Elderly Driver On the Highway
Elderly Driver On The Highway
This is something to raise a laugh and a guffaw or two…
I’m pretty sure all readers here will agree with me too…
A patrolman was holding watch over the heavy traffic on a busy highway…
And all makes of vehicles were zooming along this and that way .….
Suddenly coming into his sight was this car doing a slow 22miles an hour….
He looked up from his speed gun in disbelief, looked down again astonished…
In all his years on this job, he has encountered only merrily overspeeding drivers …
He was stunned, to say the least, as he signaled the slow car to pull over…
The sedately family car was nondescript and filled with 5 elderly ladies…
The driver herself was easily in the late fifties, pushing on to sixty…
Duty bound, this patrolman asked for the driver’s details and queried her driving..
True to his caring nature, he had a perfunctory look over, then issued a friendly warning…
He stressed the potential dangers on the highway when a car travels too slow…..
Safety would be compromised, to they themselves and to the many others…
But the sweet old lady, she protested that she was precisely doing the legal speed limit…
She even pointed to a road sign conveniently nearby, she was doing exactly the posted limit..
A moment of stunned silence, of bewildered comprehension before our stalwart patrolman blurted…
“But, ma’am… that’s not the speed limit! That’s the number of this highway, Route 22!”…
The elderly lady driver was duly embarrassed, and apologized sheepishly over her genuine mistake..
Thanking the officer graciously, the little old lady was relieved at not being ticketed…
Properly chastised, the elderly driver delicately shifted gears to continue on her car journey…
But the sight of the other old ladies , ashen faces and wide eyed looks prompted another query..
“Ladies , are you all ok? You haven’t said anything! I see you’re all looking quite upset!”..…
The elderly lady driver, pushing on to sixty, responded rather sweetly in her innocence…
”Oh, they will be okay, officer. We have just got off safely from Route 119!”
With a flirty little wave, she throttled and smoothly eased her car back into Route 22..
Leaving behind a very flabbergasted patrolman pushing back his cap, frowning and wondering what to do next? Ho, ho, Ho! What a gas!
Inspired By A Facebook Posting – Highway Patrolman Shocked By Elderly Driver
http://features.faithtap.com/3882/highway-patrolman-shocked-by-hilarious-elderly-driver/
Copyright © Keng Chuan Seng | Year Posted 2015
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