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A week ago while driving home I saw something that you will likely get a chuckle out of. Unfortunately I haven't figured out the camera on my new phone and only got a well composed photo of my feet.
I turned on to a major highway in our area that is patrolled by three agencies, The California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriffs and Whittier P.D.
After completing my turn I pulled in behind a Dodge Magnum. My attention was immediately drawn to a new accessory that had been added recently. Protruding from the fuel door was a shiny new gas pump nozzle with approximately eight feet of reinforced hosing trailing behind. I called 911(hands free mind you) and asked for a unit from one of the three dept's and was told that they would alert a CHP motor who was a couple miles away. I also told her that I would try and make contact as we were approaching the longest signal in the area.
I stopped and walked to the drivers window and knocked. She turned her head and gave me a look which I presumed meant that I had a lot of nerve to interrupt her phone call. When she rolled down her window I advised her of the problem and suggested that she pull over and wait for the officer. I then followed her (mostly out of morbid curiosity) to a gas station whereupon she hopped out phone to her ear and began tugging on the offending nozzle. The nozzle remained obstinately tangled with the inner workings of the fuel filler tube.
This irritated the driver to the point that she actually hung her phone.She renewed her efforts and struggled until the CHP motor arrived. At this juncture I made a largely unsuccessful attempt to photograph the scene . A well dressed, impeccably coiffed and appointed woman shrilly denying any culpability . A patient but unamused CHP officer and a Dodge Magnum with the State Farm Insurance claims adjuster signage emblazened on the tailgate.
As I was preparing to leave a Whittier officer arrived due to the fact that the donor gas station was in their city. I happened to know him and brought him up to speed. He informed me a few days later that they had to arrest the woman for refusing to sign the citations that naturally followed the encounter.
Yesterday I saw the same woman being cited by LASD on the same highway although this time she was sans gas nozzle.
The T.V. people are missing a bet here. Instead of armed robberies and pursuits they need to televise the above sort of activities, They're much more entertaining. How about "Really True Stories Of The Highway Patrol" or "Cops: You've gotta be kidding me".
I turned on to a major highway in our area that is patrolled by three agencies, The California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriffs and Whittier P.D.
After completing my turn I pulled in behind a Dodge Magnum. My attention was immediately drawn to a new accessory that had been added recently. Protruding from the fuel door was a shiny new gas pump nozzle with approximately eight feet of reinforced hosing trailing behind. I called 911(hands free mind you) and asked for a unit from one of the three dept's and was told that they would alert a CHP motor who was a couple miles away. I also told her that I would try and make contact as we were approaching the longest signal in the area.
I stopped and walked to the drivers window and knocked. She turned her head and gave me a look which I presumed meant that I had a lot of nerve to interrupt her phone call. When she rolled down her window I advised her of the problem and suggested that she pull over and wait for the officer. I then followed her (mostly out of morbid curiosity) to a gas station whereupon she hopped out phone to her ear and began tugging on the offending nozzle. The nozzle remained obstinately tangled with the inner workings of the fuel filler tube.
This irritated the driver to the point that she actually hung her phone.She renewed her efforts and struggled until the CHP motor arrived. At this juncture I made a largely unsuccessful attempt to photograph the scene . A well dressed, impeccably coiffed and appointed woman shrilly denying any culpability . A patient but unamused CHP officer and a Dodge Magnum with the State Farm Insurance claims adjuster signage emblazened on the tailgate.
As I was preparing to leave a Whittier officer arrived due to the fact that the donor gas station was in their city. I happened to know him and brought him up to speed. He informed me a few days later that they had to arrest the woman for refusing to sign the citations that naturally followed the encounter.
Yesterday I saw the same woman being cited by LASD on the same highway although this time she was sans gas nozzle.
The T.V. people are missing a bet here. Instead of armed robberies and pursuits they need to televise the above sort of activities, They're much more entertaining. How about "Really True Stories Of The Highway Patrol" or "Cops: You've gotta be kidding me".
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