A Holiday Surprise From The State Police!

I don’t remember the last time I got a speeding ticket. It must have been over 15 years ago. So, when I got one today in the mail,  I was terribly disappointed! Not just for the $125 that I have to shell out, but because of the whole experience that I am utterly being deprived of! 

Where’s the …

  • adrenalin rush when I spot the flashing lights?
  • waiting for the cop to make the dramatic approach (with my hands on the steering wheel)?
  • the anticipated quiz – “Do you know why I stopped you?”
  • nervously fishing out the registration and license from the glove compartment?
  • reeling off well practiced excuses? “Yes.. Officer.. I am very aware of the speed limits here in the work zone, but I seem to have a problem with my gas pedal.. which seems to be sticking and I have been meaning to get it checked. Maybe spraying some WD-40 when I get home might help.. also, I was distraught because of overall state of world affairs.. all these wars.. It’s quite distracting”.
Caught on Camera!

I totally agree with my wife’s frequent rant that technology is keeping us all from experiencing real human interactions and depriving us of the charm of emotional connection with each other! Can you believe this… it’s a fricking camera instead of a rude (or almost-sarcastically polite) police officer? Seriously? And If I contest the ticket (as I had done many times before, and covered here) it probably will be a zoom call and I will end up talking to an AI bot!

Now I totally understand how Sheldon feels!

PS: I blame my wife for this ticket! If she were in  the car that day she would have reminded me (multiple times) to slow down!

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Author: Yash

I immigrated to the US in 1983 from India. I feel that I have been here long enough to not be called FOB (Fresh-off-the-Boat) by my kids. But I guess they seem to have some other standards which involve pronouncing words like "Vote" ,"Vending" and "Video" properly - which I guess I will never achieve (because of my 21 years in India) - so, I am going to pass myself as that Indian with an "exotic" accent!! My interests : WRITING - Just realized that most of my work so far has been Nostalgia-centric. I enjoy this genre and feel it's an un-ending well that I can draw from. As a matter of fact, this right here is fresh nostalgia for 10 years down the road!! (-: GOLF - I am terrible at it and it's a damn frustrating game, but I still love it ("painful pleasure"). One of these days I will actually take lessons so that I won't embarrass myself too much on the golf course. As long as there are golf courses around here (with low standards) that would allow me to play - I will play and enjoy golf!! STAND-UP - I have started dabbling (performing) in stand-up comedy recently and am loving the feedback I have been getting! I am going to attribute this newfound hobby to mid-life crisis! :-) (as an alternative to a toupee or a red sports car or a girlfriend-on-the-side!!). Here's clip of my very first performance on April 14th 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMLgRAGyNs&feature=youtu.be MUSIC - I am a huge fan of Shakti (John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Vinayakram, L.Shankar) as well as their later avatar - "Remember Shakti" (John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Selva Ganesh, Mandolin Sreenivas, Shankar Mahadevan). Thoroughly enjoyed the two live concerts that I attended of this fusion group. I enjoy Hindustani and Carnatic classical instrumental music. YOUTUBE - YouTube has an unbelievable amount of entertainment from which you can draw your specific narrow niche!! In my case - these areas happen to be - street foods from various parts of the world, Indian classical music, debates about religion & belief, Indian Classical Music played by non Indian (e.g. Ukrainians doing wonderful Bharatanatyam, a French lady performing amazingly in a Carnatic Concert, a Chinese lady teaching Bharatanatyam in China etc.)

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