Got pulled over by the Abbotsford Police on the way home from work today.
It was not for speeding, it was not for a mechanical, it was not for excess smoke...It was for going "too" slow up a steep hill by my office. (King & Riverside)
I was doing 25km/h in a 50 zone.
The officer thought I was impaired or on my cell phone.
Sorry to disappoint officer, It's a big old Landcruiser with 100HP diesel engine... It's really this slow. I don't like revving it high when it's cold...
He didn't believe me... "It can't be that slow, he said, You MUST do as close to the speed limits as possible!" ... "It's dangerous not to"
Huh? Since when do you have to "do" the speed limit?
It's not like I was impeding traffic, He was the only car behind me and I got to speed at the top of the hill! Jerk!
If a fully loaded Dump Truck was going up the same hill even slower, would he pull him over as well? Don't think so...
I get the fact it may seem a bit odd to a "non car guy" that I "should" be going faster. I get that he needs to follow up to to see if I was impaired or on my phone, that's ok.... but am I out of line thinking he's a bit of a goof to think that I was lying that my HJ60 is really that slow?
It was not for speeding, it was not for a mechanical, it was not for excess smoke...It was for going "too" slow up a steep hill by my office. (King & Riverside)
I was doing 25km/h in a 50 zone.
The officer thought I was impaired or on my cell phone.
Sorry to disappoint officer, It's a big old Landcruiser with 100HP diesel engine... It's really this slow. I don't like revving it high when it's cold...
He didn't believe me... "It can't be that slow, he said, You MUST do as close to the speed limits as possible!" ... "It's dangerous not to"
Huh? Since when do you have to "do" the speed limit?
It's not like I was impeding traffic, He was the only car behind me and I got to speed at the top of the hill! Jerk!
If a fully loaded Dump Truck was going up the same hill even slower, would he pull him over as well? Don't think so...
I get the fact it may seem a bit odd to a "non car guy" that I "should" be going faster. I get that he needs to follow up to to see if I was impaired or on my phone, that's ok.... but am I out of line thinking he's a bit of a goof to think that I was lying that my HJ60 is really that slow?