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PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda
It’s Not Easy Being Green
“The light’s green.”
“I know.”
“So, why are you slowing down.”
“There’s a cop over there.”
“All the more reason not to stop at a green light. You’re acting like you have 100 pounds of coke and a dead body in the trunk.”
“I don’t want him behind me. I’m gonna stop and let him go.”
“That’s not how it works.”
“Why isn’t he going?”
“Because you have a green light, and he has a red light.”
“Uh! Uh! What do I do?”
“Go!”
“Now, he’s behind me.”
“See those flashing lights. Now, you have to stop.”
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This is not fiction. The joke about coke and a dead body in the trunk might be an embellishment. I have a friend who is that paranoid about driving with the police behind her, and she’s not even black.
NobbinBlog 
Is your protagonist that new to driving? That approach to things may lead to quite a lifetime of weird problems
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I think it was just a discomfort of driving with the police behind her. I think we all have that, but not to that extreme. You never know when they need to give a quota ticket.
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yes they’re quite prone toward that
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Maybe that driver has something suspicious in the trunk. I must admit that I always check my driving when I see a police car.
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I think everyone has that feeling when they see a police car, end up being over cautious. Nice little chuckle at that one 🙂
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I straighten my posture and ease up on the gas, but that was ridiculous. It’s been years, and we still laugh about it.
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We all feel a little guilty. Especially the innocent ones
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True. If she actually had coke and a body in the trunk, she probably wouldn’t be that flappable.
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Oh dear! Nice take on the photo prompt. 🙂
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It was quite the adventure.
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Oh the stress. Cops can bring out paranoia.
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Yes, but she took it to an extreme.
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Cops don’t realise they have this nervous effect on common people. Ironically, they are supposed to make us feel safe. You brought that out very well.
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Some of them become cops for that power thrill. Hopefully, most of them are there to protect and serve. Thank you.
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Nervous Nellie is going to have a phobia about driving pretty soon. Maybe I’d feel the same way if I could ever remember having a police car riding my bumper. I don’t think it’s every happened.
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Wow! You’re lucky. I’ve been pulled over four times, at least. I’ve been given one seatbelt ticket and one fix-it ticket. My friend had a cop comment on her low-cut shirt and hinted that may be why she didn’t get a ticket, which has fed into her phobia.
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Dear Nobbin,
Then there are those who speed up when they see a cop giving out a traffic ticket. Either that or they slow down like they think that officer is going to swing around and catch another speeder. I understand your friend. I’m not too crazy about driving with a police car behind me. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I don’t know anybody who doesn’t mind it, but she took it to the extreme that night.
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I hate having a cop car behind me especially when I’m a low speed limit area. Nice one
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I think we all do. I admit, I’m not always good at driving the speed limit or knowing the speed limit.
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Paranoia strikes deep. Good one.
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There’s something about that authority figure behind us that stirs up that innate sense of tension.
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There is something about having a cop behind you that makes you think you screwed up somewhere. It is rather discomfitting!
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There is. I stiffen and keep one eye on the speedometer, but I’ve never stopped at a green light to let a cop go by.
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Don’t we all!!
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You got that in one. Driving is never so nerve-wracking as when you see the marked car behind you. Unless it’s when the blue lights start flashing…
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Yeah, then you pull over, hold your breath, and hope they keep going.
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