No matter how hard one tries to save money, unexpected things happen. The other day, I was driving to work and I was lucky enough to receive a traffic ticket.
I was at an intersection making a left turn, and the left arrow had just disappeared. There was still a green light, but according to traffic law, I should have yielded to oncoming traffic. To be fair, it was a quite large intersection and there was more than enough time for me to make the left turn before the oncoming cars would come close to meeting me. I followed the car in front of me who also turned after the green arrow was gone.
As it happened, a police officer happened to be near the intersection. He pulled up next to me after I made my turn and motioned for me to pull over to the side. I let him pass and he also pulled over the car in front of me. This worked out well for the town’s police force; they managed to grab two cars with the same stop.
He could have given me a ticket with points on my insurance, but the officer was “nice.” He awarded me a ticket with no insurance points. Thankfully, I won’t be paying for this ticket for years thanks to an increased insurance premium and a surcharge to the state for the points.
Yet, I still had to pay $56. That includes a $2 “convenience fee” for the privilege of paying online with a credit card rather than finding time to stop by the municipal court. I guess I’ve never really had “good luck” with cars.
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