Adventures in Driving

Today after work I decided to go down and pay a ticket for "Fail[ure] to Display Insurance." I actually have a running light out in my backlight, and that is what allowed the cop to pull me over. But when I pulled out my insurance I realized that it was the old copy of my insurance which expired back in Dec '09. So anyway - ticket. It might have cost me $116.50.

So I got off work at around 1:30pm from Alb 5Mile & Overland (which by the way is a new blog that I started for Albertsons - look at it here). There was an accident blocking the north-west corner of the intersection. It must have happened while I was just down the street, and 1 of the drivers in the turn lane the wright of me must have seen the accident, she was in the street helping the man on his back. I couldn't even tell what vehicles the accident involved. When I first got there - not event he police, fire or paramedics were there. Just 4 concerned citizens standing over a guy.

So after a long wait (during which I was pretty patient) I could go, and went downtown to deal with the ticket. Went in, took a number and was immediately directed to a window (2 - 3pm must be the ideal time to visit the courthouse) and handed over the ticket and insurance card and she was back in a couple minutes and I was out of there.

Unfortunately as I was walking out I noticed that the insurance card from Liberty Mutual that I had given them, was the old one that I had when the cop pulled me over. So I continued onto the car, and got the new one - and went back in. It's funny because the gal that copied the page etc didn't catch it either. So when I went back in I got called to the window next to the original gal and I explained what happened. "Who did you see the first time" the new gal asked and I pointed next door. So she got to razz her friend.

So I was driving on my way back home - went freeway to Eagle, and down to Colombia and got stopped at another accident just past the horse corral and before the 10-mile church. That wasn't a long wait either, but I was real patient and it wasn't long before I was past it. Again - some guy laying in the middle of the road on his back and I beat the paramedics there a 2nd time.

There was also a rollover on the freeway (on the news). Last accident was relayed to me by Dad - he said that there was one on Victory somewhere as he was coming home.

It was good to only be around accidents - not part of any. walt