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Originally Posted by Matt L
Without even looking to see if this was near Chicago, I would bet that LSD means Lake Shore Drive.
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Well that's a bit of a relief but after I've gotten a few tickets for slowing to 2 mph instead of a complete stop at a stop sign, the thought of anyone getting let go for doing 150 on any public roadway is a bit hard to take.
I'm fully aware that a society w/o cops -- say Somalia -- would be far worse than what we have to put up with, I get a bit rankled at the attitude of these guys.
About a week ago, I was on El Camino, the old highway before the freeway, in Menlo Park waiting to make a left turn. For some reason, when the main light turned green, I saw that but not the smaller red arrow for the turn lane. There was no traffic for more than a block coming in the opposite direction and the traffic to my left was stopped behind the red. I made the turn, saw the arrow in mid turn and thought, OH SITH, but I quickly realized there was no more danger involved than making a turn on a green w/o the arrow feature.
I figured I'd be all right, no cops in my mirror so I pulled over to park maybe 50 yards past the intersection as I was going into a nearby store. Whoops, there was a cop watching the intersection and after I unbuckled my seatbelt, there he (they, 2 in one car) was with the spotlight on me. I freely admitted that I had accidentally run the arrow but that I had taken my belt off after parking. I sat there for a full half hour, with the 500+ watt spotlight on me the whole time, and the punk (one was a rookie I'm pretty sure) gave me a ticket for no belt as well, writing on the ticket that I had said I wasn't wearing my belt. I actually said the opposite.
I had some sharp words with them about why it took so long, "What, we have a creative writing class going on here?" Ruined my frickin' night, the store closed while I was waiting and I needed the groceries.
With any luck, I'll beat the seatbelt part, last thing I need is 2 points on my record at once for my insurance company to feast on. The dude should have taken my word on the belt. It was totally plausible, people park and unhook their seatbelt all day long.