Source Jockey

This morning on my drive into work, a woman was tailgating me from the freeway all the way into the driveway of my office.  Along the way, the speed limit changed from 50 MPH to 40MPH, and I adjusted speed accordingly.  She came awfully close to rear-ending me.

Police, of course, know that there’s this sudden 20% change in speed limit, so they like to camp out just out of sight in some business park driveway.  Laser in hand, they dutifully check how fast everyone is going.  Including me.  Going 40 MPH.  With a Chevy Blazing trying to inter-brand reproduce with my Audi from behind.  The officer just moved on to the next suspected speeder.

So when I saw the woman in the elevator going up to my office, I apologized for slowing down so suddenly.  She said, “No problem, but why did you do that?”  I told her, “Well, our street is an enormous speed trap.  Did you see the cop on the bike in the driveway?”  She responded, “No, I didn’t.  How’d you know he was there?”  I answered, “Well, they’re there almost every other day, and I have a detector.  It was beeping like crazy!”

Apparently, she was late to work.  It’s a good thing I was going the speed limit, otherwise, SHE’D have a ticket.  May I count that as my good deed for the day?

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