Tonight I went up to the store to pick up some "Wiggles" tickets I had ordered online for the kids (no flames about the Wiggles please), and I stopped at a C-store on the way back to grab a Dr. Pepper. When I came out some kids in an Explorer were hollering at me, so I waved to let them know I heard them. I do not know what they were saying other than "NSX" was part of it, so it could have been "Awesome NSX", or "NSX's Suck Ass"! Anyway, there were 2 RSX's with kids in them that were talking in front of me, and when I pulled out they followed. I am not a street racer, and these kids (1 of the cars in particular) was trying to egg me on with his "megaphone" exhaust as he paced along beside me. Finally I moved in front of him, so I could hear myself think, since it was so damn loud with him beside me, and he starts running up on my bumper, almost hitting me the second time. I should have just turned off the road, but about a half mile later, the traffic in front of me turned off so I just wound it out in 2nd (I think, might have been 3rd) and low and behold I run right up beside a cop in the right lane! I immediately pull into the median before he can even get over and hit his lights, and the other 2 cars scream on off. He pulls in behind me with the lights blaring and I get the sudden sobering feeling that I have just likely gotten myself a huge fine and a license suspension, and I was not even trying to race these kids ( ok, actually I was happy until I saw the cop because I had showed the punks removing your muffler and replacing it with a coffee can will not give you an extra 120 HP).
So he comes out of the car, and I half expect his weapon to be drawn or for him to get on the PA to tell me to lay face down on the pavement, but he asks for the standard items. I apologize (as I really was not racing, I was seriously just trying to get away from these kids) and he says "you could have just turned off the road, couldn't you?" Obviously, he was correct, and I know better than to even speed on this 5 lane road, as it is a known road for heavy police presence on the weekends. So, he goes back to the cruiser, and he is in there for a while, so I know I am screwed. I am already thinking about the long term effects of this stupid action and how I am going to get to work, having to call my attorney to see what we can do to minimize the damage, etc. and when he finally comes back, he hands me my license saying "be careful, as I could have taken you to jail and impounded the car, but I saw the other 2 cars and I believe you".
Man I wanted to get out of the car and kiss the guy! (Ok, maybe kiss is too strong, more like bear hug him :biggrin: ) So I shake his hand, thank him for understanding, and drive my ass home knowing that was about as lucky as I can get. So the moral of the story for me? Act my age, instead of letting kids literally half my age f' up my life by getting me down on their level of thinking.
So he comes out of the car, and I half expect his weapon to be drawn or for him to get on the PA to tell me to lay face down on the pavement, but he asks for the standard items. I apologize (as I really was not racing, I was seriously just trying to get away from these kids) and he says "you could have just turned off the road, couldn't you?" Obviously, he was correct, and I know better than to even speed on this 5 lane road, as it is a known road for heavy police presence on the weekends. So, he goes back to the cruiser, and he is in there for a while, so I know I am screwed. I am already thinking about the long term effects of this stupid action and how I am going to get to work, having to call my attorney to see what we can do to minimize the damage, etc. and when he finally comes back, he hands me my license saying "be careful, as I could have taken you to jail and impounded the car, but I saw the other 2 cars and I believe you".
Man I wanted to get out of the car and kiss the guy! (Ok, maybe kiss is too strong, more like bear hug him :biggrin: ) So I shake his hand, thank him for understanding, and drive my ass home knowing that was about as lucky as I can get. So the moral of the story for me? Act my age, instead of letting kids literally half my age f' up my life by getting me down on their level of thinking.
Good job mister......................and skip 2nd gear or 3rd next time. hahahha
No wonder he let you off. 
