On the way home from a shopping spree with one of my roommates, I was stopped by a cop. We were less than a mile from our house.

I saw the cop when I was at the top of the hill; long before he pulled me over. I had hastily put my seatbelt on before I got close enough for him to see that I didn’t have one on and I looked at my speedometer to make sure I wasn’t speeding.

The speed limit was 30mph and I was going 33mph so I tapped the brake. We passed by him and less than 30 seconds later he was behind my Explorer, sirens blaring, and lights flashing.
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