scotty37 wrote:Hahahaha ... Good one Jason, so actually pleading a bit can help.
Nope, not normally....
If you want my honest advice, try this:
1) Get out of your car (don't try this in the U.S. You may get shot.

) and go and wait on the footpath. Wait next to your car and not the passenger side window of the Police car.
2) Don't get your licence out and have it ready for them. It just makes you look like a smart arsed little turd.
3) Don't ask "Is there a problem?", "What's this all about?", "Have you got nothing better to do?"
4) Be polite. Let's face it, if you're going to get a fine, it's probably because you did do something wrong. So, what's the point in trying to ensure you get one? It's all about trying to not get one.
5) Don't repeatedly call the copper "Officer" or "Sir". Such as "I'm sorry officer, I didn't mean to do it officer, please officer." - Bzzzt!! Annoying as crap!
6) Be honest.
7) Don't try and be funny. Let the copper have his moment and laugh at his piss weak jokes.

Try to look sorry.
Normally when a copper stops you, they'll conduct an "Attitude Test". This test starts from the moment you pull to the side of the road and you can fail it from the moment you first open your mouth. Failing the attitude test is a sure fire way of getting a fine.
Now, the above may not necessarily work. If the officer has decided before he gets out of the car that you are going to cop a fine, then stiff. Nothing you can really do about that. The usual bullshit excuses will never work, have heard them all... a million times.
If all else fails, tell them you've just finished work, that you're running a bit late to get home (if it's 2 a.m. tell them you're a night filler or something), that your wife/husband is waiting for you to get home because they have to go to work and they can't go to work until you get home because your 3 year old twins have bronchitis.
As for P-platers, you normally get what you deserve. If you're a P-plater and you don't believe the cops are trying to save lives by stopping you, come for a ride with me and I'll show you numerous places in the metro area where there are flowers on the side of the road, attached to the stobie poles that killed other P-platers. Whilst you're at these sites, maybe you can take a moment to read the messages of grief and sadness left by the families.