// Busted by The Po

Well, well, well... Seems as if I had a little run-in with the law yesterday, and my luck with avoiding traffic tickets was gone!

I've had many occasions where I thought for sure a cop was going to pull me over, and it was a miracle almost that it didn't happen. That didn't happen today as out of the blue, I was caught.

How fast was I going you say?... Oh it's not a speeding ticket my friends.

About six months back the city decided to make the neighborhood traffic free by replacing stop signs with traffic circles, blocking off roads to other roads, and maing intersections illegal to go straight or left at. Anyhoo, if you want to go to Richmond, especially in heavy traffic, your best way was to go through the neighborhood and avoid busy Granville street. Once you get through the neighborhood you come to an intersection where you can turn left on to 70th and go over Oak Street Bridge, or go straight to get over the Arthur Lang. Life was good...

However, the intersection was a victim of the cities new improvements, and they made it a no left turn or straight through intersection, meaning you could only go right. If you go right, that takes you the complete opposite way of Richmond. I was not thrilled about the cities new rule, so what do I do? Rebel! Break the rule! Go straight and turn left anyway! There won't be any cops here anyway!

Six months later I have been proven wrong. It was another normal day while I was making my way to Richmond and I went straight through the intersection. Half a block away, a cop pops out and I am screwed! My original plan when the new rules for the intersection came out was to just say I didn't know I wasn't allowed, but I couldn't do it. The cop just made it too obvious the I purposely went through.

He was actually a pretty nice guy though, we even joked around, I thought for sure I would get a warning.

Nope, $120!

Geez, I still can't really believe it. The worst part for me is that I totally didn't see it coming, and it seemed like such a stupid little rule. I tried to stick it to the man, but the man just took it and shoved it up my @$$. This has been a lesson to me I guess... That you just can't win. Now I'm afraid to do anything! Bo-urns I say... Bo-urns

So there you have it! I no longer have a perfect driving record. I have committed a violation and have been caught! Never thought I'd see the day...