Cub Driver wrote:

When I was young and stupid, I was a passenger in a car that was
stopped by the Massachusetts state police. The trooper started jawing
and jawing about our lack of courtesy, etc., whereupon the tough-guy
driver said: "Don't gimme any sh*t, just gimme the ticket."

So the trooper did.

It made a great story to tell when we got home, but it was really
really stupid.

Conversely, when I was a young driver, I escaped more than a couple of
speeding tickets by simply being polite and showing respect to the
officer.

No matter how one feels, it rarely ever pays to **** off a government
employee.

--
Peter