The next time you are pulled over for speeding here’s an excuse you might not want to use: “I’m sorry officer. I was too busy eating my Oreo to notice I was going so fast.”
Just ask a 28-year-old driver from New York who tried to convince state troopers that his use of excessive speed was a simple mistake.
According to police reports, the man was driving his 1993 BMW last fall in a small Connecticut town when officers pulled him over. That’s when the motorist told troopers the reason he was driving so fast was because the Oreo he had been eating slipped from his fingers as he tried to dunk it in a cup of milk. Police say the man was trying to fish his cookie out of the cup of milk when he accelerated and lost control of his car.
The man was charged with speeding and driving with a suspended license.
Perhaps, the man could learn some dexterial skills from a California woman. Police say she is safe today after losing control of her car and accidentally driving into a waterway near Oakland.
The good news is that despite her crash she didn’t spill a single drop of her morning coffee.
According to police reports, yesterday morning the 22-year-old woman lost control of her car while reaching for her cellphone. Her car became lodged in stilts under a home on the water, but she was able to escape from her vehicle and walk to shore.
Witnesses say when she emerged from her wet car was cradling a nearly full cup of coffee.
Finally, the next time you have to transport your child’s science project to school don’t take the subway. A New York college student learned that lesson the hard way.
The 29-year-old computer engineering student at New York City College of Technology was riding the B train near Seventh Avenue when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack.
Several subway riders noticed the smoke and thought it was a bomb. According to police, people made mad dashes for the subway’s exits. Meanwhile, the student says he tried to reassure his fellow passengers that it was a school project.
I’m sure the box filled with a small battery, wires and a motor that the college co-ed was holding didn’t alleviate their fears.
The man told police he tried to disassemble the smoking device on the subway platform.
“I’m very sorry for what happened,” the man told news reporters yesterday. “I hate to scare people. Next time, I’ll be much more careful and keep my electronic projects at home.”
Lesson learned.
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