From what I’ve heard technicaly cops arent allowed to pull you over for just a cell phone… there has to be something else along with it.
Maybe I misheard.
And for traffic infrations ehh id say just be honest like you said… depends on the cop and how good of a reader you are when it comes to people.
Sometimes you can just tell not from their tone buy how a cop carrys himself if hes goign to give you a ticket or not regardless of anything you tell him.
But for something serious I agree with everything he said