Driving home one night

I was driving home from dinner with a friend on Saturday night and took a wrong turn.

Simple enough.

Innocent enough.

I did a U turn in the dark street and made my way back to where I was supposed to go.

I stopped at the give way sign for well under the legal limit and skipped over to the other side just as I noticed a police van sitting behind my car.

I commented to my friend that I did something naughty in front of a police car and thought nothing else.

The lights turned on.

The sires went off.

Shit!

All I did was not wait that long at the give sign... and may or may not have had two glasses of wine at dinner.

So I was up shit creek. And was very clear about that.

The policeman comes by my door, puts his flashlight in my face and then looks at me oddly.

I thought it was about the give way sign.

I thought it was about the wine I drank.

Nope.

It was the fact I made a quick u turn at this notoriously known drug apartment in Canberra. Its known for its supply and demand for Ice.

Yeah I didn't think they would be asking me that.

Both policemen looked in shock when I said I had no idea that the apartment/street was known for that. They had seen my make a sudden u turn and presumed I had seen the cop van and was running away. I have lived in Canberra - nearly my whole life - and I had no idea about this street. Go figure!

Suffice to say, I nearly shit myself at the idea of getting booked for (a) the give way sign, or (b) the wine but I didn't think about (c).

Always think of (c).

My souvenir from my night