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Voltaire2

(14,816 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:30 PM Sep 2017

I drove past a cop on the highway today doing 70 and everything was fine.

I didn't get pulled over or anything. I think a sky-being might have been protecting me, or maybe not. How about you?

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I drove past a cop on the highway today doing 70 and everything was fine. (Original Post) Voltaire2 Sep 2017 OP
White lightning? nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #1
It might have been a case of driving while white. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #2
Kneeling while white is also allowed marylandblue Sep 2017 #4
it would still be awful. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #6
white lighting blinds cops to speeding vehicles. Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #7
Oh man, that brought a childhood memory to the surface... NeoGreen Sep 2017 #12
If you had been pulled over marylandblue Sep 2017 #3
good point. Yesterday there was a huge freaking accident on the same road. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #5
Donut break left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #8
Donut break except in emergency! Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #9
Maybe you're under a demon's wing. They love atheists and agnostics, you know. Freelancer Sep 2017 #10
On I-5 Break time Sep 2017 #11
I jay-walk in front of cops all the time. I just say a little prayer to Odin before doing it. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #13
#blessed nt PassingFair Sep 2017 #14
Possibly Bradical79 Oct 2017 #15

Voltaire2

(14,816 posts)
2. It might have been a case of driving while white.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:37 PM
Sep 2017

I might have to stand for the awful star spangled banner now.

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
12. Oh man, that brought a childhood memory to the surface...
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 09:09 PM
Sep 2017

...my dad loves this song, and used to sing along back in the day...

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
3. If you had been pulled over
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:37 PM
Sep 2017

The sky being would have been protecting you from the accident you were about to get into. But since nothing happened, it's just your guardian angel doing her regular job.

Voltaire2

(14,816 posts)
5. good point. Yesterday there was a huge freaking accident on the same road.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:40 PM
Sep 2017

BUT IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE!

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
10. Maybe you're under a demon's wing. They love atheists and agnostics, you know.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:45 PM
Sep 2017

Ask any born-agin-ner. They'll say "yep."

Break time

(195 posts)
11. On I-5
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 06:02 PM
Sep 2017

In Oregon the speed limit is 65, the head of the state troopers has publicly stated that they will give anyone 10 MPH since speedometers can be that far off as long as they are not dodging in and out of traffic... BUT if they stop you and you have a radar detector on board they will tag you..I drive it a lot and have never been given a second look at 70 or so...

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
13. I jay-walk in front of cops all the time. I just say a little prayer to Odin before doing it.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:17 PM
Sep 2017

Of course it helps that our city has no anti-jay-walking statute, so it's perfectly legal here. (But I'm pretty sure Odin had a hand in creating our city laws. How else can I possibly explain that laws set down before I was even born benefit me so?)

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
15. Possibly
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 03:58 PM
Oct 2017

A man who ran my bible study group used to tell us this was one of the benefits. I'm not kidding.

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