The Coquihala was just opened-I was heading home from a wedding with a friend. I see a cop driving “beside me”- he waves, I wave and smile. My eyes return to the road, “like a good driver”. He falls back behind.
Then pulls aside again; I assume he’s about to take off, but is hover-flirting, right there? Then he turns the lights on and I say to still drunk/ hung-over friend, “I guess he got a call”; look over and he’s wafting at me-I waft back. Friend slurs, “I think he wants YOU to pull over.”
“Me?! What was I doing?!” I slow to the shoulder; pretend to unbuckle my lap belt and I get out of the car. He’s walking towards me with furrowed brow, (not flirty at all); intimidatingly holding his gun; in a stern tone says, “Get back in the car; your to stay in your car.” I didn’t know you’re supposed to stay in the car, but now I do and comply.
He asks for the usual legal information, which he takes to his car…
Tick-tock-tick-tock…friend is of no use to me, as I natter nervously.
Cop returns, asks where from/heading, etc. I excitedly tell him all about being in the wedding; now heading home to my children, I’d never left before last night. He asks how much I drank; I hadn’t and say,”No alcohol officer, he drank enough for the two of us,” pointing at furry incoherent/incapacitated sloth friend; giving the officer a genuine big dimply, star-shine smile-he never reciprocated; I thought,”I’m aging.”
He says, “Do you know how long I was following you?”
I explained the music was loud. He says, “Several miles! Do you know ever check your mirrors? Your speedometer? Do you know how fast you were going? Do you know…???”
I want to say, “Whoa, do you know how many questions you just asked me? My head is spinning to comprehend. Slow down would ya’ please?!”
I answer, “No.”
He tells, “98.6 miles per hour!” I say, “Whoa, I just got new tires and shocks and the car felt like it was floating on the new black top.”
He tells me about all the fines he can give me and they could amount to alot! Then says, I’m going to give you a break today with 3 points, but you have to promise me to slow down!” I am so grateful!