Busted speeder
A word of advice: If you're a 16-year-old out joy-riding with your friends, it's not always a good idea to speed just because you're outside city limits. You never know when a police sergeant in an unmarked car will just happen to be behind you. He might just have a radio, and he might decide to follow you and note when you run stop signs.Needless to say, my police scanner sometimes amuses me. I do feel a bit sorry for the kid, because the police ran his license plate and contacted the registered owner of the car. That person just happened to be the kid's dad, who then called his son's cell phone and told him to stop.
The sergeant may have received a Medal of Valor for his role in shooting a suspect (the man now has to use a colostomy bag because of this officer's shot), but I still think a parent who was called by police would be the one I'd most hate to reckon with.
UPDATE, two hours later: The story just got better, because the kid's dad is a sheriff's detective. The kid said he didn't stop because he didn't know who was following him and was scared. However, he had a cell phone and his dad's in law enforcement. If it were you, wouldn't you call your dad? Ah, kids these days.
Posted by Layla at 1:14 PM, August 12, 2003
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