Last Halloween we had a bit of a family emergency. I jumped on an American flight into Grand Island NE, rented a car and proceeded to drive North to my home town. I got about 20 miles out of GI and get pulled over. Anyone who lives there knows exactly where. A lot of tourists do too.
I was speeding, but in my defense, it was late, I was tired and stressed to the max, and just missed the 65 limit going down to 60, and I was doing at least 8 over...
The deputy sheriff who pulled me over took my license and the rental papers back to his car to verify I was "ok" to have the car, and whatever.
He comes back with a puzzled look on his face. You see, the rental paper work was from a company in Omaha, which is 130 miles away, not 20. Since I had flown into the small regional airport in GI, the rental agency was really from Omaha, and just had a satellite office in GI.
Long story short, the paperwork seems to say I rented the car in Omaha 30 minutes ago... and I'm 150 miles from there...
I couldn't help it.. I busted out laughing and told the office "but sir, I wasn't driving *that* fast..." and explained that I had really rented the car in GI, not Omaha..
He looked at me, kinda grinned, and said "slow it down, sir".. and let me go...
I'm still chuckling over not going "that fast..."
I hope he's still smiling too...
[Thanks to the officer for having a sense of humor and letting me go on my way.. it made a huge difference in my day...]
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