So I really hate getting in trouble! I am the type of person that when I do get in trouble, you really don't have to punish me. I already know what I did wrong and I know not to do it again. So why do some police officers think they have to be mean & feel like they have to punish people when they make mistakes?
Sadly, I got pulled over here in Cali for the 2nd time in my life. (The 1st time was a simple mistake & I got away with a warning, but it was enough!) So there I was in San Dimas, California, I just got done visiting this really fun new friend that I found here! I got a little lost on the way home and I always get flustered when I get lost. So I just picked up the cell phone and called her real quick to see what way I was supposed to turn. I was talking to her and all of a sudden saw a police car. Crap! Yeah it was only then that I remembered that it is a illegal to talk on your cell phone here. So I hurried, said I would call her right back and that there was a cop & PANICKED! I wasn't sure if they would get me for it so I hurried and pulled into a CVS parking lot since that is what I should have been doing. Well the officer saw me & flipped a fast one & pulled in right behind me in the parking lot. It was a "she" and she said that she pulled me over for 2 reasons, #1 I was talking on my phone & #2 I didn't signal when I pulled into the parking lot. Crap again! I of course pleaded my cause, I have only been here for 3 weeks and totally keep forgetting about that law & was really flustered when I did it! I think that is understandable, it seriously didn't even cross my mind that it was illegal at the time. She was very quick to point out that I have a California license plate and asked if I owned the vehicle. (She wasn't very understanding) So I quickly replied that we just got registered here, hence the Cali license plate. Sheesh! Yeah it didn't fly. THEN I couldn't remember where the registration was because I didn't put it in the car. I gave her my insurance card & license while I finally calmed down enough to look in the glove compartment - lo & behold! There it was, my good husband Craig put it there. So I got out to go hand it to her in her car & that was my 3rd mistake. She forcefully asked me to please go back to my car, after I quietly explained that I found my registration she let me give it to her though. I just thought I was being helpful:) After 20 min (it felt like an hour) of waiting she came back and told me to "sign this", didn't really know what "this was" so I made my plea again, didn't work. I signed a citation saying that I would show up to court in October? Still don't really understand the system here but hopefully I can appeal or just get traffic school, I would seriously just take traffic school in a heartbeat! I'm all about getting it over with & moving on. Anyways, there was a little more to the story & she wasn't that nice but oh well. I was feeling so bad on my "longest drive home" and thought Craig was going to be upset with me but he just laughed the story when I told him. I was glad he found it comical but I was still a little bummed.
So what I learned: don't talk on your cell phone here, you'll never win with a girl cop & don't panick if you DO get pulled over....
Sadly, I got pulled over here in Cali for the 2nd time in my life. (The 1st time was a simple mistake & I got away with a warning, but it was enough!) So there I was in San Dimas, California, I just got done visiting this really fun new friend that I found here! I got a little lost on the way home and I always get flustered when I get lost. So I just picked up the cell phone and called her real quick to see what way I was supposed to turn. I was talking to her and all of a sudden saw a police car. Crap! Yeah it was only then that I remembered that it is a illegal to talk on your cell phone here. So I hurried, said I would call her right back and that there was a cop & PANICKED! I wasn't sure if they would get me for it so I hurried and pulled into a CVS parking lot since that is what I should have been doing. Well the officer saw me & flipped a fast one & pulled in right behind me in the parking lot. It was a "she" and she said that she pulled me over for 2 reasons, #1 I was talking on my phone & #2 I didn't signal when I pulled into the parking lot. Crap again! I of course pleaded my cause, I have only been here for 3 weeks and totally keep forgetting about that law & was really flustered when I did it! I think that is understandable, it seriously didn't even cross my mind that it was illegal at the time. She was very quick to point out that I have a California license plate and asked if I owned the vehicle. (She wasn't very understanding) So I quickly replied that we just got registered here, hence the Cali license plate. Sheesh! Yeah it didn't fly. THEN I couldn't remember where the registration was because I didn't put it in the car. I gave her my insurance card & license while I finally calmed down enough to look in the glove compartment - lo & behold! There it was, my good husband Craig put it there. So I got out to go hand it to her in her car & that was my 3rd mistake. She forcefully asked me to please go back to my car, after I quietly explained that I found my registration she let me give it to her though. I just thought I was being helpful:) After 20 min (it felt like an hour) of waiting she came back and told me to "sign this", didn't really know what "this was" so I made my plea again, didn't work. I signed a citation saying that I would show up to court in October? Still don't really understand the system here but hopefully I can appeal or just get traffic school, I would seriously just take traffic school in a heartbeat! I'm all about getting it over with & moving on. Anyways, there was a little more to the story & she wasn't that nice but oh well. I was feeling so bad on my "longest drive home" and thought Craig was going to be upset with me but he just laughed the story when I told him. I was glad he found it comical but I was still a little bummed.
So what I learned: don't talk on your cell phone here, you'll never win with a girl cop & don't panick if you DO get pulled over....
