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"Josip Kolar" <josip96@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> Or, maybe, some other branch was at work through that policeman.
> There was too much furry, too much temper displayed - as if the policeman
> would know me personally.
> Who Knows, he did say: "I know your face!".
> Maybe my face was shown to him, sometimes, somewhere earlier.
>
> Please do not ask for policemans number publicly.
>
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I agree that this cop was out of line, but you mentioned your daughter was
holding a child on her lap?
That is also illegal.  I'm not trying to make excuses for this cop, but who
knows, he may recently have attended a fatal and seeing you stop at a green
light, and then seeing your daughter holding a child *may* have momentarily
sent him off the rails, so to speak.  Just as you had your reasons for
pausing at the lights, he may have had a reason behind his anger.
My only suggestion would be to pull over in a safe spot (even if its in
someones driveway!) if you ever feel like that again.

Don't be afraid of driving, but be aware of what is going on with your body
and try to identify what happens in the lead up to these 'episodes' so you
can do something about it before you hurt yourself and/or others.
Fortunately, I don't suffer from diabetes, so I have no idea of what happens
and how it happens, so if I offend anyone, sorry.