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This question was asked in my class and the instructor had a good answer in my opinion. You are just that a passenger. Unless you are being asked for identification stay out of it. It is typically between the driver and the officer.

However there are a good number of officers who are now asking if there are any guns in the vehicle. If you are the passenger in this situation it would be best to reply to the officer "Does that mean you would like to see my identification sir?"

This happend to me last summer when my wife was in a bit of a hurry to get to the coast to get our vacation started. The DPS trooper asked if there were any weapons and some other funny stuff I can't remember now. I replied with a laugh then asked if he would like to see my ID. Since I had my young daughters in the backseat of the van he just smiled and asked where it was located. I told him and was told to stay away from it and it would be fine. He then proceeded to give my wife a warning and let us on our way.

It may not be the best way to handle the situation but if the officer is thinking about the reply as the one who pulled us over was it would be sufficient.