Just call me Hazel Eye (thespaz) wrote, @ 2003-02-08 23:59:00

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An early birthday present from the CHP
My day was going well yesterday- or so I thought. Work was not all that great, I was glad to leave at 11pm. So I walked out to my car thinking "it's over, gonna go home and get some good sleep, thank the lord!" So I'm driving (kinda fast I admit) and up ahead of me I see a car totally blow through a stop-sign, didn't even slow down. I came to the stop-sign and did the infamous "California stop" hey I figure if I'm a Californian it's my right, am I right? So I live less than a mile from where I work and I was (I'm guessing here) .2-.3 miles away from my house and I see these lights come out of nowhere and all of a sudden a red light is flashing in my mirror. Where the f*** did that come from? I was scared to death, I've never been pulled over, I don't even know what my damn registration form looks like. The officer came up to my car, asks me for my license and registration, I fumble through the glove box, and he was kind of snippy asking me things like "why were you driving so bad, do you know what you did wrong?" and I was just like "I wanted to get home, fucking A!" only I didn't say that last part. So he takes my license and for 10 minutes he sat there and talked with the other officer with him- probably about their favorite kind of donut- who the hell knows. So he comes back and says "well you oughta be more cautious" no really? He rips me my ticket and sends me on my way- HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGHAN!! You know I was actually expecting him to rip off his pants- I thought it was some big joke, damnit who wants a ticket for their birthday, where's my stripper!!!!!!!!! So as I replay the whole fiasco in my head this is what strikes me 1) CHP=California Highway Patrol, I was miles away from the nearest highway, whatever happened to doing their f-ing job? No let's hide out on backstreets at 11 o'clock...puh-lease get a life. 2) I didn't run the stop-sign I just didn't stop long enough to make 10 calls on my cell phone. 3) Didn't I just say someone blew through a stop sign right before me, at least I slowed down! 4) I thought the first time you get stopped is a warning :( he had no compassion at all. So I guess I'll be getting something in the mail soon telling to pay a hefty fine, I'm thinking around $270. Uhg what a day :) This is me over and out- wow.

Your warning comes when they give you the permission to drive. You sign some papers and they say in the smaller than small print that you understand that this is actually your warning.

I'll see you soon... Mon or Tues?

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	Meghan Meghan Meghan dear. directdarkness 2003-02-09 08:00 (link)
	Happy Birthday TO Meghan Happy Birthday to YOU Officer Helpful's last name wasn't Shultz was it? I didn't mean to laugh during the read-through, but your innocence struck ME semi funny. How long is a California stop? 10 minutes Geez, they could've got your tires rotated and the oil changed for just five more minutes.

Re: Meghan Meghan Meghan dear. thespaz 2003-02-09 13:42 (link)

Uh the officer's name was Mr. Bigs- a big fat jerk. What was innocent about this? I'm a criminal who had "5 violations in the space of a mile and a half"- or at least that's what he told me (I don't even live a mile and a half from the store). California stop is pretty much a rolling stop- you're driving, slow, slow, slow, GO! I just can't believe of all people I had to be caught, it was late and no one was around (except of course the damn cop). Anyway that was fun... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)