The ticket she was getting was actually a summons that she appear in court, but she refused to sign it and became verbally abusive while still sitting in the truck. Then when the cop asked her to get out of the truck, is when she took things too far. Never are you arrested for getting a ticket unless you are driving drunk or are involved in an accident.
In all honesty if she had signed the ticket and went to court and acted like a LITLE OLD LADY the charge for speeding might have been dropped, but with this video evidence working against her she will not only get the ticket and others, she may also get points off her license if not her license suspended for a while. It is not worth getting into and arguments or confrontations with police in america...you are always on the LOSING SIDE.
Wow, I guess I really beat the odds then huh? ...or maybe times have really changed in America.
I once told off a cop in Chicago... I was tired, frustrated, and my feet were swollen & sore from dancing in stilettos all night at Navy Pier. I just wanted to get back to my hotel room, ...but the Bulls had won the NBA championship that night, and they cordoned off all the streets. If you had Illinois plates, you couldn't enter west of Michigan Ave. I was sooo pissed off, I got out of the car, got in the cops face and started yelling about what an assinine policy it was to close off streets... what did he expect me to do... sleep in the park?
He had this bemused expression on his face, as I just ranted on and on til I was out of breath... and he finished my sentence for me. He added ..."And you're a Canadian who doesn't care one bit about the Bulls winnings, and don't see why you should be inconvenienced by it, right?" to which I said "EXACTLY!!!" as indignantly as I could. He just said "ok... Hey Charlie... let 'em through." and like that, ...I was on my way to my hotel.
Now that I look back on it, he was kind of surpressing his laughter. I don't think he was used to that. He was HUGE... ABSOLUTELY GINORMOUS, ...and having me get in his face and yelling like that, must have amused him the way it would amuse you if you were being read the riot act by an angry 3 year old. You gotta admire the spunk, but you don't want to needlessly antagonize them any further by laughing in their face. I must have been a real sorry sight too {lol} ...barely able to stand I was in so much pain. I'd taken my shoes off in the car, and my size 7 feet at that point had swelled up to what looked like size 11's and there was no way I was getting them back on, not without a good soaking.
