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And I have never encountered anything so scary in my whole driving life. I also have never been pulled over before, so this was my first time, and let me tell you, nothing on the road is more frightening than seeing a car with flashing lights on it and a police officer stepping out of that car to approach you.

So, what did I do exactly to get pulled over? According to the police officer, I didn’t do a complete stop when I saw the stop sign. I say lies! Actually, he was right, I did roll over a bit, but I did stop. The lady before me also got pulled over for doing the same thing (this popo, man, two birds with one stone), the only difference was, she got a ticket and a $110 fine, I did not.

How I managed to pull that off, I will never figure out, but for my reference I would like to document the very first conversation I’ve ever had with a police officer:

Me: Hello, Officer Pretty…

Ok, I kid, I would have gone to jail for saying something like that. Real convo below. Mind you, it’s not much of a conversation. So I really don’t know how I got away with this.

Popo: Roll down your window. You didn’t stop at the stop sign.
Me: I thought I did.
Popo: You rolled over, you are not supposed to do that.
Me: *Puts head down, defeated* Sorry…
Popo: I need your driver’s license, insurance and car registration, please.
Me: *Gives items to the police dude* (at this point, I was shaking too much to even reason with the guy, so I did what I was asked and said nothing else).

The police then approached the other car, asked the driver for the same stuff and then he went inside his popo-mobile to check the validity of our documents. After that, he stepped out of his car with a ticket, walked toward the other girl’s car and then handed her a ticket. He turned around to my car and to my relief, his hand was ticketless! This is how the second conversation went:

Popo: That is a $110.00 ticket and a 3 demerit point penalty. But I will let you go.
Me: Oh, gosh, thanks…
Popo: Just don’t do that again, all right, Ms. G2*?
Me: *Smiles* I won’t. Thanks again…
Popo: Ok, off you go.

*Sigh* I’m just thanking God right now! If I were penalized, the $110 ticket would have been the least of my worries.

Anywho, I promise, I will do a complete stop every time I see a stop sign, and as an added bonus, I will drive like your favourite grandma from now on.

* I have been refusing to get my G license, now I know why…there really is a reason for everything.

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