My lunchtime high-speed car chase....

LOOK FOR ME ON 'COPS'....

I just got busted trying to evade a police officer! But I'm back from lunch. I ate a sandwich and some yoghurt.

Many of you know I've been looking for a taillight for my '64 Valiant for a long time, and so the inspection isn't current, because until last week, I hadn't been able to find one for my car. Anyway.

So I'm driving the few blocks from my work to my house to take my lunch break, and I see a cop driving towards me. This means in my world, "Caroline hide from cop!" So I drove really close behind the car in front of me hoping he wouldn't notice my inspection sticker that says "02/03", but what does he do? Turn around in the middle of the street to come back around for me. Arrgh! So I speed up to the stop sign, come to a complete stop (so just in case I do get busted he can't get me for that), squeal my tires, burn rubber, and race the last block to my driveway. I totally pull in at break-neck speed and hop out, but I'd see him in my mirror and knew he had me. So I'm in my yard running towards the door when he pulls up behind me. I screamed, "DAMN you people! I'm trying to get away from you, and you're not helping me!" I think I shook my fists in frustration, too.

So, the cop gets out and gets his first look at me...braids, MC5
T-shirt, jeans, groceries in the car which is half on the lawn due to my COPS-style pull up...and he actually LAUGHED at me.

He walks up to my car, and I'm standing there talking to myself, going, "Dammit, I just found my taillight on eBay and now you get me! See that taillight? It won't pass inspection, this is a 1964 car, what am I going to do? I finally got one though (I think I clapped my hands with glee here)."
He looks at my (current) registration sticker, and says, "Well, I understand that, so if you have insurance, then I won't do anything." I show him my (current) insurance and then I relax and said in a small voice, "I'm sorry I tried to run away from you, I just don't wanna get busted."

He says, 'You should have seen yourself tear around the corner and behind the bushes! I thought you were going on the run, and I was going to have to chase you down!" Then he looked at me and laughed again. I had a sneaking suspicion that I was going to be the topic of conversation in a parking lot with another cop pretty soon.

I said, "Well, I actually live here. Can I go make a sandwich now?" to which he replied, "Make sure you put some lettuce on it." And drove away.

High-speed chases are FUN!!!!