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The full moon saved me from getting a speeding ticket
2009-04-09
The full moon saved me from getting a speeding ticket
Stories about the full moon usually involve people freaking out, crazy rituals or werewolves. You can definitely say that the full moon's got an image problem. That's why I have to post my positive story:
Driving in my car, I spotted the full moon at around 21:15h. My first thought was "how beautiful". My second thought was "damn, I'm such an idiot". You might think I was scolding myself for having left the house unarmed on a night that might lead to an encounter with crazy people and/or werewolves.
That's a reasonable assumption, but this case is a bit more complicated: About two weeks ago, I made a detour to avoid a traffic jam and passed a meadow with apple trees. Even though it was a bright and sunny day, these bony old trees look quite spooky. Naturally, I immediately made plans to return on a full moon night and take a scary photo which I could then sell on istockphoto.com. I'm sure you would have had the same idea in this situation.
I had completely forgotten about that brilliant plan until I saw the full moon tonight. Unfortunately, I had missed a rare opportunity as it was already too dark to take a picture of the tress. I was pretty angry at myself while driving back home. Just before arriving, it occurred to me that I should take a picture of the full moon anyway because I might need to do some image manipulations (due to the limited dynamic range of cameras).
Turning into my street, I slowed down to see if the moon was covered by clouds or hiding behind houses. I should tell you that, some months ago, the speed limit on my street was lowered to 30km/h, which makes a lot of sense during the day when kids are out playing or on their way to/from school. I can't really guarantee I would have strictly respected the speed limit at this time of the night, though.
Approaching my house, I saw a car with people sitting inside parked at an odd place. Then I spotted a police car and a second later I saw the cop pointing a laser speed gun at me. I was doing no more than 20km/h.
They caught another car while I walked to my door with a big smile on my face. Thank you, full moon.
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