I always feel bad for cops. It seems like everyone is so rude to them and think they are getting picked on when they break the law and get caught. I am thinking about joining the “Cops Abuse Authority” fan club now, however. The roads around our house have been under constant construction since we moved in. Really, I have never seen anything like this before. There are orange cones everywhere. I was driving home Saturday when I got to a red light at an intersection. The road in front of me had a cone on either side of the road, and another one in the middle of the two lanes. I didn’t think anything of it, because almost all roads around our house are lined with orange. So, when the light turned green I went straight. This is where we pick up the dialog:
Neal: Do you think this road is closed.
Kelli: No way, they have been working on it all week, but still let you drive down it. Isn’t it nice that they have it finished (They must have just painted the yellow lines).
Just then (about half way through the block) a construction guy pulled out in front of me and shook his head, “No.” I look in my rear view mirror and see a police man running towards me. I had been followed down the road by 2 other cars who just like me, didn’t realize the road was closed.
Policeman-yelling and furious: What don’t you understand about three cones?
Kelli-quite confused at his anger, kind of questioning: Uh, they weren’t in my lane. I didn’t realize the road was closed.
Policeman-still furious: Is that what you want me to put down when I am filling out your arrest report? I can get you for not paying attention while driving. Don’t give me your attitude.
At this point I was utterly confused/amused. I think I just stared at him in disbelief until he could calm down enough to tell me to turn around. I was surprisingly calm. I thought it would be completely ridiculous for him to give me a ticket, let alone arrest me! Neal and I decided that he must have been in charge of making sure that no cars went down the road, so when three cars did, he realized he had goofed and took his frustration out on me.
I was upset that he was so rude, but at the same time, it is kinda fun to feel rebellious (I know—really pushing the limits, right?). When we got home Neal and I had a good laugh imagining me being handcuffed and taken to the police station. The cop didn't have a car nearby, so we might have had to walk. We decided that I would have to go to court so that Neal could defend me.
Neal: Do you think this road is closed.
Kelli: No way, they have been working on it all week, but still let you drive down it. Isn’t it nice that they have it finished (They must have just painted the yellow lines).
Just then (about half way through the block) a construction guy pulled out in front of me and shook his head, “No.” I look in my rear view mirror and see a police man running towards me. I had been followed down the road by 2 other cars who just like me, didn’t realize the road was closed.
Policeman-yelling and furious: What don’t you understand about three cones?
Kelli-quite confused at his anger, kind of questioning: Uh, they weren’t in my lane. I didn’t realize the road was closed.
Policeman-still furious: Is that what you want me to put down when I am filling out your arrest report? I can get you for not paying attention while driving. Don’t give me your attitude.
At this point I was utterly confused/amused. I think I just stared at him in disbelief until he could calm down enough to tell me to turn around. I was surprisingly calm. I thought it would be completely ridiculous for him to give me a ticket, let alone arrest me! Neal and I decided that he must have been in charge of making sure that no cars went down the road, so when three cars did, he realized he had goofed and took his frustration out on me.
I was upset that he was so rude, but at the same time, it is kinda fun to feel rebellious (I know—really pushing the limits, right?). When we got home Neal and I had a good laugh imagining me being handcuffed and taken to the police station. The cop didn't have a car nearby, so we might have had to walk. We decided that I would have to go to court so that Neal could defend me.
4 comments:
Okay, I actually laughed out loud at the thought of you getting arrested for driving past a cone. Next time, just do what I do, and pick up the cones and put them in your car... that way, when someone says "what don't you understand about three cones?!" you can say, "There are no cones". :)
crazy story! should we be avoiding certain roads tonight?
Kelli, that is hilarious because almost the EXACT same thing happened to me last week. You weren't driving on North Street in Ogden were you?! Lol! I wasn't so lucky...I had an angry woman cop and she gave me a ticket! GRRR! I guess I should consider myself lucky that I wasn't arrested right?
Kelli, you told to story on your blog just as good as you told me in person LOL. I still am laughing about this one!
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