Monday, June 13, 2011

Wife got pulled over for speeding.....

... but Husband got a ticket!

Gotta hand it to the Wyoming State Patrol, they are not kidding when they say that speed limits are strictly enforced.  The wife was passing a truck around a curve, going about 85mph, which is about 5 more than her usual cruising speed.  On the other side of the curve sat Mr. State Patrol.  We noticed him, of course, but he didn't move, so we didn't worry.  The wife finished her pass, moved back over and back down to cruising speed.  The SP SUV then scooted up next to us, moved back to our blind spot, then ducked behind us and pulled us over.

The wife had never been pulled over before - for ANYTHING.  (Guess she can't say that anymore!)

The officer was very polite, though he did use the authoritarian "cop voice", which would have been scary, if we didn't have quite a few friends in law enforcement, so we'd heard about it before.  We were very well behaved as well.  (Tip: BE POLITE)

After collecting our info and making us wait for about 15 minutes, the wife got a warning for going 10 miles over the speed limit.  (Whew!)  The husband got a citation and fine for wearing his seat belt incorrectly.  (The shoulder strap in the Civic cuts across his neck, so he wears it under his arm.)

We got a brief lecture about speeding, safe driving, single car rollovers and partial ejection and we were back on the road to home.

Gotta go pay that citation now, don't want to have a warrant out for the husband's arrest!  (If I "disappear" for a while it's due the the wife "forgetting" to send the check and me getting arrested for FTA warrant.)

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