Carma
It's not often that I reflect on something I write here, and for two good reasons. First, nobody reads the damn thing, so I am hardly tempting fate by writing on it. Second, I barely (if ever) write about anything of consequence. The various tales I pen here of being farted upon by my fellow man will never qualify as news flashes or groundbreaking literature.
So it was something of a surprise when I found myself musing about the post preceding this one, about how everyone drives too slow and should get the hell out of my way. The matter was brought home to me a few days ago by a California state employee, who happened to be engaged in writing me a speeding ticket.
For the record, I'm not upset about the ticket.
More precisely, I am not upset at the fact that I got a ticket.
When it comes time to actually pay the fine and go to traffic school (if I'm allowed to... yeah, I was going pretty fast), I will probably be singing a different tune, likely the kind that would make N.W.A. proud. I am reasonable enough, though, to recognize that I did break the law, and I'm more than willing to pay the fine. Anyway, I passed about three other CHP cars before I got home, so I would have been ticketed eventually.
One thing I'm sure of, my cruise control is going to be locked at 65 for a while.
Poop.
January 11th, 2006 - 19:55
I read your blog and dream of the sac sun.
As Crazy Joe said, “You break the law. You pay the price.”
If you do get to go to traffic school, I hope you write your story here. The state makes you go to traffic school not to learn anything about driving but to torture you for 8 hours.
When I had to go, I was surrounded by real geniuses who couldn’t admit they were wrong. THey bitched and moaned all day.
I admited my guilt to everyone and explained that I deserved the ticket.
Here’s what everyone else said:
1) Running a red light isn’t a crime because it was only a second or two late. And those cameras are just there to “get ya”.
2) Going past a school bus when the “stop” light is flashing isn’t a crime since the kids were only leaving “the other way”
3) Going 20 miles over the speed limit isn’t a crime because it was early in the morning and “no one was around”
The instructor tried to explain that everyone broke the law and that’s why they were here. Everyone else thought it was someone else’s fault. Fantastic.
January 12th, 2006 - 09:46
oh, and you can you add rss do your blog? I don’t like checking it manually. I’d rather have my reader tell me there is an update.