Cops
[Moozik: The Birthday Massacre - Violet]
So there I was minding my own business on the freeway this morning driving to work. Hocico blasting out of the speakers, going under the speed limit because of the amount of traffic, sipping on some coffee. In other words, a typical morning. Out of the blue a Highway Patrol car slots in behind me. Blimey, that bloke's a bit close I think. On go his lights. Bollocks
He shouts at me over his loudspeaker to not pull over on the side of the freeway but to get off at the upcoming exit. So I do. And of course he makes me sit there puzzling over WTF I had done to warrant being pulled over. He slowly wanders up to the car and tells me he pulled me over because I was driving too close to the truck in front of me.
Er, hello, so was everyone mate, it's called morning rush hour. If we were going 20mph I'd be surprised. And sod's law seemed to dictate that he ignored cars in front and to the side of me swerving in and out of traffic.
Nevertheless he does the typical let's see your driver's license, registration, proof of insurance routine. I oblige and he goes back to his car and starts writing on a form. He was obviously writing a ticket so I was not particularly amused. Then it starts to get a little interesting. He walks back to the car, looks at me for a bit then says "sir, please get out of the vehicle and follow me up front". Which for just driving too close to someone was a little, er, extreme and surely he's not going to arrest me for that I wonder to myself.
As I get out of the car he rests his hand on his gun and asks me if I've got any knives or other weapons on me. And it's at this point that I'm sure all colour drained from my face. Ok now I'm seriously thinking he's going to arrest me. I swear he did that just to wind me up.
No, instead of arresting me as his body language indicated, he proceeds to give me a physical demonstration of a safe driving distance. I'm far from amused but he seemed to get a kick out of it. This whole process had now taken close to 20 mins. And the piece of paper he was writing on? An official warning. No ticket, no fine, no having to go to court, no points on my license.
As I drove away I thought oooookay, that was a little bizarre.
Must have thought you were a dodgy looking character!
It is rather bizzare though and rather OTT bet you were absolutely
bricking it
And I didn't mention the awkward 5 minutes we had after he found out who I worked for. He was asking me all kinds of questions as if he expected me to help him out. Mate, you've just had your hand on your gun asking me to "step out of the vehicle sir", and now that you think we're all buddy-buddy, you want my advice? Taking the piss are we?