Six things that have allowed me to continue driving like an elitist asshole while not having accidents or attracting any unwanted police attention
1. Defensive driving as an understatement: You may have heard you should expect anything on the road, but really you're best off just assuming everyone is a complete and utter jackass waiting for the opportunity to kamikaze your car. After all, most people actually are. Assume none of them know left from right or red from green.
2. Got a green light? People run reds for sport, but it takes two jackasses to make an accident happen. One to run the light and another who doesn't look before blindly going on green. Look both ways-expect the jackass.
3. Doing some street racing? Good luck with that. At some point, your need to win will overcome your judgment and even an awesome driver like yourself will do something completely moronic. You deserve the results. Thank the cop for taking your car.
4. How about some tailgating? Doing some of that? Those sweet cross-drilled rotors ain't gonna give you the Jedi powers you'll need to stop in time at 70mph. Back off. Besides, you'll be able to plan your sweep pass from a better vantage point.
5. Cruising down the freeway? For the love of God, don't sit in someone else's blind spot. Just because it's that person's job to notice you doesn't mean they're not on the phone/picking their nose/clinically insane/doing it for sport.
6. Lead foot? This is a no-brainer. Get a radar detector (unless you live in Virginia or Washington, DC). It will pay for itself in a month.
If you can stay out of bad situations, you won't get pulled over as much. If you don't get pulled over, you won't get harassed and your insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket, either.