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五月二号一大早送儿子去机场。回来在还有两分钟就到家的Saddleback Road被警察拦下。警察说Saddleback是50Km zone,我开65。给了一张speeding ticket,89刀。不幸得是我的保险4月27日到期,新的邮来了,但我忘了换。No Insurance! 172刀。跟警察解释了半天,就是不行。最终还是拿了两张罚单。郁闷。
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, ^7 ?- M1 h: a3 Y. j+ A今天去交罚款。下午2点出门去LRT站。It was windy. 虽然有太阳,但不是很暖和。缩着脖子来到车站。做LRT到Churchill Station,沿着通道直接就到了Court。"that gentleman. Security check", somebody called at me. 我突然注意到进Court要过安检。脱了夹克、皮带,钱包,手机,和机场安检差不多。
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在Court正门边有一个厅,就在那里交罚金。排了几分钟队,看到Cashier那有一个Sign: "All cell phone must be turned off"。我的手偷偷地在口袋里把手机关成了震动。
8 `$ w/ ^% ^- c" X. p- v- } N! k"Next", a cashier said. "what can I do for you".
# Z1 P4 U' a+ r) e2 s D"I will pay this", I gave her the speeding ticket, "and I'd like to see someone about this".- E6 J z5 m* T6 o0 D5 N
"Ok. I just send all these to the crown. wait there", she pointed to the seats.! @2 p$ p: _/ l/ e. H" T
"Ok. thank you", I said.: p& H5 C& l3 y1 M& t
刚在那坐一分钟左右。一个门背后伸出一个老者人头,"Wang"。我有些犹豫,不可能这么快吧。"Wang", that old man called again. "Oh, here", I said. 那是一个小房间。
0 F8 O6 |" y4 l' G"sit down", the man said.
. P8 U: h9 @8 \. M$ N4 R5 n4 L: z"thank you"# |" v, o7 M9 `( @* J8 ?; H7 q+ Z
"mh..., speeding,...no insurance", the man chedked the tickets.6 \$ r% W/ |. C/ ?9 c/ j
"this, I'm guilty, I will pay this. but this. my insurance just expiried three days, and I have new one, but I forgot to replace it." I said.
' p, f7 w9 y# @0 p; C' n; E* T: z"I will cancel this, and go to the cashier to pay the speeding ticket" the old man said, not even look at the new insurance card I showed to him.
1 s' H* D: X3 I5 j& @"this is the new insurance card" I said.7 z- T4 m/ l9 e% q& K
"I'm ok with that. I will cancel this for you." he said.
1 K3 z7 I: H( q) ?7 _8 }"thank you, thank you very much." 我十分感动。
3 h- v: Y$ J- d! E在小房间里呆了最多两分钟。到Cashier那交了89刀后,走出Court。外面风和日丽,阳光明媚,真是一个好天气。 |
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