I just thought of this and wanted to share. Anyone else have random stories to add?
The only time I have been pulled over by a cop:
After DH and I got married I traveled with him for his job. We would drive DH's truck to the job location and once we were there he would get a company vehicle and I would have his truck to drive. This worked well as we would be at job locations for a few months at a time.
So we were in Illinois. DH was at work and I decided I wanted to get out of the apartment. I was driving on the highway to the next town over (about 15 minutes down the highway) when I was pulled over by a cop. This had never happened to me so I was kinda freaking out because I had no idea what I had done wrong. The cop comes up and is nice enough while asking for my info. After he checks it all out he comes back over, noticing I had an out of state license plate, and asks me "Are you transporting drugs?" OMG I was floored by his question, I actually started laughing. I told him no and I think he believed me right away as he could see how much the question caught me off guard. He was super nice after that and said they had a bad problem of out of state vehicles transporting on that particular highway. He told me the reason he pulled me over was that the trailer ball hitch on DH's truck was blocking the license plate and I needed to get it fixed. Then he sent me on my way.
Well now we finally have a resident WC drug connection
I'll tell a pullover story too. When travelbug and I were freshmen in college we went on some mini road trip. My car was "new" and I wanted to see how fast it could go. It was actually 20 years old and the speedometer stopped at 75 so we were curious if the car actually could go faster. Lol...my $350 ticket for 93mph answered that question.
I think maybe the cop would have been more gracious if we weren't giggling. But we couldn't stop! Geez, 18 year old me...
Post by estrellita on Mar 31, 2016 19:44:31 GMT -5
I've been pulled over a few times (once on my 17th birthday!) but luckily never got a ticket. Once near ILs house the guy pulled me over and I was trying to figure out wtf I did. He said something about the stuff dangling from my mirror, then said something like "oh, I guess it's not that bad". I think he was just bored, haha.
Not really a random story but. My new tablet is kicking my ass. I can't figure out some of the functions. I love it and use it for every thing. I have been having such a hard time bringing up my keyboard on this Web site. I only have it now because I taped the emoji pic. I will figure this out some day. I'm just excited I can finally reply to a post. Not to thread hijacke your post bk1 hey let me know if that acts tags you please.
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You tagged me. Looks like you are figuring it out!
Once I was speeding and a cop pulled me over. It took me FOREVER to find my driver's license in my current wallet. I finally found it and gave it to him. He takes it, goes to his car, comes back after just a few minutes. Puzzled I look up at him as he comes back to the window..."Ma'am...anyone who takes THAT long to find their license clearly doesn't get pulled over very often. You're free to go. Please be careful." So sweet...but joke's on HIM. I DID get pulled over a lot! (I've just been given lots of warnings!)
Sticking with the theme, the one and only time I've been pulled over:
When we got married, H had a tiny little manual convertible. I barely knew how to drive it. The very first time I took it by myself, I stalled out in the middle of an intersection After I got myself going again, I realized there was a police car behind me. A few blocks later, he pulled me over. He didn't even ask for my license or anything, just told me that H had been told to put on his front license plate and the officer had to make sure it was there. So he walked to the front of the car, and I'm murdering H in my mind, because what if it wasn't there? I couldn't remember. I didn't have to wait long, though, because the license plate was there. Before he let me go, the officer looked in the car and said "You're new to driving a manual, huh?"