Busted. Again.
By Susan Mercedes. Filed in Life |
I have a problem. Actually I have more than one, but for the purpose of today’s post, I have only one.
I drive fast. I take chances. Everyday.
And today I got busted. Again. There were two other times in 2009. Each happened within a month of the other. In fact, the second time I got pulled over in 2009 was when I was on my way to traffic school as punishment for the first time.
2009
January 30, 2010
Before I drove a Mercedes, I ALWAYS talked my way out of tickets.
I was tested today. Using my best charm with the very handsome highway patrol officer, I tried my hardest to get out of this ticket. We talked about our kids. He shared where he grew up and what his dad did for a living. And we giggled about turning on the passenger seat heaters when we have an unsuspecting passenger. He does it too!
But it all ended with him doing the unthinkable (in my mind). Of course, I batted my eyes and asked him to not give me a ticket. He laughed. A little too hard. And said, “Well, I already gave away all my warnings this morning. But I’ll be gentle.”
Bam. He slapped me with a speeding ticket. Of course, he only put it as 10 mph over the speed limit. I was going significantly over that. And by significantly, I mean 23 mph over. Then he started to tell me about what to do (i.e. call this number but you must wait…), but quickly stopped the explanation, told me that I should know how to do this after mentioning all my other speeding ticket experiences in 2009 and then told me to slow down.
So here I am. Wondering if I should get a car that is harder to speed in. Any suggestions?
Saturday, January 30th 2010 at 4:54 pm
As a fellow frequent speeder, I can tell you for certain that the power of the car won’t matter. We crave that cruising speed. A car with less power just means it takes longer to get to that speed.
Susan Mercedes Reply:
January 30th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Mike: You’re so right. I’ll keep the Benz and I’ll just avoid the cops. Wait…this plan hasn’t worked really well for me. Suggestions?
Sunday, January 31st 2010 at 11:22 am
You have to drive a sleeper – a car that is crazy fast but doesn’t attract attention. I have a ‘93 Toyota Corolla wagon beater (my spare car) that screams down the road, but it is beige…and a Corolla. Nobody bothers to even look at this car until it has passed them like they were standing still. It did the 65 mile commute to work in 45 minutes in Saturday morning traffic.
Susan Mercedes Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Mike Murphy: But silly, my middle name isn’t Toyota!
Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 at 4:18 pm
Only you would photograph the arresting officer!! The husband says that you should be careful when taking photos of cops pulling you over though ……in the 209 they tend to shoot first and ask questions later.
Susan Mercedes Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Suz: But I’m confident that you and said husband could get me out of that situation. Unless, of course, I was dead. In which case you couldn’t do a thing. Except cry.