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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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# B3 M" I0 T. M% {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。8 m" L# @9 I3 E% r {' i7 v3 A5 x
- s: I" T. ?# {+ K* D7 b, t" v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。
3 h( y: d! g4 K% W& K9 K: O/ R"Next", a cashier said. "what can I do for you".
q$ f. r: u0 _0 v# t" o/ c; N"I will pay this", I gave her the speeding ticket, "and I'd like to see someone about this".
& d+ i8 A, k" h3 ^; |2 V( i8 ^"Ok. I just send all these to the crown. wait there", she pointed to the seats.( I' F0 f+ w7 x# w) I( p6 O
"Ok. thank you", I said.
) t9 h# o9 D H" Z! Q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。
' `* z- l9 j1 ^- z"sit down", the man said.- r$ e+ a$ O7 J ~$ n1 ]
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"mh..., speeding,...no insurance", the man chedked the tickets. m9 N- l7 j9 Y5 l2 m
"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., I; [$ d" H5 Q: h" ]: C6 q
"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.* B* o6 j% \7 `4 }2 y( q2 k
"this is the new insurance card" I said.5 P$ M$ k7 G( w7 @. t# M
"I'm ok with that. I will cancel this for you." he said.
9 [% _- w) R; W8 x7 [) K"thank you, thank you very much." 我十分感动。
; u7 E9 i3 K8 D" Q7 B3 W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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