Potrero Hill Street Blues

[madbaker]

(cue theme song)
I left my house around 5 AM as usual. It's dark out. As usual.
About a block away I turned the corner and down the street was a car in idling the middle of the road. I slowed, and as it didn't move, I honked.
Then I got closer. It was a cop car. Whoops.

The cop followed me for two blocks and then pulled me over. The best thing I could do was to not show any attitude -- I gave him my license so he could verify that I'm not a felon (and not driving a hot car, which I guess is what he was doing there). I repeated that I didn't see it was a police car when I honked.

After only a little bit of hassling, he let me go.
Welcome back, turgid drama. I can't say I've missed you.

Comments

Hey....

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

You be careful out there.

[ermine-rat.livejournal.com]

hehehe the first time my sister drove a car, she hit a police car at a stop sign...

Never honk! like flipping the bird, it will get you into trouble. I remember in Greece and Italy that the horn was a communication device, like a telegraph.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was a non-confrontational tap on the horn, not a full-on blare. I was trying to say "Hey, move your car out of the middle of the street so I can drive by" rather than "You idiot, learn to drive!"
...cops don't necessarily make that distinction, though.

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

Wow. You got let go with a bit of hassling. That's never happened to me. If I'm pulled over, for some reason there is absolutely no force on earth that will cause that interaction to end with anything less than a ticket.
Well done.

Oops

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

punkmom once threw the tail end of an ice cream cone out the window, in the middle of the boonies. Too bad it landed on the windshield of the cop car behind her...

Re: Oops

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

Too bad for her. Good for everyone else.

If it didn't teach her a lesson about littering, I would hope it at least taught her to be aware of cars behind her...:-)