Genuinely got under a cop's skin tonight
So, driving over to the other side of the lake tonight to catch a movie.
Pass a cop on a dark stretch of highway, well hidden between two snow banks and of course, I start flashing my lights at oncoming traffic.
30 seconds later, rollers.
License and registration blah blah blah...
So he comes back after a while and lets me know he'll give me a "warning" but then goes into this speech about drunks and speeders and drugged drivers and how's there been fatalities and how this is serious business.
He was genuinely affronted by the fact that I dared to warn my fellow mundanes of his presence.
The counter arguments formed in my mind pretty rapidly:
"Well, let's see about that:
First, your contention that this is somehow serving a public good is bogus, since most all of the "felons" you mentioned would be more than likely to find their way home without incident and without you ruining their lives in the process.
Secondly, you have nothing to "warn" me about, since flashing your lights to warn of a police presence has been adjudicated in court as protected speech under the First Amendment, and in NH there is no law on the books prohibiting it.
Thirdly, if you truly were worried about the public good, and not shaking down random passers-by simply to justify and pay for your existence, you would be cruising up and down this highway, with your lights on, giving everybody fair warning, encouraging them to slow down and drive cautiously and you would cover more ground looking for actual traffic menaces, instead of holed up in your lair like a trap door spider waiting for prey to come by.
So, officer, spare me your sanctimonious preaching and your moral superiority."
Of course I said none of that, just a mild statement of "I understand" and vacated the area asap.
Weak and worthless? Of course.
I know the consequences of "triggering" one of these $#@!s all too well.
But I'm still chuckling that I got under his skin.
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Originally Posted by Torchbearer
As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago a cop got behind me and I thought I was going to get pulled over so I had my son get my lipstick out of my purse so I could do a touch up just in case. My son knew exactly what I was doing, too. He said, "Mom, you're getting too old for that. You better get used to getting tickets."
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