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Article #490Re: Uncontrolled temper
From: Tom
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 13:45
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 13:45
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"Josip Kolar" <josip96@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:aq0ilb$5fi5t$1@ID-89636.news.dfncis.de... > Today, Saturday 2.11.2002, happened something very odd to me. > It was a sunny afternoon in Mirrabooka, at about 16:30. > I drove from Mirrabooka Square onto Yirrigan Drive towards Alexander Drive, > and was going to turn right into Dianella Drive slowing down gradually to 20 > km/h and even slower, although there was green right arrow. Behind me was a > police car tooting as a hooligan as I stopped for a second or two before > continuing to drive. Meanwhile, my daughter, not knowing who is behind us > and, at the same time worrying about my sudden change of colour, shoved the > finger through the window to the driver behind - which this one behind could > not bear. > Policeman pulled me over and, after I stopped after next intersection, came > to my car and started in aggressive manner: "I have to tell you something, > and after I shall deal with you (i.e. my daughter, who held infant on her > lap}..." I tried to take breath and he, probably thought that I want to say > something, shouted: Don't interrupt me!" First of all, he blasted me for > stopping at the green light, saying that some less experienced driver might > slam into me and thus cause an accident > In his furry he didn't realise that I was most terribly sick and, at the > green light I stopped because I was not sure if I see the picture right or > not; that's why I stoped in the first place. I am diabetic and this is not > the first time that I stop on green light; people tooted sometimes, but > never ever so impatiently like this time. > Then he started to abuse me that he stopped me last week, that he is sure of > it, that he knows my face... Did I drunk anything lately, and where I go. I > thought, man I am sick, but you are either high or desperate. It was a > pathetic sight seeing him shouting at the top of his voice: "I AM a > policeman!" > After he put yellow sticker for insufficient thread on some of the wheels, > and said that he is only cautioning me for the stopping on the green light, > and the rest of the fine I will get in the mail. > When he disappeared I wanted to put two fingers up in his honour, but was > still too sick. > What one should do in situations of spells: to stop or continue to drive? > Hopefully this one is an exception rather than a rule. > Its best you not drive if you are prone to spells, you might have or cause an accident that kills or injures someone else. Tom
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f757b,6b776a80c9bfd386 X-Google-Attributes: gidf757b,public X-Google-Thread: 1056b9,6b776a80c9bfd386 X-Google-Attributes: gid1056b9,public X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,6b776a80c9bfd386 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-02 05:55:03 PST Reply-To: "Tom" <fake@earth> From: "Tom" <fake@earth> Newsgroups: wa.general,aus.general,aus.transport References: <aq0ilb$5fi5t$1@ID-89636.news.dfncis.de> Subject: Re: Uncontrolled temper Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:45:48 +0800 Lines: 55 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 NNTP-Posting-Host: dsp-202-72-137-117.geraldton.westnet.com.au Message-ID: <3dc4b810@quokka.wn.com.au> X-Trace: quokka.wn.com.au 1036302352 dsp-202-72-137-117.geraldton.westnet.com.au (2 Nov 2002 21:45:52 +0800) X-Complaints-To: abuse@westnet.com.au Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!nntp.waia.asn.au!quokka.wn.com.au