On October 7th I got pulled over because I didn't stop for a full 30 seconds at a stop sign. No matter that there was not another car in sight. When I pulled the car over and saw the female officer walking towards my car in my rearview mirror, I knew I was screwed. Things got even worse when I realized I didn't have current proof of insurance in my car. The nice lady officer informed me that she could be arresting me for this offense, but for now I was just going to be ticketed and have to go to court. Ugh. My court date is this coming Tuesday.Then yesterday as we were driving home from the zoo and I had been listening to a screaming baby for 20 minutes straight, I saw the flashing lights in my rearview mirror again. This time I was clearly in the wrong--they caught me doing 78 in a 55 mph zone. But really, has that cop ever driven with a screaming baby in the car before?! It was a total speed trap and it wasn't like I was going any faster than anyone else around me--they just singled me out. And the baby stopped screaming as soon as she saw the big scary police officer in the window. At least this time I don't have to go to court.
The annoying thing is I haven't gotten a ticket ever in the past 11 years--and then I had only ever gotten one speeding ticket for going like 5 miles over the limit. Now I've had three tickets in less than two months?! And I have no idea what any of them are going to cost me. Wish me luck at court on Tuesday.
You can call me The Fugitive.
2 comments:
Sorry about the tickets. I was late to a meeting today and slipped through a really orange-yellow+red light. I kept feeling like I was about to be pulled over.
So how did your court date go?
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