My last 2 pull overs have been interesting.
430 am, a truck wayyy in front of me, no other car.
Hells Bells comes on and im already in a rush.
The bypass was under construction 45mph, and ehen I saw
the lights come on I was well over 70mph.
Add a gun in the glove box with my papers.
Got a $100 fine for failure to heed the highway signs.
Saved my CDL, and my job.
Damn nice cop.
430pm Friday pulling away from the curb in town, a cop going the other
way sees the expired inspection sticker, on my 20+year old Lesbaru wagon.
Our two girls see him
hit the lights and try a three point turn in traffic on that skinny street.
A couple quick turns in the alleys and back on another street don't
quite work due to traffic and lights favoring him, and he was getting
close, so I stopped.
He asks about the inspection, I tell him I just didn't do it.
"Why" "Was going to put new tires on, and havent."
He explained that I was a couple weeks shy of a year overdue.
He hated to write a ticket, because they were expensive. And
if it was only a couple months he would give a warning. But
He would get in trouble.
I laughed, and told him to write it.
Girls were laughing at me , "mom is gonna be maaaddddd, she has
been telling you to get this inspected."
He comes back with the ticket, apologizes again.
I tell him not to sweat it, again.
He talks a minute, then asks if his captain can call me about
the stop. That the boss likes to check up on them.
Weeks later my wife gets that call, says he will call back.
She told him she probably could answer any questions.
Our daughters gave her a detailed report.
She told him how they came home laughing, and how nice we
all said the cop was. And how I was kinda glad for the whole thing,
it gave me a chance to show them how to handle that situation.
He was speechless. Then he started laughing.
He doesn't get to deal with many people glad to be puled over.
But,
There is a big difference between a traffic stop and a fishing
expedition. Stop me at a check point to play little games.
Ask me questions about a crime committed, and we are in
A whole other world.
The stakes are higher,
And I'm being looked at as a rack to hang something on.
License, registration, insurance, and nuttin to say.
