Traffic School and the 5150

This was an interesting moment.

So here we were, sitting around at traffic school, wasting a Saturday. The time comes where we go around the room and people say their names and tell what they did, so that we can tally them up on the board by category. Most are boring. Then there is John, who begins by telling us that he is hated by the San Clemente police because for 20 years, he was a "major marijuana smuggler" running pot from Mexico into Orange County.

The details, which took 25 uncomfortable, but hilarious, minutes, included his offense (going the wrong way down a one way street in the dark with his lights off), his living arrangements (homeless and living in his truck), his suspicions of police, various conspiracy theories, his successful avoidance of a sting operation in which the cops enticed him with a sexy 16-year-old girl, and a confession about his current drug habits: "I still smoke marijuana."

After a drug dealing career in which he allegedly moved more than 250 kilos of weed at a time, of Afghani something-or-other, he found the Lord, and now he's a prophet. He puts a bunch of red, white and blue on his truck, and somewhere in the story there was a mention of beautiful girls in the red, white and blue, but the story was a bit disjointed, and between the laughing and the nonsequiturs, I missed a lot of it.

He did point out that his old habits made him a very good driver, allegedly because "you don't want to get caught with a ton of pot in your car." Especially when you know that the FBI is in your rear view mirror on a regular basis. Aside from that, little, if anything he said belonged in traffic school, but it was entertaining, and no one had the courage to shut him up before he was ready. In the end, the instructor marked his violation on the board under the category "Not My Fault."

It's better to be safe than sorry.

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[California Traffic School]

Very interesting post, indeed. Hope my driving classes will be much better. Thanks for sharing.

-Sami

[Traffic School]

Hi,

Let me know the meaning for 5150. And Very nice post.

Thank you
Rachel.

[abby]

looks like you had an interesting time at the traffic school...

That old man was certifiable.