one of the close encounters I've had that really sticks out was in my early 20's. it was about 9:30 p.m. and I had 30 lbs of oregano in the trunk on the way to drop in storage. cop passes me as i'm pulling in to my storage park. i see him go by, but don't pay it too much attention since he didn't turn around or follow me in to the lot, etc. so I continue in to my garage and unload (out of sight from anyone) and grab a few things from the unit real quick and bail. in and out.
the second i pull out from the storage park, he lights me up and pulls me over for a license plate light being out. (which was bullshit, btw.) get grilled as to what i was doing. just grabbing some clothes from my storage unit. get grilled as to which one was mine. obviously lie my nuts off. was respectful, and had my game face on, which is pretty damn good, so he never actually searched me, but he was looking for any reason he could find. Vehicle and my person were both completely clean, but it was still too close for comfort.
had my timing been any different, it could have ended very poorly for me.