OT: Bone-headed things to do when pulled over

I was cranking up-and-down the road in my '67 GTO with my friend, when
a cop (NY State police) came the other way and pulled *across* the
road, blocking it.
We got pulled over, and I went into the standard 'yessir, nossir'
routine when my friend got angry, don't know why. He started shouting
at the cop, saying that he was harassing us.
To make his point, my friend got out of the car (NYState police policy
is to have you stay in the car), confronting the cop over the roof of
the car. My friends words were "Why are you such a pain in my ass? Is
it because you're mad at the world because God made you short and
ugly?". Needless to say, the cop started coming around the back of the
car, and the billy club was coming out of its holder. When the cop
grabbed him I got out of the car to see what he was going to do (I
made sure to stand by my door), and the cop turned to me, billy club
in one hand, my friend in the other, and said "GET BACK IN THE CAR".
My reply was "I just want to watch you hit him".
This actually defused the situation pretty well, and though I got a
speeding ticket and my friend got a ride to the pokey (I got to go
home and tell his mom), at least my friend didn't get beat!
He ended up with about 20hrs community service.

-Dave.