Click it or Ticket
Monday through Friday, I'd get dropped off to school by my mom. One fine morning, while pulling into the drop off lane, a cop approached the window and peered down. I was in the front seat. I wasn't buckled. The cop, clearly seeing this, directly asked me whether or not I was buckled before he approached. Tell the truth or avoid a ticket? Lie or get fined? The cop had no way of knowing the truth. The "law" and parents are probably the two biggest figures of authority in a child's life, and this situation seemed to pit the two against each other. Had I been in the back seat and looked in the rear view mirror, the glare I'd have seen looking back at me surely would have affected my response. Nevertheless, I was in the front, with my full attention on the cop. When you're jay walking, speeding or not wearing your seat belt, and then you see a cop, your heart jumps and you quickly correct yourself, hoping you don't get caught. If you don't it...