Seriously

[Tim Rutledge]

Last time I got a ticket was 1989..going 35 in a 30. The Michigan State troopers took exception, for some reason, to me calling them rookies.

[missourimary]

aha! A ticket and a language lesson!!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Tim Rutledge

Last time I got a ticket was 1989..going 35 in a 30. The Michigan State troopers took exception, for some reason, to me calling them rookies.

Wow, great respectful, Christian example, Tim! LOL!

[Tim Rutledge]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Wow, great respectful, Christian example, Tim! LOL!

it was bc

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by missourimary

I don't drive on the sidewalks-just more or less on the shoulder!

I remember my son saying, "When I get my driver's license, you are never driving while I'm in the car again!"

Of course, I was teasing him and kept running the right tires a little on shoulder where the asphalt is a little rough.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Tim Rutledge

it was bc

Before Christ. Okay, you get off. The only thing I said to an Officer - BC - was, "Where in the world did you come from anyway?!"

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by missourimary

I just wasn't going to name the real name of the church...

Yeah, I pretty much figured that out.

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by n david

The last time I got pulled over was back in early 2002 or 2003. Coming home from work a little after midnight I made the mistake of crossing lanes while turning ... instead of staying in the turning lane. I needed to be in the right lane, so with no one around, I just switched lanes towards the end of the turn.

Cop pulled me over, came up and said he smelled alcohol on me and in the vehicle. Only problem is I don't drink. But he was insistent that I had been drinking, asked me to exit my car and proceeded to give me a sobriety test.

I had to balance on one leg, touch my nose with my finger whilst balancing on one leg. He even made me start reciting the alphabet backwards from "J" or "I."

Finally he said I could either take a breathalyzer test in the car, or be cuffed and taken to the station and forced to give one there. I took the test in the car ... cuffed ... in the back seat.

Of course I passed. No apology given. No ticket. Nothing. Just a "have a good night."

I knew someone with connections to the chief, and ended up writing a statement about it at his request since they'd been getting complaints from people who had been pulled and given the same deal like me.

Didn't hear anything about it after I wrote a statement.

Doesn't the bible say to "Shun the very appearance of evil"? How good of a Christian witness do you think that was, standing on the side of the road, touching your nose while standing on one leg?

[missourimary]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Doesn't the bible say to "Shun the very appearance of evil"? How good of a Christian witness do you think that was, standing on the side of the road, touching your nose while standing on one leg?

Better to have been handcuffed and driven to the station, right??

I know someone that happened to... forgot to pay a ticket. Police showed up one night with a warrant and took him in. They would have let him go once they got him there and he paid up, but they had showed up later at night and he had been dressed in sweats. He was so discombobulated by the arrest that he left his wallet on the dresser-and all his money and checkbook and ID.

He finally called his pastor to come and bail him out of jail!!

Took him a loooooong time to live that one down...

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I remember my son saying, "When I get my driver's license, you are never driving while I'm in the car again!"

Of course, I was teasing him and kept running the right tires a little on shoulder where the asphalt is a little rough.

Ooooooh, driving by Braille... one of THOSE people.