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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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, u0 c+ y( M" |( R& X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。' U- B) Y3 Q- q! y' p8 G
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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。
3 t* A% {- i! n$ x"Next", a cashier said. "what can I do for you".3 q8 U2 i- Q4 X6 m
"I will pay this", I gave her the speeding ticket, "and I'd like to see someone about this".7 P, ^+ K( w, r% `
"Ok. I just send all these to the crown. wait there", she pointed to the seats.
" X' u r- y- z: P) Y"Ok. thank you", I said.
) W/ }; w9 I: V' a0 N1 e6 w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。
6 e9 {. ]0 A5 ^, N* s# ^"sit down", the man said.* [ L: |% s) n u* Y
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"mh..., speeding,...no insurance", the man chedked the tickets.
- l+ i# y) w; W: b0 Q L"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./ c L1 b/ k3 m7 S' ^7 N4 w, g; V
"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./ m+ [ v, f7 I, I
"this is the new insurance card" I said.* ?2 s4 N# y* i7 [0 q/ ?7 g2 K
"I'm ok with that. I will cancel this for you." he said.
m# e/ u! a$ C B* S$ e$ S"thank you, thank you very much." 我十分感动。
2 ] g" a! u, @; |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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