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As surprising as it may be to some, under the "command presence" appearance, most police officers are really good hearted people with a fine sense of fairness and a well developed (although sometimes a bit bizarre) sense of humor. They're not out to "get you" or make your life miserable for no reason, and one (or ten) traffic tickets more or less doesn't make or break their day.

After the kinds of unpleasant experiences they have with many folks every day, dealing with someone who is honest, cooperative and clearly a good guy in daily life is a breath of fresh air. There's a fairly strong tendency to let such folks go with a warning about whatever the stop was over because they know that with good guys, that will have as much of an impact on future behavior as a ticket would. If they have a common sport interest with the subject, things are even more likely to go the way they did for the OP here (minus the wheelie performance test) unless the guy or gal does something really dumb to shift things the other way.

When I was on the other side of the badge, I averaged at least 3 warnings for every ticket issued. DWI's and reckless or intentionally dangerous driving earned paper or an arrest just about every time, but I viewed minor offenses as educational opportunities unless the driver worked hard to turn it into something else.