Boys will be boys....

[Mikelly]

So yesterday morning I get a call from my little brother. He says he needs to come chat with me. So, he and his buddy pull into the driveway maybe 15 minutes later. He and Billy (The kid that helped me with my family room, and the stairs and landings up to the second floor of the garage) start relaying a story of how they were at a stop light, each in his own car, and both pull out fast when it turns green... Just up the street from all this, there is a cop, who is trying to unlock a door for some stranded soul. As they approach the cop, he steps into the street and yells something at both of them. Neither kid hears the officer's instructions. The officer runs to to his car, gives chase, and they pull over... BOTH kids pull over. This incident happened in down town Fredericksburg, where streets are narrow, and it is VERY congested. So anyway, the officer approaches Billy, who is already on probation, spins him around, handcuffs him, and searches his car. He promptly finds a novelty knife, in the console of the vehicle, and informs Billy that he will most defenitely be going to jail.

 

So little brother, being the DUMB ASS he is, decides he is going to speak with the officer about taking Billy's car home, instead of having it impounded. The officer takes HIS license, runs it, and informs him that HE will receive a citation in the mail for drag racing. He also informs him that the vehicle is being impounded and a FULL SEARCH will be conducted.

 

Billy gets bailed out the next morning, and tries to retrieve his license... He is informed that the officer mis-placed it and it can't be found.

 

The moral of this story boys and girls is this: IF you think you are capable of driving fast, and IF you plan to do a little "Street Racing", you might want to think twice about where you are and about what might be in your car. These two kids are best friends and were most likely NOT drag racing since one was in a bone stock 2002 Honda Accord 4Bander, and the other was in a 2.8 liter Automatic Barretta. Neither was under any illusion that their cars were NOT fast and furious, and neither had the pre-requisit fart can, or other ricer approved paraphenalia. They were both going to the same place, neither spun tires, and according to both of them, they WERE screwing around, but NOT racing. BOTH these guys are 20 (Billy) and 23( My little brother) and BOTH live at home with moms and dads. Neither of these two has the money to deal with possible defense lawyers to get out of such a stupid charge...

 

I'm gonna call the chief of police tomorrow and get the low down on the case, and maybe go talk to the Commonwealth Attorney. Most likely little brother won't get a follow-up summons. But I was counseling Billy on getting himself squared away. He is in line to take over his families business and his father just found out he has Prostate Cancer. His family OBVIOUSLY doesn't need this kinda stress at this point.

 

So next time you are out feeling your oats, you should ask yourself if you can pay to play... Bottom line is cops (At least in my town, and probably yours) are getting sick and tired of dealing with every kid who looks like trouble.

 

Amazing!

Mike