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user-inactivated  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 28, 2016

i got a "traffic citation" for calling someone on my cell phone thing while driving on the interstate in upstate new york

i had been dueling the cop for thirty miles, tantalizing him by going about ten over, never quite crossing the line. then i pulled out my cell phone and violated natural law and he just couldn't restrain his lil behatted self anymore

we went through the usual cat and mouse where he tried to get me to admit to being a stain on the rug of humanity and finally he said well, i'll ignore the speeding (ha!) and just write you a thing for being on your cell phone. i indicated that i cared not, he insisted i would see a maximum fine of 50, we both moved on with our lives, mine enjoyable, his soulless

anyway my ticket came in the mail and it was 250 the end fuck upstate new york in the west we drive with our cell phones in spring-loaded holsters ready to rumble





oyster  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You sound like the reason cops hate young people.

user-inactivated  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

hope so

snoodog  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They always insist that the fine wont be that bad only to have it come in at some multiple of the original. The fine amounts are typically pretty reasonable but then there are "Fees" that add up to something ridiculous.

lil  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Weren't there some conflagrations with cops on your way to Kanata in the fall? or was it the border police who deemed you questionable?

raisin  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not really related, but I'm still impressed every time I realize someone on Hubski has even heard of Kanata.

lil  ·  2645 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry, raisin, I wasn't talking about Kanata, Ontario. I was playfully referring to Canada by its original name.

    The name “Canada” likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.” In 1535, two Aboriginal youths told French explorer Jacques Cartier about the route to kanata; they were actually referring to the village of Stadacona, the site of the present-day City of Québec.
Eventually the name morphed into "Canada."
raisin  ·  2645 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I should have guessed as much :(

Oh well, you can't have everything in life, I guess.

user-inactivated  ·  2646 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'twer all of the above by the way i meant to send this to you: http://torontolife.com/city/life/jim-estill-the-man-who-saved-200-syrian-refugees/

was topic of discussion, i recall, at the Meetup

kleinbl00  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Roflcopter. I got two tickets in NM for going 26 in a 25.

OftenBen  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I got pulled over for a busted license plate light and the cop thought I was giving him lip when I said I had forgotten to change my address on my drivers license.

Paid $125 because 'Sorry, I forgot to do that, I've been living on my own for less than a month.' is sass to an Ingham County Sheriff.

Paid another $125 because my cellphone was turned on and sitting in the passenger seat.

Went in to pay the ticket and the guy behind the counter whistled and said 'you must have really pissed him off, I've never seen these citations once and I've been here almost 20 years.'

kleinbl00  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was once cited for turning left at a green light into the inside lane while an oncoming car turned right at a green light into his inside lane. In other words, we started out coming at each other, then ended up driving alongside each other.

I took it to court. The citing officer showed up and spent twenty minutes trying to find the law he had written me up for as we all sat there in silence.

After an interminably long time he said "well, your honor, I'm sure it's in here somewhere" at which point the judge said "good enough for me."

I crossed my arms and signed. The judge said "do you want to spend the weekend in jail, young man?"

I would have said "absolutely, your honor, I'd love to see you explain this one" except I had to take the SAT the next day.

OftenBen  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ButterflyEffect  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This entire string is hilarious as I'm standing in Penn Station in the midst of the most recent Police Academy graduating class.

OftenBen  ·  2647 days ago  ·  link  ·