A Little Story Read Slowly

[Natural9]

Read This Slowly


 
Jack took a long look at his speedometer
before slowing down: 73 in a 55 zone.
Fourth time in as many months.
How could a guy get caught so often?




  When his car had slowed to 10 miles an hour,
Jack pulled over, but only partially.
Let the cop worry about the potential traffic hazard.
Maybe some other car will tweak his backside with a mirror.
The cop was stepping out of his car,
the big pad in hand.
 


Bob? Bob from Church?
Jack sunk farther into his trench coat.
This was worse than the coming ticket.
A cop catching a guy from his own church.
A guy who happened to be a little eager
to get home after a long day at the office.
A guy he was about to play golf with tomorrow 


 

Jumping out of the car,
he approached a man he saw every Sunday,
a man he'd never seen in uniform.





'Hi, Bob.. Fancy meeting you like this.'




'Hello, Jack.' No smile.






'Guess you caught me red-handed
in a rush to see my wife and kids.'






'Yeah, I guess.' Bob seemed uncertain.
Good.





'I've seen some long days at the office lately.
I'm afraid I bent the rules a bit -just this once.'






Jack toed at a pebble on the pavement.
'Diane said something about roast beef and potatoes tonight.
Know what I mean?' 




 
'I know what you mean.
I also know that you have a reputation in our precinct .'
Ouch.
This was not going in the right direction.
Time to change tactics.





'What'd you clock me at?'





'Seventy. Would you sit back in your car please?'



 
'Now wait a minute here, Bob..
I checked as soon as I saw you.
I was barely nudging 65.'
The lie seemed to come easier with every ticket






  'Please, Jack, in the car'





  Flustered, Jack hunched himself through the still-open door. Slamming
it
shut, he stared at the dashboard.
He was in no rush to open the window.





  The minutes ticked by.
Bob scribbled away on the pad.



  Why hadn't he asked for a driver's license?




 
Whatever the reason,
it would be a month of Sundays
before Jack ever sat near this cop again. 




   
A tap on the door jerked his head to the left
There was Bob, a folded paper in hand
Jack rolled down the window a mere two inches,
just enough room for Bob to pass him the slip..





'Thanks.'
Jack could not quite keep the sneer out of his voice.





  Bob returned to his police car without a word.
Jack watched his retreat in the mirror.
Jack unfolded the sheet of paper.
How much was this one going to cost?






Wait a minute.
What was this? Some kind of joke?





Certainly not a ticket.. Jack began to read:






'Dear Jack, Once upon a time I had a daughter.
She was six when killed by a car.
You guessed it - a speeding driver.
A fine and three months in jail, and the man was free.
Free to hug his daughters, all three of them.
I only had one, and I'm going to have to wait until Heaven
before I can ever hug her again.

   

A thousand times I've tried to forgive that man.
A thousand times I thought I had.
Maybe I did, but I need to do it again.
Even now.
Pray for me.
And be careful, Jack,
my son is all I have left.'


'Bob'





Jack turned around in time to see Bob's car
pull away and head down the road.
Jack watched until it disappeared.
A full 15 minutes later, he too,
pulled away and drove slowly home,
praying for forgiveness and
hugging a surprised wife and kids when he arrived.





 
Life is precious.
Handle with care.
This is an important message;
please pass it along to your friends.
Drive safely and carefully.
Remember, cars are not the only things
recalled by their maker..






Funny how you can send a thousand jokes
through e-mail and they spread like wildfire,
but when you start sending messages
regarding the sanctity of life,
people think twice about sharing. 




 
Funny how when you go to forward this message,
you will not send it to many on your address list
because you're not sure what they believe,
or what they will think of you
for sending it to them.






Pass this on,
you may save a life.
Maybe not,
but we'll never know if we don't try.



 

Just send this to (4) people
and see what happens on the fourth






 
The life you save may be ....






 
Your own child or grandchild

[TwoCatSam]

Natural9

I read it; I loved it.  Best damn thing written on this forum in ages.

Let me tell you a true story about speed.

On the Oklahoma Will Rogers Turnpike there was a small accident and cars had to stop.  A man age 76 doing 75 in an 18-wheeler plowed into the group of cars.  Ten died; many horribly injured.  Many where whole families out to get to Grandma's or somewhere.

Speed, inattention, sleep, fatigue--we still don't know all the factors that caused this wreck.  But we know speed was at the top of the list.  Oh, not a single skid mark.  He man no attempt to stop.

Sam

[Natural9]

Natural9

I read it; I loved it.  Best damn thing written on this forum in ages.

Let me tell you a true story about speed.


On the Oklahoma Will Rogers Turnpike there was a small accident and cars had to stop.  A man age 76 doing 75 in an 18-wheeler plowed into the group of cars.  Ten died; many horribly injured.  Many where whole families out to get to Grandma's or somewhere.

Speed, inattention, sleep, fatigue--we still don't know all the factors that caused this wreck.  But we know speed was at the top of the list.  Oh, not a single skid mark.  He man no attempt to stop.

Sam

Yes is a sad thing we had some idiots racing along the Great western Highway here in Sydney  not to long  ago an elderly couple just going a bout their business were wiped out by one of the cars  They died virtually instantly we have some problems with kid racers in their hotted up cars doing illegal street racing and this is sometimes the results of it  such a sad story one minute you here next split second you are gone forever

Rodney

[Boo_Ray]

Good storry BUT

cops are retarded that is for sure! atleast around here! Is it a crime if you drive 56kph instead of 50kph at 3am in a middle of nowhere on a straight road with noone around? well I got 250€ ticket for that... I don't call that saving lives! I know that cops are always speeding over 120kph on that exact location and even on more dangerous parts of the road(like doing 90 in a 30kph zone).. Lots of times I see them drunk in uniforms.. I know I am a good driver and never a dangerous one.. And somethimes I know that it is safer to drive a little bit faster because you are more alert to everything instead of putting on a cruize control and "fall asleep"(not realy).. When you are just driving in a straight line and someonething happens your reaction time is much slower if you arent alert... Also a 6kph doesn't have much to do with saving lives.. In a good car it almost doesn't have any difference.. And parents should be carefull that their child doesn't jump on a road, that isn't a drivers responsibility for bad parenting..

There is different thing if someone is speeding or if some people are raceing on road.. Road is not for racing.. I was racing, but never on roads.. Racing is very good for getting experience you can then use in critical situations..

to end this post: By far the worst drivers are cops!  <<-- that is a fact

[Shorty]

Drop five, save lives.

[JEF]

MAD MAX 4

lol
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[JEF]

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