Staying calm is incredibly good advice. Admitting guilt when you don't know exactly what they are going to charge you with is a bad idea. You may not be fully aware of the repurcussions for whatever crime you may have caused, and you may be giving them more evidence by speaking than they have without you speaking.
I didn't mean to go on and admit what you did wrong without them asking - I meant to acknowledge it if they tell you what you did wrong. I should have clarified that in my post.
That's still terrible advice. I don't think there is a lawyer on the planet who would recommend that telling acknowledging you did the wrong thing to a police officer is a good thing. That is what court is for down the track.
It's worked for me in the past when being pulled over. "You turned right on red when you weren't supposed to" "I suppose I did. I'm sorry, I guess I just didn't see the sign."
Saying that's "terrible" advice is going a bit too far, I think.
I guess I'm confused by how staying calm and being apologetic isn't good advice when dealing with police officers?
Staying calm is incredibly good advice. Admitting guilt when you don't know exactly what they are going to charge you with is a bad idea. You may not be fully aware of the repurcussions for whatever crime you may have caused, and you may be giving them more evidence by speaking than they have without you speaking.
48 minutes in length and gives a lot of incite, at least in regards to the American legal system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
I didn't mean to go on and admit what you did wrong without them asking - I meant to acknowledge it if they tell you what you did wrong. I should have clarified that in my post.
That's still terrible advice. I don't think there is a lawyer on the planet who would recommend that telling acknowledging you did the wrong thing to a police officer is a good thing. That is what court is for down the track.
It's worked for me in the past when being pulled over. "You turned right on red when you weren't supposed to" "I suppose I did. I'm sorry, I guess I just didn't see the sign."
Saying that's "terrible" advice is going a bit too far, I think.