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Date: 26 December 2008 09:43:55
So on Christmas Eve, I did two illegal things in view of the police.
1. I passed a police car while I was doing 90km/h on an 80mk/h bit of road. We have double demerit points during holiday periods, and because I am still on a provisional license (three years!), my demerit barrel doesn't have many points in it to start with. So this was quite possibly a BAD thing. Police cars beside the road generally mean speed cameras. Either the police were just stopped for a doughnut break or they decided that 90km/h really wasn't worth the flashing lights and siren...
2. On my way home from church, I was driving up a long, windy, narrow road. There was a police paddy wagon in front of me. It was driving slowly. We approached another police car parked (illegally) on the other side of the road. The paddy wagon stopped across the road from it (illegally) so the constables could exchange pleasantries. Meanwhile traffic built up behind me. It was not legal for me to pass due to double white lines down the middle of the road. But it was getting silly. And the police seemed to adjust their cars so the visibility was better for me... so with trepidation I drove between them... waiting for the "WoooOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo". But it didn't come.
Phew.