"i'm sorry, officer. i was just going with the flow of traffic."

...our heroine said to the law enforcement official.

it was true. i was going with the flow of traffic, but i guess when you're a bright green hybrid-electric car with california plates driving through upstate new york, you sort of a stick out. it was bound to happen, really.

"yeah, a lot of people have been driving fast around here. it's been good business for us. governor pataki just raised the price of speeding tickets because he says we need more money."

wow. did he just say what i think he said? that seemed so weird. it was like he had been dosed with the truth serum or something.

"these one of those cars that everybody wants?" he said, stepping away from my door to look at the space car profile. i confirmed.

"well... i've met a lot of folks with cars like yours, so i know that they at least go 80." i assumed that 'met' was a euphamism for pulling people over and giving them tickets.

i guess this meant that he had officially met me now.

after giving me a few words of advice about not speeding so i could avoid meeting his co-workers in the future, he explained the convoluted process of paying for a parking ticket in upstate new york and sent me on my way. <05.24.04>

 

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