Go Granny, Go!
Sitting on
the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Trooper sees a car
puttering along at 22 m.p.h. He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous
as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over. Approaching the
car, he notices that there are five old ladies-two in the front seat and three in the
back, wide eyed and white as ghosts.
The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don't understand, I was
doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?"
"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know
that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."
"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly ...
twenty-two miles an hour!" the old woman says a bit proudly.
The State Trooper, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that 22 was the route
number, not the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.
"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These
women seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep this whole time,"
the officer asks.
"Oh, they'll be all right in a minute, officer. We just got off Route 119."