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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。/ k; S/ i0 {+ A' S. s
/ {+ V7 q9 G4 |5 Z 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。3 O6 y+ @; V# |
. U4 a; e3 \, P' ^% d ~1 ?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。
, V b1 W3 K% ~7 s8 m L# F"Next", a cashier said. "what can I do for you".
5 ?' q" X8 q' U& f0 }, ]"I will pay this", I gave her the speeding ticket, "and I'd like to see someone about this".
1 E7 p2 ]) ?7 G- v h; t, s"Ok. I just send all these to the crown. wait there", she pointed to the seats.3 Q" P6 [1 `/ ]2 W3 f2 @
"Ok. thank you", I said.8 A" P% P$ q+ S4 u- E6 {& D! @
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。 L" @6 n$ C% }* I" g+ O5 _) C
"sit down", the man said.
7 W/ M; w' C( e2 W' ` u"thank you"" u. a4 S, a9 x4 L1 ?7 I
"mh..., speeding,...no insurance", the man chedked the tickets.
' ~+ E, c, h5 w, g' I1 G"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.
0 C4 o6 q, x/ K1 \+ b5 u9 E"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.
4 C3 [" @, W" t"this is the new insurance card" I said.
2 _: X) H8 M4 g"I'm ok with that. I will cancel this for you." he said.
- @2 o& x5 w- d& ?& i9 Z"thank you, thank you very much." 我十分感动。
H3 N. p; \7 `2 c, H: }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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