First impressions can be sooooo wrong.

First let me start by saying
WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!! WOOT (and yes, we are expecting snow soon)

Ok, so the other morning I am driving down 19th East in the Sugarhouse area. I reach a four way stop at a side street. After coming to a complete stop (actually did) I start off again and there's this little old lady on the right side just past the street I stopped at who starts waving her hand down as to tell me to slow down. Since I just left a stop sign, in my minivan which does 0 to 60 just slightly faster than a 1964 VW beetle, I realized there was NO way I was passing the speed limit of 25, so I politely waved at her with a single finger. She then proceeds to give me the same "slow down" sign. I am thinking "What is this womans problem, I'm doing 15 mph and she's telling me to slow down. So I calmly slam on the brakes, then proceed to punch the van, and flip a U turn to give her a piece of my mind.




As I get halfway through the U turn I see this Motorcycle cop on the next corner with radar gun in hand. Yep, she wasn't some crazed old lady who thought 14 mph was excessive speed, she was some considerate old lady trying to WARN me that I should watch my speed or face the wrath of the motorcycle cop.

At this point I put my window down, politely said "Thank you ma'am" and turned right and got the hell out of there, at or below appropriate speed limit.
Mind you, I made a definitive point of going nowhere near that cop lest he wasn't happy with my driving at that moment.

So be warned, not every person on the side of the road trying to slow you down is some crazed lunatic that thinks you should crawl along their streets; some are trying to save you the pain of a ticket.