Ever have one of those "dilbert" moments? Last Wednesday, I got home late and my wife was under the weather. she had just received a coupon for a "free" pizza at Pizza hut and it being late and offered to "run" into town and pick up supper. It would be a great time to stretch the "S" out on some of the curves.

Well, as luck would have it I got behind a VW Rabbit that was puttering along at 35-40 mph in all the no passing zones. I patiently waited till he got to a place I could pass, and at that point he accelerated to about 55 mph. Not wanting to be "boxed in again on the next set of curves, I dropped two gears, punched the pedal and v-tec'd around him. About a half mile later I had red lights in my mirror!

I was caught in a speed trap - 75 mph was what he clocked- (I know I hit 85 to 90), $155 fine and me wishing I could blame youthful stupidity!

On the plus side, the officer was very nice - after ticketing me, we had a nice discussion about the car -(He been looking for a roadster). He did let me know that they were targeting the road in my neighborhood because of all the accidents. So maybe at this point I should let my paranoia run wild

 

Super .... Sorry for your loss...but your story gave me a good laugh! I think we've all had at least one of those "Dilbert" moments, though.

 

So did you lose your appetite or continue on to get the pizza?? Inquiring minds want to know. Speaking of pizza, Domino's has a new one called the Steak Fanatic pizza. It's really yummy.

 

Bummer of a story. Sorry, it could happen to any of us.

 

This evening, on my way to the mall, on a back road that I usually tear up, there were two cops each with a speeder. Luckily for me, I had a real slow driver in front of me.

On the way home, going a different way to avoid the cops, I saw another one giving a ticket to another unlucky driver. They were everywhere tonight.

Bill's right. Its a bummer that could happen to any one of us.

 

That is enough to cover for dinner for two at Ruth's Chris.

 

Yes I did continue on to get the pizza, but it was a little hard to swallow!
When I arrived home my wife ask "What took so long?"
I replied " I got held up a little".
She immediately said "Did you get a ticket, after I ask you to be careful"?

What was I going to say? I was busted!

My wife is a third grade teacher, and all third grade teachers develope a "radar" for little boys and the trouble they get in.

Thanks all for the sympathy -

Around here thats enought to buy dinner for two all week long. Mind you, not fancy, but good.

 

That's a bummer. I HATE getting tickets. Sometimes I can't take it and will gas it around the slow pokes on our local canyon but sometimes I just figure they are saving me from a cop. I've been lucky so far.

My son is 17 and has been driving for a year now. He and three friends were recently following each other to one guy's house. A cop gave one of them a ticket. It was the kid driving in front, in a BMW.

 

Sorry. But one has to be on the look out for "revenue enhancement" all the time.

P.S. Make me wonder if perhaps the VW had a radar detector and you did not? Could that explain why they were poking along? On the way back from Lake George on Monday my Valentine 1 was lit up like a Christmas Tree and I am sure that the VW Jetta behind me did not figure out why I slowed down, as they rocketed past me. It turned out to be a radar speed sign displaying ones speed.

Of course the bad news is having to turn it off entering into VA where radar detectors are illegal.

 

Wives usually have that 6th sense.