Sometimes the cop can be cool about it. When I was dispatching, I had an officer arrive onscene of what was presumed to be an accident…car out in the country off the road, in a field.
A minute later, he called on the radio and said “No accident here, (dispatch). Just a little romantic interlude. I’m 10-8 (back in service).”
On the other hand, not too long ago a couple got arrested for shagging in a car. In the middle of the day. On the shoulder of a 4-lane highway. Because their legs and bare asses were hanging out of the rear passenger side door.
The first time, it was purely spontaneous. The next couple times it was for the thrill of it, which a motel room can’t help with. Now, three weeks later (and 5-6 incidents later), I’m afraid it might it might be an addiction for her. And since I’m the male and the driver, I suspect I’d be the one the cops would target.
We weren’t caught, but my wife and I were in NYC for our anniversary dinner and the warm weather, margaritas before dinner, wine with dinner, minimal clothing on my wife, and the fact that the kids were back at the house in NJ with a sitter all combined to get us too horny to make it back to the house. Plus, the 90 minute drive, interaction with the babysitter, etc would have quelled things a bit. We hadn’t planned to stay the night (and there are no $40 hotel rooms in the city, I can assure you), so we took advantage of the fact that the car was in a parking garage. We managed to find a position that worked for us, my wife pulled off her sundress, and we went at it like bunnies. Of course, we didn’t realize that where we were parked, every car that exited the garage swept their headlights across our windows, where they were all treated to the sight of two sweaty, 40-something adults acting like a couple of horny teenagers.
Didn’t matter. There was no stopping us by that point.
I got caught with a GF when I was 21…unfortunately, we both were naked…the spot was at a beach at a deserted lake. We decided to take a swim when the cops pulled up…it was embarrassing.
Got caught by the cops a couple of times as a teen. Way the hell deep in a state park, not in a Wendy’s parking lot or somewhere “public”.
We were scolded properly and sent on our way.
As late as maybe 8-10 years ago, my wife and I dropped the kids with my sister in South Carolina, and headed back to Georgia. Somewhere along the way, desire overwhelmed us, and we found a side road off a side road and got busy. Would have been dreadful for a 40yo married couple to get arrested for that!
And some time before that, we found a side road off I-75 coming back from Florida. We thought we were good and hidden, did our deeds on the hood of the car, then continued on home. The next time we went by the place, we could see from the highway that it was quite visible, even obvious! We grin at each other every time we go by there.
I was 20, she was 19. I drove us way the hell down a backroad in the hills, found a spot to pull over, and we got down to it. We were only as far as pants off and foreplay when there were suddenly headlights shining through the back window.
We got ourselves presentable mighty fast! The friendly police officer saw what was going on, suggested there were more appropriate places, and sent us on our way.
So…not to be a buzzkill or anything because this is all very riveting but…just how illegal is it for consenting adults to have sex in a car that is not parked discreetly at a private residence? (so many qualifiers!)
Out of morbid curiousity (that’s my story and I am sticking to it) I asked some carny friends about this issue. After all their trucks or cars are usually the most private places available when on the road. It was their experience that getting arrested usually hinged on the matter of “public indecency.” If the police could see naked flesh, particularly bare bottoms bobbing in a window, seemed to bring out their wrath, they were likely to make an arrest and the charges would stick. However what can’t be seen or easily heard, was usually ignored. They would block the windshields and back windows with cardboard and put towels over the windows and a little discretion went a long way.
It still hasn’t gotten to the funny stage for me, alas.
