The Traffic School Experience

Posted on July 13, 2009 in Stories & Random Thoughts by little mochi

It really wasn’t as bad as I thought.  Although I could have used the 8 hours to do something else in my life, but I have to admit that it was quite entertaining.  I even learned a few things!

My class instructor was Mr. Traffic.  Has anyone of you heard of Mr. Traffic?  Apparently, this guy has been in several commercials as a kid, has his own radio talk show, and is very very knowledgeable about traffic laws.  And he claims he has never broken a traffic law.  (Yeah right.  I can’t believe that he really drives 5 miles per hour in the parking structures).

We spent the first hour and a half introducing ourselves and telling the class why we are there.  The majority of the people were there because of speeding.  Two of the students were there because they got caught on camera running a red light.  Did you know that it is almost impossible to fight those tickets?  The only way you can fight it really is to show up in court and pray that the cops that sited you tells the judge that the cameras were not working accurately that day.  Then everyone who got a ticket from that camera that day who SHOWED UP IN COURT will be dismissed.  Note the “showed up in court.”  If you did not try to fight it and did not show up in court when the judge dismissed it, your case does not get dismissed.  Interesting isn’t it?

Another guy was in there because he had an open bottle of booze under his car seat.  What I learned from Mr. Traffic on Saturday was that everyone, I mean EVERYONE, that is in the car will get ticketed if there is an open bottle in the car.  So kids (and adults alike), do not get into a car if you know there is an open bottle of booze!

I honestly thought that there will be a test at the end, but there really wasn’t one at all.  We took a quiz and graded it.  But that was it!  AND, upon completion, each person in the class got 2 tickets (good for 4 people) to see an improv show!  Any takers?  I’ve got two more seats available!

I have honestly been a lot more careful when driving since my speeding ticket.  But something Mr. Traffic said in class kept ringing in my ears.  “If your child’s life is that important to you, you will never break another traffic law again.”  Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Traffic.  I will surely keep those words in mind when I am behind the wheel.  My life and my children’s lives are very important to me.  I hope others think their lives and their family’s lives are just as important.



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