I was finished in court today. I was driving Stacey's white VW Beetle with the "The Who" sticker on the bumper today. The car tends to get away from me. You wouldn't think so, but it does. I was on a main feeder road to one of the interstate highways today, on which the posted speed limit, the prima facie speed limit (That is legal mumbo jumbo for the concept that the speed limit depends on the conditions; and if the conditions are good and the judge likes you, the judge can let you off for going faster than the posted speed limit.) was 50 miles per hour.
I was cruising along when I noticed, having failed to keep a good look-out a motorcycle cop standing next to his motorcycle wth a laser gun in his hand pointed right at me. He put the little microphone up to his mouth and said something into it as he looked at me, although the mirrored sunglasses would not let me confirm that positively.
The highway patrol post is just down the road , a perfect place to signal a driver to pull his wife's white VW Beetle over for being clocked by laser going 70 miles an hour by the motorcycle cop, who radioed the description of the car ahead.
But that didn't happen.
Yes, this is a bad move. Yes, it is not something I want my sons to do. Yes to all of the questions with which you will bombard me.
I turned right at the side street about 750 feet ahead of me and headed due west perpendicular to the feeder road. Nobody followed me. I thought the white car behind me was following me, but he turned into a housing development. I got on the interstate one exit to the west and headed back east toward my destination.
Yeah, you know the feeling. I did exactly what you would have done; so, don't give me that holier-than-thou attitude. Don't lie to me. That's adrenaline that comes with the memory of what you did. I did exactly what you have done.
Posted by Bill at September 9, 2003 06:48 PM*i* would not have done it, because *i* would not have been speeding so bad that i would have to elude the man. and, yes, *i* am holier than *thou*.
up there i actually typed "po-po," erased it then typed "5-oh," erased that, and then "the man".
Posted by: stacey at September 9, 2003 06:57 PMLMAO!!!!
Posted by: kathy at September 9, 2003 09:47 PMi would have done it... :-[
Posted by: matt at September 9, 2003 11:30 PMAbsolutely classic. I loved it! I have to hand it to you though Bill, that was very quick thinking.
Posted by: Michelle at September 10, 2003 01:37 AMUhm no I wouldn't not had done that. *I* would have slammed on the brakes..issuing a TON of swear words and *then* proceeded to turn down a side street *grin*
Posted by: lauren at September 10, 2003 08:36 AM*you* people are all going to jail!
Posted by: stacey at September 10, 2003 08:47 AMYou will visit us won't you Stacey? With lots of cookies, apple crumble and CHOCOLATES!!
Posted by: Michelle at September 10, 2003 09:16 AMLooking forward to seeing the VW Beetle with The Who sticker on an upcoming episode of "World's Shortest Car Chases!"
Posted by: mf at September 16, 2003 11:30 AM