i got my first speeding ticket driving 81 in a 65mph in pismo beach, back in june. can you believe it? even after being stopped several times throughout the years, i'd avoided getting a ticket for 13 years. the copper was an utter asshole. it was due time for me. 2 days before, i'd been stopped for going 90+mph, not to mention i was swerving in and out of the lane. when LAPD asked me if i knew how fast i was going or if i'd been drinking, i told him the truth. i was falling asleep. as he looked at my license and noticed i'd travelled about 375 miles, he asked if the address was current. i sheepishly told him yes. then he asked what i was doing in sou cal. i told him i was driving down to see my boyfriend. he began to ask... do you usually go over 90 when you're sleeping on... but stopped in the middle of it and realized how lame the question sounded. then he let me go. i say, perhaps LAPD are not so bad after all? many will beg to differ.
so, back to traffic school. the ticket cost me $225 including the option to take traffic school. i had the option of taking it online, so i did. i decided on comedytrafficschool.com as to help go through it fast and to keep me alert. it was $20 and it took me about an hour. after the first two sections, i went straight to the case studies and quizzes. for the final test, with the help of ted, i got one wrong on the first try. yay! what's cool about it is if you don't pass, you don't pay... well, you do it over until you pass.
i'm so happy i'm done. now if i can only avoid getting a citation for another 15 months...
