I see a lot of videos where people refuse to identify themselves at e.g. random traffic checks, seemingly escalating a harmless situation for no reason. Is this just for the show, or is that a thing you guys do? If so, what is the reason?
In the EU we have routine checks, it takes 3 minutes. Sometimes they make you take a breathalizer test (we have zero tolerance for dui), check your boot, or simply check your papers. If you have nothing to hide it takes a few minutes. In addition, in my country if you fail/refuse to identify yourself the police takes you in until they verify who you are. Quite often they find drunk drivers, cars that are not in the state to be in traffic, but even illegal immigrants, smugglers and wanted criminals.