A dark sense of vindication

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So, I was hurrying this morning, and apparently I rolled through a stop sign while turning right. Blue lights came on behind me, I stopped near the next intersection, and a sheriff’s deputy walked up. She laid it on thick: “This is Falls Church; there are children here. What if there had been a person in the crosswalk? You could have killed someone.” I took my medicine, yes ma’am, yes ma’am. I wasn’t going to argue, and eventually it became clear that this was just going to be a harsh warning, anyway.

She finished tearing me a new one, glared at me one last time, and went back to her car. She turned off the flashers, eased out from behind me –

– and blew right through the red light.

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You’ll never forget that encounter. No ticket, though!

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Woulda been complete if somebody with the green had had to screech to avoid the accident. As it is, only you knew she screwed up.

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This is why I need a dash cam.

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What, you can’t see if someone’s in the crosswalk unless you’re completely stopped? These are the real cops people should be pissed about.

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I treasure the time a cop tried to pass me on the right just as I was changing lanes to get out of his way.

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“But officer, science tells us that nothing truly stops.”

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Yeah. I would have been tempted to say that if there had been someone in the crosswalk, I would have actually stopped for the stop sign…instant ticket.

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just wait, it will probably be usual parts of a new car

(hard to remember words that I really should use)

Humans, at least ones that are planning to be cops, will be born with body cams.

Got evolution?

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Does the law specify how long you need to remain stopped? Because an instant is a particular point in time. At any instant, there is no motion. So the car stopped an infinite number of times.

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That’s not a traffic signal… it’s a mood ring!

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I fantasize about writing to the Sheriff to complain about the deputy, and I’d go on about how this is Falls Church and there’s children here, and if there had been someone in the intersection she would have killed him…

Might as well paint a big target on my car, of course, and get a vanity tag that says, “DOOFUS”.

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Does the local paper publish anonymous letters? The Sheriff might see it there. :smiley: OTOH, it may get connected with this thread … :frowning: (I edited out the name of your local paper, with which I’m familiar, for just that reason.)