Today, I was driving on the freeway when I get a call from my friend explaining that our two best friends died in a car accident. I pulled over in hysterics and a cop came to see what was wrong. I explained what happened and he gave me a ticket for talking on the phone while driving. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was driving home and got a phone call from my mom. She called to tell me that there was a cop at the bottom of our hill, and to be careful. I got a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving. FML
Today, I rear ended a cop while talking on my cell phone. FML
Today, I was driving when I noticed that the guy in front was on the phone. I pulled up next to him, pulled out my phone and I made a gesture that he needed to put his phone away. It was a cop. I got a ticket for driving while on my cell phone. FML
Today, I saw someone drive recklessly as if they were drunk. When I called the cops, I got pulled over by another cop for talking on my cell phone. FML
Today, I was driving on the freeway when I saw a car in front of me swerving across 3 lanes of traffic. Thinking he might be drunk, I dialed 911 on my phone, but I dropped it. I fished under my seat to get it, swerving, and got pulled over by highway patrol and given a field sobriety test. FML
Today, I had to explain to a cop that the reason I was speeding was because my girlfriend was in the hospital due to a car accident. He was working the accident just ten minutes before and saw me leave behind the ambulance. He still gave me a ticket. FML
Today, I saw a car swerving in front of me on the freeway, so I whipped out my cell to report the DUI. As soon as it started ringing, I see police lights in my rear view and got slapped with a ticket for using a cell phone while driving. After explaining why, the officer said, "Nice try." FML
Today, I was driving to work. I saw a cute boy in the car next to me. To try and look cool, I pretended I was talking on my cell phone. I got pulled over and got a ticket for using my cell phone while driving. FML
Today, I lost control of my vehicle while driving. The car went off the road, rolled over, and ended up being totaled. The policeman asked me if I was alright and I said I was. He seemed relieved at my answer. Then he handed me a $300 ticket for failing to maintain my lane. FML
Today, I was driving to work when a state trooper rammed into my car from behind, because he was on the cell phone and not paying attention. He gave me a ticket for "Failure to control speed to avoid a crash." FML
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thatWOULD_happen 0
thats terrible =[ im so sorry for your losses
Whoa_YouSuckk 0
aww, i'm so sorry :( thats so messed up
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katelynmarie 0
"Sed lex sed dura lex." D: This is the saddest FML ever.
theblueone4 0
awww. i'm incredibly sorry. this is one of the saddest FML's i think i've read. cops can be such jackasses sometimes. and iunno, the cell phone rule is petty anyway. i think that one person's right about it not being a primary offense. i think most of the time, cops will only pull you over if you did something ELSE wrong, and if you were on the phone, then it's a double whammy. i can understand people not wanting you to TEXT while driving, but answering a quick phone call? please. not a huge deal. (to me, anyway.)
sjwilso18 0
Forget the phone call. Pull over to the side of the road. Then call that person back. You wouldn't have gotten a ticket, you would have saved yourself and other people from danger if anything else had happened, and you wouldnt be crying hysterically on the road if you were unable to pull over.
tori36_9 0
I'm so sorry for your loss, it's so hard to lose a good friend. I just lost a best friend in April due to a car accident as well, he was only 17. It's hard but you'll pull through, be strong. It's always comforting to think that those people are still always there with you by your side.
rl90 0
wow. sooo, it's totally LEGAL to talk on the phone while driving in massachusetts, so clearly it is not that dangerous. unless of course the conversation promotes negative emotions, etc., HENCE WHY SHE ******* PULLED OVER. so anyone who thinks she "deserves it" for talking on the phone and driving can fuuuckkk offf seriously? if this happened to you i'm pretty sure you wouldn't be sitting there saying, "oh it's totally fine, i deserved it." no, absolutely not. it's just easier for all of you to say she deserves it because you are not in her situation. wicked sorry for your loss. :( the cop is clearly a douchebag who has nothing else to do with his/her time ... pretty much like most of them out there. go to court and fight the ticket.
lolwatlol 0
The funny part is that OP seems to be a lot more annoyed by the ticket than her dead friends
curryndricegirll 0
I'm just going to play devil's advocate here and say that clearly it's not legal in California for her age, since she got a ticket for it. But either way, the police officer is a turd for ticketing her after her best friends died...or he's like most of us and doesn't believe the OP...just sayin'. Anyway, I'm sorry for your losses if your post is real.
rl90 0
well yeah i know it's illegal in CA but you know tons of people break that law haha. it's not that hard to drive on the phone and talk so i'm assuming tons of people in CA do it anyway. it just sucks cause i bet sooo many people have gotten away with it, but she had to pay the price even though the cop knows that her friends just died.
zargon 1
A lot of highly dangerous things are legal in a lot of jurisdictions. Legality doesn't mean much of anything. The fact of the matter is that all of the data suggests that talking on your cell phone while driving is dangerous. I don't give a **** if you think you can handle it. You're also putting *my* life on the line when you do it. You're not much better than those asshole who insist they can drive after 15 beers. Further, she was in hysterics before she managed to pull over. What if, in attempting too pull over, her hysterical state caused a pileup? Would you still be saying "It's okay, because she was pulling over"? NO. And, I'll admit it, once upon a time I used to talk on my cell phone while driving. It's actually still legal in my state, but I don't do it anymore because I know the statistics. More importantly, I know I do several things that are illegal, just like anyone else does. However, I ******* take responsibility if this leads to me getting in any sort of trouble. I knew what I was doing, and I made a choice. Modern society seems to have forgotten how to take responsibility for their own actions, and it is absolutely disgraceful.
Bloodrush 0
im pretty sure if this actually happened to anyone they wouldnt be posting about it on fmylife....
rl90 0
what's the difference if you're talking to a passenger? no difference. zero. and don't give me bullshit that "you need both hands to drive." that's where speakerphone comes in. there's no difference.
blalien 0
This is the most surreal FML I've ever seen. Today, everybody I ever loved passed away in a fire that also destroyed my uninsured dream home. And then I got a splinter. FML
bbobe900000 0
ugh, that's the POINT of fmylife.com If someone says 'AAAGGHHHH I'M DEPRESSED' then it's not going to get through moderation. The point of this website is entertainment, not sad stories to depress everyone.
ohheybrittnayy 0
this just proves the saying "cops are assholes."
_kariii 0
LOL, this fml is so fake. whoever believes this is so gullible. yeah, my two best friends died and the first thing i'm going to do is go on fml to complain about a ticket. -_-
tharimau 2
To all the YDI people, I don't think this post is entirely about the ticket. I think it's more so along the lines of fate adding insult to injury, so to speak. It's pretty much lamenting that life shit on her all at once. You people who all put YDI... you all ******* suck. GDIAF