touge hell.

whats up viewers! just making another addition to the blog for today and wanted to share my incident in the touge yesterday, check it out:

so i decided to drop by danielle's house in castro valley to deliver a birthday card for her (and yes today is her bday, happy bday danielle). since i was already on redwood road, and it was pouring rain, i thought hmm, rainy day = no cars on the mountain side, i should go drive through it hehe. so as daring as i am, i decided to jet through the opening part of the touge. for the first 2 miles, no cars. cool i can step the speed up a little. on the opposite direction, a cop car drives past me, hmm ok, just one cop, shouldn't be a big deal. 6 miles later i was pushing some heat through the really windy section of the road. then about 80 ft from where i was making the next turn, i see 2 cop cars and an suv just chillin on the side of the road, and a total of 5 cops standing out of their vehicles with nothing else better to do. i thought, "no fucking way!" i slowed down immediately trying to make it look like i wasn't driving recklessly, but as i passed them and glanced at my rear view mirror, i see all 5 of them dashing into their cars to catch up with me. in my mind i thought, "ok this is it, they saw me driving fast through the rain, therefore i will be given charges for reckless driving, get my car impounded, and mostlikely go to jail." i swear i thought that was the end for the heroic yet danger-devilish driver. keep in mind i have a clean record, no traffic violations at all, but of course i have had citations before for tedious reasons: loud exhaust, no front license plate, ect. 2 miles later they finally stop me on the side of the road where cars can pull over if an emergency were to happen. cop comes up to my window and says:

cop:"you drive through this road a lot sir?"

me: "not really, i have bad tires and my driverside wheel bearing is going out on me, i had to drive through this road to get home and avoid any incidences on the freeway to play it safe" (i even showed him receipts and parts i bought the same day to show them that the car isn't operating properly)

cop:"i see, well did you know your tags are expired? can i see some identification and registration?"

me:"expired?, my car is registered sir."(so i gave him my license and regis)

cop:"oh and may i also see proof of insurance of your vehicle" (that's when i thought, im fucked.)

me:"umm the car currently does not have insurance sir, my car just barely started running again a few days ago, and my insurance is on hold, i needed to use the car to go to work because i didn't want to take public transportation in this unforgiving weather."

cop:"is that so, well give me a few minutes" (yes, when a cop tells you to hold on, that ONLY means he's taking the time to write you a citation.8 minutes later..)

cop:"ok vincent, i will be giving you a break this time, but i will be giving you a fix-it ticket for the registration sticker and no proof of insurance. (ok, you call that a break???) but let me also add that this citation is correctable, meaning that if you acquire the necessary documents and sticker and get it signed of from another officer in this region, you won't have to pay any fine for this citation.

me:"sounds like a deal to me, well thanks sir"

cop:"drive safe through these roads, its a bit slippery today."(umm this road is my playground hahaha, of course i know every bend and turn, and no i did not say that to the cop)

so in the end, i miraculously got away with speeding through the canyon. thank God for the gifts and breaks you gave me with highway authorities, fuck them! lol. this ticket is whatevs. i wish i had a real pic of the cop cars chasing me down the road. its funny because at the same time they were tailing me, i wish i could've mashed as fast as i could through the road to lose them, but unfortunately, no good tires boooo...i swear i would've done that if my car was 100% functioning the way i would want it to be. and yes, i've done it before..muahahaha

stay tuned folks_