Being a Caps' fan gets me out of a ticket

[elocomotive]

So, I was driving home from hanging out with a friend tonight at about 1am. Clipping along on the highway at just over 65mph in a 55 zone when I see a cop on the roadside in the dark who totally comes after me.

I pull over and he tells me I was going 68 and I give him the license and registration.

He asks if I have been drinking at all tonight and I tell him that I had a couple margaritas with dinner, but that it was hours ago and I'm sure I'm fine. He asks me if I will take a sobriety test anyway and I say sure. So, I get out of the car and do the pen test, walk with my feet in front of me, and stand on one leg for awhile. I was pretty nervous b/c even though I knew I was sober, I've never done a sobriety test before. And because beyond the normal ramifications of fine, arrest, and court time that could accompany a DUI, it could create problems for my law license as well.

I did the test and was told to go back to my car where I'm sweating bullets and thinking my best case scenario for the night is I'm out a hundred bucks and my worst case scenario is just too awful to even think about.

The cop walks up to my car and says he's going to let me off with just a warning because I was "real straight forward with him and because I have a Capitals' sticker on the back of my car."

No fine, no arrest...on my way. Thanks Caps! You ruined my day, but you made my night.

 

[Ho_Brah]

you lucky bastard

 

[The Q stache]

So, I was driving home from hanging out with a friend tonight at about 1am. Clipping along on the highway at just over 65mph in a 55 zone when I see a cop on the roadside in the dark who totally comes after me.

I pull over and he tells me I was going 68 and I give him the license and registration.

He asks if I have been drinking at all tonight and I tell him that I had a couple margaritas with dinner, but that it was hours ago and I'm sure I'm fine. He asks me if I will take a sobriety test anyway and I say sure. So, I get out of the car and do the pen test, walk with my feet in front of me, and stand on one leg for awhile. I was pretty nervous b/c even though I knew I was sober, I've never done a sobriety test before. And because beyond the normal ramifications of fine, arrest, and court time that could accompany a DUI, it could create problems for my law license as well.

I did the test and was told to go back to my car where I'm sweating bullets and thinking my best case scenario for the night is I'm out a hundred bucks and my worst case scenario is just too awful to even think about.

The cop walks up to my car and says he's going to let me off with just a warning because I was "real straight forward with him and because I have a Capitals' sticker on the back of my car."

No fine, no arrest...on my way. Thanks Caps! You ruined my day, but you made my night.

Nice, but the story would have been better if you found 5 dollars at the end.

 

[The Q stache]

you lucky bastard

I was watching that movie today

 

[Ho_Brah]

love that movie.

 

[ritari330]

Lucky as hell! I had a Caps magnet, but it flew off in a snow storm...Wonder if it's the same magnet....hmmmmm

 

[elocomotive]

Lucky as hell! I had a Caps magnet, but it flew off in a snow storm...Wonder if it's the same magnet....hmmmmm

LOL. I have two die-cut stickers, so it wasn't me!!! The magnets are pretty sweet though.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

AWESOME!!!!

Rep if/when I can.

I doubt that I would get that treatment in Pittsburgh....

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

similar story... non-hockey related.

For a while I was sales manager and a motorcylce dealership, so I always had access to the newest stuff first. (it's good to be the king)

When Honda came out with the VTX1800, it was love at first sight, and I got the second black one that was shipped to NC.

Mere days after cracking open the crate and putting the rubber of that marvelous piece of engineering on the road, came around a sweeping left hander in a 35mph zone. Saw the nice (luckily) motorcycle policeman sitting in the median, looked down and saw my speedometer at 67mph.
As I passed him, I nodded, he nodded, it was a very "oh yeah, we both know I got ya" moment, practically in slow motion.
I went ahead and pulled over at the next street, turned it off and readied myself for a giant spike in my insurance.
He pulled in behind me, got off his bike, walked my way, smiling. (??)
As I reached out with my paperwork, i hear "Eh, put it away. Is that that new Honda??"
Me - "Yes, yes it is"
Him - "tell ya what, I won't give you a ticket if you don't mind telling me about it"
Me - (thinking 'you've got to be fucking kidding me') "I've got all the time you need sir, what would you like to know!!"

 

[beantownmaniac]

I thought you were gonna say you flashed him and he saw your Caps bra.

Cool story though eloco.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I thought you were gonna say you flashed him and he saw your Caps bra.

Cool story though eloco.

Maybe he showed him his Brooks Laich tattoo on his.....

...never mind

 

[elocomotive]

As I reached out with my paperwork, i hear "Eh, put it away. Is that that new Honda??"
Me - "Yes, yes it is"
Him - "tell ya what, I won't give you a ticket if you don't mind telling me about it"
Me - (thinking 'you've got to be fucking kidding me') "I've got all the time you need sir, what would you like to know!!"

LOL. That's awesome.

I may be 1-4-4 at home, but this pushes me to 5-3 on speeding tickets!

 

[elocomotive]

AWESOME!!!!

Rep if/when I can.

I doubt that I would get that treatment in Pittsburgh....

Especially if your Flyers' gal was in the car!!

 

[forty_three]

So, I was driving home from hanging out with a friend tonight at about 1am. Clipping along on the highway at just over 65mph in a 55 zone when I see a cop on the roadside in the dark who totally comes after me.

I pull over and he tells me I was going 68 and I give him the license and registration.

He asks if I have been drinking at all tonight and I tell him that I had a couple margaritas with dinner, but that it was hours ago and I'm sure I'm fine. He asks me if I will take a sobriety test anyway and I say sure. So, I get out of the car and do the pen test, walk with my feet in front of me, and stand on one leg for awhile. I was pretty nervous b/c even though I knew I was sober, I've never done a sobriety test before. And because beyond the normal ramifications of fine, arrest, and court time that could accompany a DUI, it could create problems for my law license as well.

I did the test and was told to go back to my car where I'm sweating bullets and thinking my best case scenario for the night is I'm out a hundred bucks and my worst case scenario is just too awful to even think about.

The cop walks up to my car and says he's going to let me off with just a warning because I was "real straight forward with him and because I have a Capitals' sticker on the back of my car."

No fine, no arrest...on my way. Thanks Caps! You ruined my day, but you made my night.

That's amazing! A real cop? Not a speed camera? INCREDIBLE!

J/K. Cool for you.

 

[Automattic]

That's awesome!


With my luck, the next officer that pulls me over is gonna be Claude Lemieux's nephew...

 

[ritari330]

When I first saw this thead, I kinda read it wrong. I read that Elo had got more Caps Tickets and I thought "Great, all we need in this slump is Elo in attendance"

 

[ELYEAH82]

I am sure it had nothing to do with how wide the opening to your mouth is in the Avy...

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I am sure it had nothing to do with how wide the opening to your mouth is in the Avy...

Yeah, Elo, did he by any chance make you take a breathalyzer? And was it really thick and flesh colored?

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Yeah, Elo, did he by any chance make you take a breathalyzer? And was it really thick and flesh colored?

"got the rest from this guy named Ralph in an alley--stupid asshole didn't even charge me, he just told me to close my eyes and suck it out of a hose! ..."

 

[Eddie_Shack]

"got the rest from this guy named Ralph in an alley--stupid asshole didn't even charge me, he just told me to close my eyes and suck it out of a hose! ..."

"$5 a gallon? You're breakin' my balls, lady, you're breakin' my balls!"