Blue Lights
Ok, so last night I got pulled over by the cops for a "traffic violation." Paula and I were in the turning lane to turn from hwy 51 onto the Park Extension. The green arrow turned yellow and I gunned it so I could get through the light. Right after I turned, I look in my rearview mirror and see a Pineville police car behind me. He waits until we drive a couple of blocks before he turns on his lights, giving me false hope that maybe he would let it slide.
So we pull over. I go ahead and reach for my wallet to get my DL and tell Paula to get the registration out of the glove box. He strolls up to my window and says what he saw. He asked for my DL and registration. Paula is struggling to find the registration in the glove box.
He shines his flashlight at the glove box as to make sure Paula wasn't reaching for a gun or some other heathen weapon. She hands the stuff to me and I sort through it to find it. I hand it to him. Paula wasn't wearing a seat belt. Luckily he didn't notice that.
He comes back about five minutes later goes over the usual speech about I have the option to go to court if I would like or I can just mail in the fine. He tells me my fine is $50, which I immediately think, "That's not bad." He then says, "plus court costs of $110 which brings it to a total of $160."
YES INDEED! Paula and I laughed about it, but I was made. Ok, so we get home and read the instructions on how to pay. The citation he gave me is a generic citation used accross the entire state. He is supposed to write in the address to where I mail the fine... "supposed to" being the key phrase. Now I will have to call the Pineville PD to find out where to mail it.
Anyway, I have started another blog that is dedicated to our new house and the adventure of getting it built. That site is
http://www.ourinterestinglife.blogspot.com/ or you can click the "Sold Sign" picture on the right sidebar.
I survived Pineville PD!
Wayne
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