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Narrative Essay On Drunk Driving

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I didn’t know that a police car was hiding in the median of the Meadowbrook Expressway with its lights off at midnight.
“Do you know why I pulled you over?”
Of course I knew. So did the drivers I cut off while merging from the left lane into the shoulder. I glared at the officer for a few moments before answering him.
“No, Officer, I don’t,” I said smugly.
The ticket I received proves something that I am reluctant to admit: I am willing to go to great lengths to impress other people. Behind a carefully constructed façade of nonchalant defiance is an insecure teenager who couldn’t care more. My need to impress others stems from my fear that my peers will perceive me to be nothing more than a “goody two shoes.” Despite what I told my parents, …show more content…

My friends and I knew that local police officers would often pull over drivers for traveling only ten miles over the speed limit. When my friends pointed out that I was traveling 75 mph, I smirked at them and watched the needle in my speedometer push past 85. My smirk was a tacit recognition of the risks of my behavior. Disregarding these risks created the illusion that I was indifferent towards my own recklessness. My friends laughed in response to my increasing speed, and I beamed. Their approval kept me going …show more content…

I already began rolling up my window when I offered the officer my apology. I worried that if it seemed too sincere, my apology might actually indicate remorse. I wanted my friends to know that I didn’t regret my behavior because I would never have to face its consequences. I knew that I could evade punishment because both my mother and sister had received speeding tickets in the past. Instead of accepting points on their licenses, both hired expensive traffic attorneys to plea the speeding tickets down to jaywalking tickets. At this point, it was only a matter of telling my friends that I was too well connected to pay the price of my

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