Comments on: My Brush With the Law http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/ This is what I do when I should be working... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Erika Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:27:59 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1622 -Nancy, That is a very plausible explanation. I do think the cop has to be in a good mood, though. I can't imagine even the frankest of explanations would make much difference if the cop was feeling grumpy. -Nancy, That is a very plausible explanation. I do think the cop has to be in a good mood, though. I can’t imagine even the frankest of explanations would make much difference if the cop was feeling grumpy.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 Nancy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:46:42 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1619 I think it's because you didn't give him a hard time or argue, and you clearly knew what you'd done. My dad got out of a speeding ticket once by telling the officer the truth about how fast he was driving... the officer had accused my dad of going 90 miles an hour, which was ludicrous given that he was driving a minivan with 4 old people in the back (my grandparents) and admitted that he'd been going 72 (in a 50). The cop let him off. I think it’s because you didn’t give him a hard time or argue, and you clearly knew what you’d done. My dad got out of a speeding ticket once by telling the officer the truth about how fast he was driving… the officer had accused my dad of going 90 miles an hour, which was ludicrous given that he was driving a minivan with 4 old people in the back (my grandparents) and admitted that he’d been going 72 (in a 50). The cop let him off.

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Erika Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:06 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1612 -alittlecoffee, No kidding! Good on you for getting away from that speeding ticket! It makes you wonder, doesn't it, what criterion police officers use when deciding who to issue tickets to? Does it matter whether they're having a bad day? Whether the end of the month is coming up so they have to get their numbers up? Whether there's a crazy robbery happening a block away? So glad you escaped unfined!! -alittlecoffee, No kidding! Good on you for getting away from that speeding ticket! It makes you wonder, doesn’t it, what criterion police officers use when deciding who to issue tickets to? Does it matter whether they’re having a bad day? Whether the end of the month is coming up so they have to get their numbers up? Whether there’s a crazy robbery happening a block away?

So glad you escaped unfined!!

]]> By: alittlecoffee http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 alittlecoffee Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:46:21 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1611 Ooh, I hate that rush of adrenaline. I'm not surprised he let you off though, I mean you were doing your best to drive safely and sometimes parked cars make it nearly impossible to see until you're already IN traffic. I once had a police officer let me off the hook for a $340 speeding ticket where I most definitely WAS speeding. I would really like to know how I pulled THAT one off, because I didn't flirt either and had resigned myself to handing over all my spending money that month to the City! Ooh, I hate that rush of adrenaline. I’m not surprised he let you off though, I mean you were doing your best to drive safely and sometimes parked cars make it nearly impossible to see until you’re already IN traffic. I once had a police officer let me off the hook for a $340 speeding ticket where I most definitely WAS speeding. I would really like to know how I pulled THAT one off, because I didn’t flirt either and had resigned myself to handing over all my spending money that month to the City!

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Erika Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:36 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1610 -Blanche, Oh yes, that surge is one-of-a-kind. It's the kind of adrenaline that makes you think, "I'm gonna need a drink when I get home..." I had settle for a lengthy walk around the neighborhood :) I'm so glad he was nice too! -Blanche, Oh yes, that surge is one-of-a-kind. It’s the kind of adrenaline that makes you think, “I’m gonna need a drink when I get home…” I had settle for a lengthy walk around the neighborhood :) I’m so glad he was nice too!

]]> By: Blanche http://www.parsingnonsense.com/brush-with-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Blanche Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:07:32 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=1144#comment-1609 Nothing like that surge of adrenaline, huh? But very glad you got a nice one. Nothing like that surge of adrenaline, huh? But very glad you got a nice one.

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