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You’re nicked!

Joey JonesLeave a comment

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law?

It was mostly to have been a Wednesday, the day they lurk at the side of the road, waiting for you to come along at speed.

The country road coming out of town has a multitude of speed change signs. A ridiculous amount.

I saw the police van ahead and approached the village with caution. You’d be hard pushed to knock someone down there as the pavements are wide and the houses set back. A one horse kinda place.

I drove past at a snail’s pace and could see the new speed sign to my left as I drove out of the place. Because there was an incline, I put my foot down a bit. And that was me, toast!

 

A week or so, the fine comes through the post. Points on my licence and an insurance hike for something like 3-4 miles over the limit. Great!

Broken the law? Yes, about 20 minutes ago

Joey JonesLeave a comment

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law?

I think today’s lesson was two fold…The Prompt; the lesson in writing and Lesson Two being the reminder that I’m an idiot and I’m sharing that fact with you. More than an idiot, really. Absolute irresponsible, just about sums it up.

What did I do?

If I had been caught, maybe had a car accident because of it, I could have been fined £5000, an appearance in court and my insurance company very unhappy with me. Worse still someone could have got hurt and more.

Getting ready to come back from the park my dog’s raincoat was wet and muddy, so I took it off so he could get warm. I got in the front and drove the few miles home.

Only when I got here did I realise I hadn’t secured his harness. He’d been unrestrained. If I’d had an accident and stopped suddenly he could have been hurt. If he had distracted me and I’d collided with another vehicle…we’ll, I don’t want to think about that.

What I will think about is being more careful in future. He will be secured at all times.