My encounters with police have led me to believe that they are all assholes but if you can find somethings in common between you and them and dont cry and be bitchy with them, they will be cool (usually) with you, but any encounter with the police is a bad encounter.
Also dont speed on road that you aren't fimillar with, i know where most of the speed traps are in my area and i never speed there and i laugh when i see people getting pulled over