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Honestly Officer...

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Several things on my mind today but one in particular at the moment - bear with me. I never had any traffic violations until after I was 30. No wrecks, no tickets, nothing. I think I'd had one fender bender in college but it wasn't my fault, and because I was driving a SAAB there was no damage to my car. (Steel girder for a bumper and all.) After I turned 30 it seemed like I was making up for lost time - those Eugene, OR police are ON IT! I got tickets for all SORTS of things... some of which were truly ridiculous. My license was even suspended for 30 days at one point (I could only drive to work and back) because I'd had too many tickets in a 6 month period! I'm not bragging or proud, in fact it seemed like I was being targeted and that kind of freaked me out. You should see how police officers approach a car that's been pulled over a lot. They walk differently; cautiously and hyper-alert. It was scary at times. There *were* one or two things during that decade t