The officer said something odd when he pulled me over
Published: Wed, 02/12/14
One night, we ate at a restaurant called Kaiyo Grill in the town of
Islamadora, and the food was great. Best meal I had during the
trip.
I was driving back to our condo on the main highway, and I passed
by a sheriff deputy who was pulled off the highway on my side of
the road, by himself.
Lights off.
As most people do, I glanced in the rearview mirror, after I passed
him, to see if he was going to follow me.
The answer was yes, indeed he was going to follow me.
Oh, crap.
He turned on his headlights, pulled onto the road, and then
accelerated to catch up with me.
My wife goes, "oh that's never good."
I hadn't been drinking or anything, so I was being responsible,
but of course would rather not get pulled over.
He gets fairly close behind me, and I know what's coming.
BAM - he hits the flashing lights.
Blueberries and cherries lighting up US Highway 1.
Like the excellent citizen I am, I pull well off the road so I
don't disturb traffic and he can have some personal safety as
he talks to me.
Or arrests me?
At this point, I really have no idea why I'm being pulled over,
as I was only traveling the speed limit.
The deputy comes up to my wife's window (smart officer) and the
first thing he said is, "is this your car?"
That's odd.
I reply, "No sir, it's a rental car."
And he says, "I thought so."
He goes on to say that my taillights aren't on. It's
nighttime, so that's kind of a big deal.
Come to find out that most of the rental cars will turn on the
headlights and dash lights, even if the headlight switch on the
dashboard isn't set to automatic.
They * won't * however, turn on your taillights automatically.
And for some reason my headlight switch was not on auto.
The officer was very good about it. He checked my license for
outstanding warrants (I'm clean!) and sent us on our way...
...after I turned the light switch to automatic, of course, and
made sure the taillights were on.
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