The Workermonkey

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

I Lose! 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 8/01/2006 08:58:00 AM

i feel defeated. theres an unmarked 2001 silver dodge intrepid that hangs around I91 in the morning. i know he's there, i see him every so often, same guy, same car. its sticks in my mind because its an intrepid. I've been dodging this guy for the last year or so, well today he got me.

I was half out of it this morning due to lack of sleep and a few drinks last night, but i was crusing in the left lane as usual, doing 80 or so and basically driving like a maniac. but i wasn't really paying attention becasue i was trying to eat breafast and drink a bottle of water, thats why i didn't notice this guy was following me with his lights on. fuck. i was kind of slouched down in my front seat because i was still kind of tired and out of it so i couldn't actually see in my rear view mirror. when i sat up all i saw was the flashing lights. FUCK. i pulled over and played it perfect. iturned the radio off, turned off the car and put my keys on the dash. this guy was a total ticket machine. he came up to the passenger side window, stated very clearly and percisly what happened " i clocked you doing above the posted speed limits and following the car infront of you too closely. may i see your liscense and registration please" "yes sir" "thank you. I'll be right back." i explained that i had just gotten a renewed liscence and that flimsy piece of paper is what VT sent me, he didn't seem to care. i gave him the paper work and he ran my stuff, came back and .. "thank you sir, i'm going to give you a verbal warning about following too closely and a ticket for speeding, its due XXX, thank you and be careful pulling back into traffic". wow, almost like a robot. He got back in his car and pulled right out into traffic and pulled the first car he saw in the left lane directly over infront of me. bam bam, it was way too fast for checking any kind of speed. he's just pulling everyone over, but i can't complain. he missed the half dozen empty beer bottles on the floor behind the passenger seat, the 4 roaches in the center consol and said nothing about me having a VT drivers liscence or VT plates. He wrote 80 on the ticket when there is no way in hell he was even follwoing me that slow, its was closer to 85 but i'm sure that would have been more peperwork. i feel lucky i got away with something but that big fat 250$ ticket sucks. oh well, what i'm really pissed at is that i lost. i knew this guy was around, and i haven't had any ticket since i was 16, 16! For how i drive and for how much i drive, i always thought that was impressive. well i blew that this morning, one year shy of a decade without a ticket. fuck. this guy just got me and moved on. i had kind of felt it was a game i was playing avoiding he cops every morning, well today, i lost for the first time in 13 months. damn.

10 comments

that sucks man...i know the usual spots for the blisters on my way to work too. funny you say this, cuz i definitely passed their spot going 80 this morning but neither cop budged.

we can drown away your sorrows tonight with $1 drafts.

By  josh, at Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:24:00 AM  

Stupid cop should have ticketed you for following too close and not to speed, but it's following distance that causes accidents, not speed. Anyway, you're lucky that you're a VT driver, since the DMV up there won't know about this, and unless you tell the insurance company, I don't think they will either. I wonder how much longer it'll be until you get in trouble for having a VT registered car.

By  Damon, at Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:31:00 AM  

which is a more expensive ticket? maybe that's why he gave you speeding.

it's the cops and stupid assholes who drive slowly in the left lane that cause accidents. even people who arent speeding slam on their brakes when they see a cop on the highway.

By  josh, at Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:22:00 AM  

fuck yeah josh, a lady pulled out in front of me yesterday while i was going 80, she was doing 65. i gave a polite honk since there was no one in front of her in either lane. she didn't respond so i went around her to the right. she gave me a dirty look for honking so i flipped her off and continued on my way doing 80. i'll never learn. never

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:37:00 AM  

I've been getting pulled over lately for just being so nasty. And making murderous beats.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:32:00 PM  

I've only been pulled over twice.
72 in a 40: verbal warning (and by a female cop no less).
66 in a 55: 90$ ticket... Virginia is a terrible place.

By  d$, at Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:29:00 AM  

72 in a 40! I think you could lose your license for that. Though I've been caught on the brakes doing 66 in a 45 just coming out of a 35. In PA, my friend got pulled over for 70 in a 65, and I happened to pass him while he was sitting there on our ways back to school. Apparently, the fine for running a red light on a bike here is north of $100, but so far I have avoided it.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:54:00 PM  

I got you all beat and barone was passenger. 95 in a 50 w/ a 30 pack in the car and a bag of... lets say ... tea. 300$ Ticket and we were on our way. nice mom cop, I think she wanted us.

By  ron, at Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:28:00 AM  

the key to that one was keeping her distracted, talk about something else. we got her going on about the yankees game and how excited we were. more flys with honey, baby.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:34:00 AM  

Well sounds like you respect the robotic like actions of the cop. Atleast he wasnt a dick.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:46:00 PM  

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