once got pulled while actively smoking a blunt in the car with my buddy on some small town road where i grew up
we were worried he'd see if we tossed it so took advantage of the fact that there was no shoulder to pull off onto and just kept driving with our turn signal on for an extended period with all windows down and sunroof open to air it out
plan was to get to a bridge over a nearby stream where buddy could toss it and then even if he saw it then it'd be unlikely he could have recovered it as evidence
but then about quarter mile before the bridge there's a long shoulder and the cop starts beeping indicating his patience was wearing thin so we just shove it into the ashtray and close it hoping for the best
we thought we'd succeeded in airing out the car, guy asked for my license and registration - i gave it to him, he takes a look at it then hands it back
asks me if i know why i got pulled over, i say no idea
he tells me my tail light is out and i need to get that fixed because it's unsafe
i thank him for letting me know
then as he leaves, he reminds me that marijuana is illegal and it's especially unsafe to smoke it while driving, he also alerts me that there's smoking arising from my center console so perhaps i should get my electronics checked when i fix the light
we look down in horror to notice that indeed the blunt did not go out and a tiny stream of thick blunt smoke was oozing out of the ash tray
he then gets in his car, pulls a u-turn and drives away
just wanted to troll us a bit i guess
also drove down through baha with a couple buddies on spring break and we brought about an ounce of mushrooms with us and a whole lot of weed and it was all stored in the compartment inside the rear seat that flapped down to access the trunk
we show up at a military check point - thus far we'd been waved through them all
these guys stop us, tell us to get out, begin searching the car, open the trunk, check the center console and glove box, search under the seats, stick the mirrors under the car
they searched everywhere except nobody pulled down that thing in the middle of the seat - it's not obvious if you're not looking for it, but it's also not exactly hidden either (we we smart enough to have tucked the tab in so wasn't protruding like in the image)
so that was just pure luck, but i imagine had they opened that compartment, the collared shirt and polite demeanor would have resolved it