Monday, February 13, 2012

That Awkward Moment When.....

You think that you are somewhat of a decent driver, until an evil man named Trooper McCarthy tells you differently. It was our last beach trip of the summer. I was driving me and my friends to Old Silver even though i was not quite legal to drive anyone yet for another three weeks. I decided it would be a good idea to go in the left lane of the highway, since it was moving faster than all of the others. I began going about 75 miles per hour in that lane just like the rest of traffic, when i noticed a state trooper car on the side of the highway. I immediately panicked (as i usually do whenever i see a cop on the side of the road, even if i am doing nothing wrong) and began to look in my rear view mirror frequently to see if he was following me. I saw that he actually did pull out of his hiding spot and began to panic even more. After about five minutes went by he still hadn't pulled me over and my friends calmed me down so i continued to drive normally. I decided to look in my rear view mirror again and noticed the state trooper was driving very close right behind me. He then turned on his lights signaling me to pull over. I was so flustered and scared that I actually ended up pulling over to the LEFT side of the road. I had never been pulled over before and was oblivious to the fact that i should have pulled to the right. The state trooper then proceeded to stop all traffic, get out of his car, and screamed at me over the intercom in his car. I then pulled over to the right side of the road and was screamed at him for a very long time as he angrily explained to me every idiotic thing i did wrong. I felt so stupid and was so embarrassed that i made such a ridiculous mistake. If I get pulled over again, at least I'll have Trooper McCarthy's evil presence in mind as i pull over to the right side of the road.