I finally got pulled over. And I say finally because there have been a few occasions when I have gone 10 mph or more over the speed limit, done rolling stop at stop signs etc. But yesterday I had the last laugh, and got pulled over. It is a back street that I usually take to beat the traffic. It passes through a ghetto, and usually there is very light traffic. I do a rolling stop at the stop sign, make a left turn, and immediately I see a cop car facing me parked on the left about 100 yards away. I thought some thing bad must have happened. I see a lady cop talking to a woman (??) inside a pulled over SUV. And as I pass the cop and the SUV, another burly cop waves me to pull over. I thought I got pulled over for passing the pulled over SUV. So I put my car on park and decide not to utter a word. The cop walks to me and asks me for the license and registration. He looks over it and says, “Show these to the young lady”. As he finishes, the lady cop (in her late 20′s or early 30′s) walks to the driver side window and looks over my license. The ensuing conversation is thus: [the word "nice" is used a lot, but you will see why]
Nice Lady cop - Do you know why I pulled you over ?
Me - [Calm and composed] No , ma’am, I do not.
Nice Lady cop - You made a rolling stop [I knew what that meant], which means you did not come to a complete stop at the sign. In the state of Florida, that is against the law. Is the vehicle registered in your name?
Me - Uh, yes, ma’am [and I try to thumb through my papers to get my registration card, but could not find it].
As I am trying to find my papers in vain, she says some magic words
Nice Lady cop - How about I let you go? You seem very cooperative. Make sure you don’t do it again.
Me - [excited, stunned, surprised] Yes, ma’am, thank you.
Maybe not all cops give you a hard time. May she live a very happy life. My first interaction with a cop here did not turn sour. Yippeee
Update : Now that I think of it, maybe she called me “very cooperative” probably because the woman in the other SUV not only did a rolling stop, but also was not cooperating. 
I just could not resist taking a dig at women drivers, even though there is very little chance that the lady was not cooperating with the cop. 
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ur lady charm works again ehh…kalaks
man is this coincidence or What!!!!! i got pulled over last weekend by teh cops at 1230 in the nite. I was rolling faster than i shd have on a Give way junction and to my bad luck this cop was perpendicular to me. he approached me and asked why i was pulled up and i answered right:D:D
he chked my license and papers and then wanted me to blow into a booze bag. I had has a peg of champagne abt 3 hrs before with dinner. I was a bit apprehensive being my first blow :p:p;) It turned up as a 0 and when asked if i had been drinking i said No.
he said he wud let me go but just wanted me to be careful at those approaches:):) the remiander of the journey home was at 2 kmph less than eth speed limit, as against the normal +10 kmph 
:D
I wish it worked for me, because I got pulled over and it was my first violation ever. The cop looked at me and said that I looked like a criminal. He then slapped a speeding ticked on me, which was bogus because he followed me at night without his lights for about 400 yards. wow, dirty cops.