On the Wrong Side of the Law

Professor Althouse blogs about her recent auto accident. (I'm glad no one was injured.) Lawyer Schaeffer describes her future activities.  This made me think of the time I was pulled over on I75/I85 in Atlanta.  It was just after dark and all the street lights were on.  The red lights flashing in my rear view mirror made me think I should pull over. 

This is approximately how the conversation went:

Giganto Cop:  Can I see your license and registration sir?

Squirming Driver (a/k/a Me):  Yes sir.

(GC goes away for a few minutes letting SD stew.  SD couldn't figure out why the heck SD was stopped, but SD guessed it was because he was speeding.)

GC:  Sir, can you tell me why you are driving down the interstate at 54 miles per hour [audible relief from SD] at night with your lights off?

SD: [Bewilderment hitting SD from every direction]:  ..... Because I am a moron?

GC:  [Bewilderment hitting CG from every direction]:  Well, uh, ok, please, um, drive with your, ahh, lights on when it's dark.

SD:   OK

The end result was this self admitted moron didn't get a ticket, but it was a significant admission against interest! Its kind of like the old Steve Martin routine where he tells the judge that he forgot bank robbery was a crime. 

 

Comments

[David Giacalone]

headlights --
more on
than off

p.s. Hypothetically (without admitting to having ever done so), I would be most likely to forget my headlights when leaving a brightly-lit parking lot at a large mall.

[Martin]

We could start a hypothetical club of people who do stupid things! I'd hypothetically vote for your for president if you hypothetically promise to vote for me.