Cops pulled over my kid today after work, she makes me proud

Nice! I'd be proud too. Congrats!

 

Talking nice and with respect got me out of a lot of trouble back in the day. All due to my Dad who told me to do just that.
Your a good Dad that taught your Daughter well.

 

My oldest brother is a retired cop...32 years on the Toronto force. His advice to me about 30 years ago was "deny everything and admit to nothing"...and always say "yes sir/no sir". Good advice that's worked in my favour a couple of times.

 

You Sir, have proof that you've been a good father.
Your daughter sounds like a good young person also.

 

Maybe he just was bored and wanted to chat to a pretty girl

 

I know people that if told that story would either laugh and laugh and then ask “where did this happen ?!” or they’d get very angry and walk away because they wouldn’t know where to start.

I get the point of the original post and you should be proud and if your daughter has the wherewithal to conduct herself like that then she obviously also knows that situation plays out very differently in other locales...

 

Where I live 95% of the cars have standard. Only a few cars have hands-free sets installed (no correlation with above statistic).

Old people also use their phones while driving without a hands-free. So do middle-aged drivers.

 

From what I hear in the news from the US then reaching into your bag when stopped by the police can have serious consequences for some people.

 

You are correct depending on who you are, any encounter with the police can have a dubious outcome.

 

I thought she was lucky not to be shot.. then I saw it was British Columbia

 

The proper response is to tell Officer Smiley to get a warrant, and if he had probable cause he would have gotten the phone himself already.

You do not have to even roll down the window for a cop... Jeeze.

 

Dumbest advice I ever heard.

 

I understand what you're saying here, but I can't look past the missed opportunity to refer to your child as 8-track.

 

I don't know what's being taught in Canada, but in my corner of the U.S. they're teaching new drivers to grip the wheel at the 9-3 or 8-4 positions instead of the traditional 10-2 to avoid injury during airbag deployments.

Unless Canadian law has a requirement that both hands be on the wheel and visible from the outside, not being able to see both is pretty shaky as grounds for a stop.

 

They need to do more of that in the States. Most states have cell phone laws - but they don't seem to be enforced. They should be.