PULLED OVER IN PARADISE—There’s
nothing more calamitous than being higher than the proverbial kite on
proverbial hooch or worse and seeing those flashing lights in the rear view mirror. Being pulled over for drunk driving puts a
$25,000 price tag on that last New Year’s Eve cocktail that put you over the
limit. Let the legal dance begin.
“Stay off the road if
you’ve been drinking,” says the preacher in horizontal stripes. Please say: “Amen.”
No segue, but the following is a damn good read:
The URL takes you to a recent LA Times commentary
written by author Joseph Wambaugh. It’s about the time he was a LAPD officer,
who participated in pulling over a pair of suspicious characters back in 1962.
The would-be perps
weren’t drunk driving because they were in a cab, but that doesn’t change the
obvious dread they felt at seeing the flashing lights.
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