Im on my way to work and I decide to take the back way today - just to mix things up. I am putt putting along and come upon a school bus with its yellow lights flashing. I slow down further and think yellow lights I neverously proceed with caution. (In Pennsylvania you lose your license if you pass a loading school bus). As I draw abreast of the school bus the driver opens the door and the flashing lights go to red. I proceed to the intersection and make a right on red. The police car pulls up behind me and pulls me over..
"I stopped you because you passed a loading school bus...". I explain what happened to the officer but, he's having none of it. I think dear god I've done it now, maybe I can get a lawyer or get the driver to say no he didn't. Im thinking Mrs RayinPenn is going to be all over me. I'll have to fully retire. It is amazing what you'll think of when your sitting with a police car with all the lights and a million people are looking at you. For 15 minutes I am worse than Al Capone but I'm not sure Al felt any remorse.
I note that where the officer was sitting he couldn't have seen any of it. But it doesn't matter, to him and the courts I am just another bad driver. Funny but I have not had a ticket in ten years and I've become a of a slow cautious older driver. I took the AARP driving class and way I stay back. Im rarely in a rush.
I wait 15 minutes as the officer writes me a summons - actually prints me one. I am lucky he cuts me a break failure to follow a traffic symbol. $170 I thank the officer and drive to work.
I cant help but think it could have been worse but it shook me up.
"I stopped you because you passed a loading school bus...". I explain what happened to the officer but, he's having none of it. I think dear god I've done it now, maybe I can get a lawyer or get the driver to say no he didn't. Im thinking Mrs RayinPenn is going to be all over me. I'll have to fully retire. It is amazing what you'll think of when your sitting with a police car with all the lights and a million people are looking at you. For 15 minutes I am worse than Al Capone but I'm not sure Al felt any remorse.
I note that where the officer was sitting he couldn't have seen any of it. But it doesn't matter, to him and the courts I am just another bad driver. Funny but I have not had a ticket in ten years and I've become a of a slow cautious older driver. I took the AARP driving class and way I stay back. Im rarely in a rush.
I wait 15 minutes as the officer writes me a summons - actually prints me one. I am lucky he cuts me a break failure to follow a traffic symbol. $170 I thank the officer and drive to work.
I cant help but think it could have been worse but it shook me up.
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