Some Guy (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jesus_jeff) wrote,@ 2008-03-20 13:21:00 |
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Lucky me!
Got stopped by the cops last night on my way home from work for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. (And also for 'proceeding out of turn', as he said the guy in the other direction was at the intersection first and should have gone, but I'm not so sure he was actually at the intersection yet.) Got off with just a warning, almost certainly because by the time the officer actually pulled up behind me I was in my own driveway and getting ready to go into the house (the stop sign was at the end of my street). I guess cops might feel a little overbearing writing someone a ticket in their own driveway.. In any case, I'll be a little more careful next time (to check if the cop is sitting there first, if nothing else).
And a hypothetical question - the whole stop took less than a minute; if he had actually stayed any longer (i.e., written me a ticket), would I have been out of line to ask him if my kids could come outside and say hi to the policeman? :)
Got stopped by the cops last night on my way home from work for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. (And also for 'proceeding out of turn', as he said the guy in the other direction was at the intersection first and should have gone, but I'm not so sure he was actually at the intersection yet.) Got off with just a warning, almost certainly because by the time the officer actually pulled up behind me I was in my own driveway and getting ready to go into the house (the stop sign was at the end of my street). I guess cops might feel a little overbearing writing someone a ticket in their own driveway.. In any case, I'll be a little more careful next time (to check if the cop is sitting there first, if nothing else).
And a hypothetical question - the whole stop took less than a minute; if he had actually stayed any longer (i.e., written me a ticket), would I have been out of line to ask him if my kids could come outside and say hi to the policeman? :)
