: Instead of slowing to 55, I thought that slamming on the brakes would have been too guilty-looking

My trick: Use the e-brake to slow down at that point. It isn't great for the brake. but you can gradually slow down without turning on your brake lights thus alerting the officer that you are, in fact, trying to slow down to avoid a ticket. Of course, this only works effeciently with those who have the pull-up emergency brake, rather than the kind under the dash that you apply with your foot, or pull out a handle to engage.

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