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CarSpace Alternate RouteTurn off the nav system, crumple up that MapQuest printout, and let's find out where the next random turn may take us! Jul 17, 2009 - Stupid Case No. 06.16.09
There's this favorite spot that the local constabulary like to sit in to run speed patrol. I drive by every day, and 9 times out of 10, there's a police car sitting there waiting to nail someone. And it's a really good spot. The road is 5 lanes wide with two traffic lanes in each direction and a center turning lane, and it's fairly wide open along the road since you haven't gotten to the business district just yet... but the speed limit has already dropped to 40 MPH. Yesterday was pretty hot and I had just gotten back into the car and had both front windows down to let the interior cool off a bit before I switched on the A/C. Riding in the left travel lane and going 40 MPH, I see my good buddy sitting in the "bear trap", the entrance of a funeral home, very well hidden by the landscaping. (I'll have to post a picture of it sometime to show you just how good a spot it is) As I wave to the cop and continue on my way (now able to speed up since the coast is clear ahead), I notice a car coming rapidly up behind me in the right lane. I figure he was going 60-65. Sure enough, the instant he passes the trap, the cop starts to come out after him. Now comes the stupid part... I'm stopping for a traffic light that's maybe 500 yards or so past the cop, so the speeder rapidly winds up next to me. As my windows are open, he rolls down his window and starts yelling at me that I should have tapped my brakes to warn him that the cop (now with flashing lights approaching behind him) was there. Several thoughts ran through my mind for possible comebacks. I didn't need to "tap my brakes" as I was going the speed limit. But I couldn't spit out any good zingers... I was laughing too hard.
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