ëi -BIRD 'S EYE '1 VIEW ~' -./M QIAil Guilty l How else could I plead? Iff I denied the charge and the /udge determinied 1J was guilty I thought he might get quite testy wvhen he passed sentence. I certainly /zad no wish to spend some time in Kingston breaking big rocks iiito little rocks so I though honesty wvas the best policy. The whole sordid a/l'air started early one nzorning ini Toronto when a yellow police car parked on the edge of a street e/ected a police officer and lie proceeded to attempt suicide by standing on t/w road ini front of- my car. I thought it ivas a litt/e odd t/zat leie night ivant to end Jus life ini suc/z a manner but I figured the pressures of giving out lus quota of speeding tickets hadl beeci getting to 1dm anzd he thought ending it aIl might be the best solution. Kîzowiing the ivay I drive na turaltymv tirs t though ts ivere of a possible suicide because anybody wvho regards luis life as precious s teers we// c/car of in'v car. However, after -the fog lifted and some day/igh t s/zone through I came to the conclusion that enavbe t/us police officer ivas step- ping in front of my car ciot to end his ticket giving davys but rather to continue on with that career by additng me to his list of recipiecuts. Ini those last few seconds be.fore vou flua//y stop fogr the police officer a/l sorts of thoughts flash through .vour mind. I immediately did a mental check o/ a/I ;ny driving during the /ast five minutes but cou/d think of nothing I had done ivhich tue /aw might find illegal. I could on/y come to the conclusion that I had beecu a very /aw abiding citizen. By this tine the olficer was approaching miy no iv stopped car and he asked if hie could see my driver's licence. I handed him my licence and he started back to the cruiser. Myv curiousisy got the best of me so I asked hum what was wrong. He informed me that I had made a rig/zt hand turn at the last intersection. I admitted I had and said, "sço wha t?' In Toron to w/zen a police officer tel/s yoii that you jList made a right turn or a lèft turn or drove dead straight in the midd/e of your lane you cati on/y assume he 's e//ing you that because it is somehow illegal. However I, being froin t/e boondocks offar-out Whitby have had no reason to watc/u mv rear view mirror for police cars ail the rime. IunJhiby I would no t feel gui/t v being stopped by a police car because here in towvn policemen are real people, ciot /ust uniforms. So I did t/he unpardonable by asking a Toronto police- main what was wrong wvith making a rig/zt hand turn. Ne immediately assessed that lue ias noz' dealing wvit/z a Metiro citizen and did not ho/d it against me for questioning luis iudgement. i i lie explained very careful/y to me that between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. it was il/egal to make a right hand turn at the intersection where he had ,îust seen me turning. I was aghast. Shocked too! In the entire munici- pality of Whitby I could Jhz/j of nzo intersection where it was against the law to turn right any tirne of the day or n igh t. I hough t for some insane reason lie migh t be pulling my /eg so I compounded my sassiness by rep/ying, '"really?" Determining that on/y logic would work on me now he rep/ied that he would tiot have pie/led me over if such had not been the c<ise. Well he had a good point there so I had no choice but to assume that I had broken the law in Toronto. The offi- cer explained, as he wro.te out the ticket, that it ivas a local bylaw and that upon conviction I ivould lose no points. I flinched because points I had - enone» to pay the fine I didu 't have. Full Equipment WIIITBY F REE PRESS, WE DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914, PAGE 7 I p/eaded ignorance about knowing of' the il/egal right hand turn and said couldn't we ta/k it over but he said we cou/d talk all I wan ted and it wou/d make no difference since he had a/ready made out the ticket. 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