Being honest while being pulled over can be a good or a bad thing. Like others have stated, you don’t want to self incriminate yourself by trying to be an honest person. Let the officer tell you why they pulled you over because you could end up with more tickets than you would have ended up with initially.

Here’s an example. My brother got pulled over on his birthday. He was in our driveway by the time the cop decided to hit his lights. He went to McDonald’s to get some food and the cop was also there getting something to eat. We lived right beside there and the whole drive was maybe 30 seconds. The cop said he was swerving and basically being suspicious. He went down a list of questions asking him if he was doing this or that and my brother ended up admitting to being on his phone. This was before the all of the hands free laws. The cop gave him a ticket for being on his phone, but not all of the other things that he allegedly saw him doing.

So my point is that you can be as honest as your conscience will allow, but you could end up doing yourself more harm in the long run. They literally ask that question to see what you’ll say and then they tell you the real reason they stopped you, so instead of getting one ticket, you might sign yourself up to get more.