So there I am on the way to work driving within +/- 5pmh of the speed limit. Then little boy racer in his Mazda3 pulls up behind me and starts to dog me. Chases my bumber on the first freeway, and then on the surface streets. And then I thought I lost him at the light when we get onto the surface streets, but no...here he comes again. Then here he comes again up the hill. And of course I'm stuck behind 2 slow ass fools, so I settle in. Get to the passing lane and I pass them with ease. The procedure I have come to call simply, "effortless". Just as I am about to crest the hill, something tells me to slow down and fast. Sure enough, as I crest the hell there's a white CHP, with his rear to the hill starts his lights and points for me to pull over.
Young guy, he saunters up and asks if the car is an '08 and I said '09. I swear the guy hangs his head. I have gotten a few tickets in my time and pulled over on other occasions for completely nonesense reasons - yes DWB does exist. Some officers get on their high horse and start to the whole, "do you know why I pulled you over" crap and the 20 questions that follow. Some are very very nice, and let you off with a warning. Some are just plain power trippers. This guy was neither. He could've been tired. He could've been sick of writing tickets this day. But I swear, as he looked the car over, he was not happy writting me that ticket.
To wit he says, he's writing the ticket for less. I was just at the point where it could've been double so he wrote it for less. The irony is people go way faster, hence why there's a cop permanently stationed there now.
[Fast forward a little bit and I told someone how fast I was going, and she responded, "they pulled you over for THAT?! I go way faster on that stretch." LOL!]
So my speeding ticket cherry has been popped and now I'm watching my ass. This was about the same time I got my first one, when i got the last car too. Object of the story I guess is let people go by!
Posted by tony at July 22, 2008 3:21 PM | TrackBack