Man, what an idiot I am.. I was at a light and saw a 99+ Mustang Convertible with a wild body kit and stripes package. For whatever reason, I decided to race him.
2 traffic lights later, I'm waiting to make a right, and a cruiser pulls up behind the Mustang (which is behind me) and the officer jumps out, and yells at me "Hey you, don't even think of running away, make the turn and pull over".
I give him my license and stuff, and another cop takes the Mustang guy's info. He comes back to me and tell me he's got me on street racing (5 pts), passing on the shoulder (which I didn't, but I cut the shoulder early to make the turn at the light) (4 pts), and changing lanes w/o signaling (I did signal) (2 pts). 11 points, 1 point shy of getting my license revoked.
Then it got wierd. He asks me how many tickets I want. I was like, "umm..?" and he's like, "If you were to tell me that you weren't wearing your seatbelt, I might just write you up for that. Are you wearing your seatbelt?" I was, and I said "No." He says again, "which ticket do you want?" I respond, "No seatbelt, please". And he proceeds to write me up a $42 ticket for not wearing my seatbelt. Tells me to drive safe, and sends me on my way.
The Mustang guy didn't look so lucky. I thought I was completely screwed, given the car, the fact that I was in the lead, and so forth. I can only assume that my dress (I just came from work so I was dressed up still) helped a bit, and the fact that I looked (and sounded) nervous as hell.
Honest, that scare was enough, I'm slowing down.
