MORE ON THE $ 120.00 HANDSHAKE

IF YOU RECALL IN A PREVIOUS POST I MENTIONED THAT OUR CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 110KM INSTEAD OF THE ALLOWED 125 KM.  WE HAD A DISCUSSION (THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CALL IT ) AND I BELIEVED THAT 100 KM = 60 MILES PER HOUR SO 125KM SHOULD BE 75 MILES PER HOUR...RIGHT...I EVEN DID THE MATH ON PAPER TO PROVE IT TO THE DRIVER.  I ALSO SUGGESTED WE COULD PROBABLY GO 5 MILES OVER THE LIMIT AND BE SAFE...RIGHT..THAT IS ALBERTA THINKING.  SO THE DRIVER ( no readily wanting to admit I might be right ) SET THE CRUISE TO 138 KM PER HOUR. NOW I DID SAY 125KM +5 EXTRA WOULD BE ABOUT 78 MILES PER HOUR..WE SHOULD BE O.K.  BUT NOPE HE SET IT FOR 138KM WHICH  IS 82 MILES PER HOUR.  WHEN THE NICE YOUNG OFFICER PULLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY TO CHASE US (NOT REALLY) THE DRIVER SHOWED SEVERE SIGNS OF AGITATION  AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY.  I AM SURE THE GLARES I RECEIVED FROM THE DRIVER LEFT SCARS ON MY SOUL..LOL.   AS THE OFFICER APPROACHED MY SIDE OF THE VEHICLE I TOLD SAID DRIVER THAT I WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.  NOW I AM NOT STUPID.. I KNOW I DO NOT HAVE THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES TO GET US OUT OF THIS PROBLEM.  I DECIDED TO PLAY THIS OUT AS BEST I COULD, I APOLOGIZED RIGHT AWAY TO THE OFFICER AND TOLD HIM IT WAS MY FAULT AS I WAS THE ONE DOING THE MATH .  I EVEN HAD THE EVIDENCE TO SHOW HIM.  I EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE FROM ALBERTA AND WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CONVERSIONS ( little white lie...I knew exactly what the conversions were).  I ALSO EXPLAINED THAT IN ALBERTA THEY WILL USUALLY ALLOW YOU TO BE UP TO 10 CLICKS OVER THE LIMIT.  HE SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND ASKED DRIVER FOR HIS DOCUMENTS.....ONE PIECE STILL HAS HIS BOYLE ADDRESS SO AGAIN HE WAS..LETS SAY ..ANNOYED .  THE OFFICER WENT BACK TO HIS VEHICLE ( AND LEFT ME ALONE WITH THE DRIVER..YIKES ).  WHEN HE CAME BACK HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD OUR PROBLEM ( I AM SURE HE FELT SORRY FOR ME BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT THE DRIVER WAS GOING TO BRING SERIOUS HARM MY WAY).  HE SAID THE FINE HERE WAS $120.00 WHETHER YOU ARE 1 MILE OR 10 MILES OVER..GULP... I THEN KNEW THAT BATTING MY EYELASHES WAS GOING TO GET US NOWHERE .  JUST AS I WAS THINKING THAT TEARS MIGHT HELP, HE SAID I AM ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU A WARNING ( insert grateful smile here).  I THEN KNEW I WAS GOING TO PUSH MY LUCK AND ASK IF WE COULD TAKE HIS PICURE...THAT WENT WELL...DRIVER COULD TELL I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR A HUG NEXT AND GAVE ME THAT GLARE I HAVE COME FAMILIAR WITH SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD LET THAT THOUGHT GO...DARN IT.  SO THAT IS WHY A HANDSHAKE IS WORTH MORE THAN 2 EXTRA HUGS, OR 2 WINKS.  I THINK I AM AHEAD IN THIS GAME.