My Very First Traffic Offence

Today was the first time in my 15 years of driving that I got stopped by the traffic police. A truly historical and memorable event in my life :-) It happened after I dropped HH back at her house in Kiara, along the SC road. I think I must have been so tired and keen to get back that I forgot that the road was prone to speed traps. Apparently, I was travelling at 90km/h and the speed limit on the road is 80km/h.

Once I got pulled over I immediately took out my purse to produce my IC and driving license. I think the police thought I was trying to bribe him. The first thing he said when I wound down my window was " so miss, how? You were speeding on an 80km/h road. What do you want me to do about it?" (of course this was in Malay) so I replied " So how? If I was speeding, saman (give me a ticket) lah." The police man was truly surprised and taken aback by my reaction and said "Oh mau saman ah? (oh, you want a ticket?)" He obviously expected me to plead with him and offer him some money. So I replied "Ya Encik, salah mesti saman (yes sir, if wrong then I deserve a ticket) ". I think he wrote the ticket reluctantly. Guess today was not his lucky day. Too bad he stopped the wrong person.

And that my friends, is a RM300 lesson on how to make our police force less corrupted!! (the "saman")