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[pennywhistle]

I got my third strike this morning....I think I've used up all my luck :-(

I was pulled over this morning, downtown, just a block from my office. At first I thought it was because I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. (It's against the law not to wear a seatbelt in Ohio, and they've been cracking down). He came over and told me I'd run a red light. He said I was halfway through the intersection before it turned green. And the scary thing was I could not for the life of me remember running a red light. He took my license, walked to his car, opened his door, looked at the license, looked at me, shut his car door, walked back to me. He then asked for my insurance card. I only had the volvo insurance card, and I was driving the mazda. He asked why I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. He admonished me, but then said he was going to let me go. I told him I couldn't remember a light at all, and he said "that's a good honest answer." I guess he was just glad I didn't try to talk him out of it.

I've been pulled over twice before, both times for speeding. The first time I accepted it, I WAS speeding, and I knew the area was a speed trap. I got an official warning. The second time, I told the officer I had to rush home to take Eric to the hospital for his diabetes, which was almost the truth. He let me go. So this is the third time I've been pulled over, and the third time I've been let go. I think I've used up my luck :-(

I am incredibly tired. I guess it's cause I'm sick. I finally started working with Lunch Times, I'm making phone calls. Yay.

Comments

[queensheba.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you got out of it! I've been pulled over 3x and ticketed twice - the last time I was leaving a Wombat function in Covington VERY late at night and got lost on all those one-way streets - I actually turned the wrong way down a one-way right in front of a cop. He asked me if I was drinking (reasonable question!), and I said no, I swear, I'm just lost and I didn't see the sign. I don't think he would have believed me if I didn't have the directions to where I'd come from right there on the seat, but he gave me directions back to the highway and let me go. Whew.
Good karma vibes to the cop who let you off - speeding tickets suck.

[suraimu.livejournal.com]

Glad you got out of it. Are you feeling any better than the other day?

[mavra-chang.livejournal.com]

I've gotten pulled over twice, both times for speeding... the first time he let me go... the second time was around Halloween in Athens last year when I didn't even know I was speeding... (11 miles over the speed limit.. going 36 in a 25 zone) and I think he just needed an excuse to pull me over to see if I've been drinking. 'Cause that was the FIRST THING HE ASKED. It wasn't as if I was all over the road or weaving or anything... just going 11 MILES OVER. So I told him, "Well, I had a Zima like three hours ago, and it didn't even do anything to me," and he was like, "Oh, well, you should be fine then." Then proceded to do the breathilizer and pen-eye test, then let me go. I guess he wasn't TOO bigga jerk since he didn't give me a ticket, nor ask for the IDs of the two other people in the car, esp since one had a paper bag full of unopened Mike's Hard which he noticed right off the bat and which I knew nothing about. But we were all 21 and over so it was all perfectly legal anyway. Just annoying.
And the one time I ran a red light I wouldn't have even noticed except my passenger pointed it out to me. (: It was late at night and I just mindlessly treated it as a four-way stop...don't know why. I was zoning I guess. (: