I haven't read through the thread yet, but since it's a pretty direct question, I've been pulled over exactly four times.
The first time, I DEFINITELY deserved it. I was lost, trying to follow my phone GPS, stressed beyond belief, angry, and I damn near caused a wreck. A police officer pulled me over, and as he sat in his car running my plates or whatever and then approached my vehicle, I got on the phone with my husband and started bitching about what was going on.
Police officer arrived at my window. I held up a finger like, "wait," and finished my story with my husband by saying, "And now a fucking police officer has pulled me over for damned good reason. I'm going to let you go." The cop actually looked a little amused. He said, "A little early in the morning for a wreck, isn't it?"
I said it was, and then, "Look, before you give me a ticket, can you at least give me directions so I won't be having to try to follow this damned GPS anymore? I'm lost, I'm stressed, and I've just fucking had it."
The guy actually laughed. And gave me directions. And a warning. I think that must have been a once-in-a-lifetime way to get out of a ticket.
The next two times were both BS stops. I was driving a suburban with tinted windows in an area where a lot of human trafficking takes place, and the cops wanted an excuse to look in my vehicle. I got pulled over for "failure to yield right of way" even though I had plenty of time to pull out and get completely up to speed before any approaching cars got near me - no one had to slow down for me or anything like that, and I didn't have to jam on the gas. The other time it was for "tailgating;" the officer said I got too close behind the car I was about to pass before changing lanes. In both of those instances, I kept my hand on the wheel and just acted friendly and completely puzzled. Warnings.
The final time, I was pulled over for a sticker that had just gone out and I had some friends in the car. I kept my hands on the wheel and was friendly and puzzled (I really hadn't realized the sticker was out,) and the officer seemed fine with me, but he demanded to see a friend of mine's ID. Just this one guy. I guess the cop didn't like the look of him. I objected and said, "Officer, he's not driving the car, he hasn't done anything wrong - what's going on here?" The cop acted belligerent and said he had a right to ask for identification of anyone in the car during a traffic stop. My friend, very smiley and friendly, said, "Sorry, officer. I'm riding with someone else, so I left my wallet at home." The officer persisted, asking for my friend's full name and date of birth. I muttered at him that this was ridiculous. My friend gave his info, though, the cop checked it out, and then, I guess feeling like a bit of an ass, he gave me a warning and went his own way.