty and in plain view until I’m asked for my info. No pant shitting needed. If you start it off with a f*** you attitude he’s just gonna be counting ways to write you and already adding it up in his head.
TLDR;
Most people write their own tickets by running their suck. Just be normal and polite, there’s nothing complicated about it.