Road Rage Woman

We’re kind of like the stressed-out lady who was tailgating a cautious driver down a congested road.  As the law abiding driver is about to cross a busy intersection, the light in front of him turns yellow so he immediately stops at the crosswalk – even though he could have beaten the red light by stepping on the gas.

Incensed that the driver in front of her stopped and caused her to miss the chance of getting through the intersection, the tailgating woman goes berserk.  She’s laying on her horn… she is cursing the guy out… she is even flipping him the bird.

Just as the crazed woman is in the middle of a experiencing a major self-inflicted coronary, there is a tap on her window.  Looking up she is confronted with the face of a very serious police officer.  The officer orders her to exit the car with her hands up.  He reads the woman her rights and takes her to the police station where she is searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed into a holding cell.

After several hours, another police officer approaches her cell, opens the door, and escorts the now cooled down, but albeit confused, woman back to the booking desk where the arresting officer is waiting with her personal affects.

As she collects her items, the officer says, “Ma’am, I’m very sorry for the mistake.  Let me explain. I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, swearing, and flipping the bird at the guy in front of you.  I noticed your ‘Choose Life’ license plate, your ‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper sticker and your chrome-plated fish trunk emblem and I naturally assumed that you had stolen the car.”

Source: Email from Tammy Nagy - 2007-06-24