Police recently arrested a man driving without license plates and no driver’s license in New York after a chase, with a ‘SORRY, OFFICER, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO RACE’ sticker on his car.
In the immortal words of one Alanis Morissette, “And isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?”
Earlier this week, a New York State trooper out of SP Clarence was participating in a cooperative speed enforcement detail with the Buffalo Police Department. During his patrol, a 23-year-old man from Buffalo, New York, was driving a 2015 Dodge Charger on Route 33 when the trooper noticed the vehicle lacked license plates.
When the trooper activated his emergency lights, the driver drove off at a high rate of speed. Then, when the car got stuck in traffic after exiting onto Route 198, the trooper easily took the driver into custody.
A photo shared by the New York State Police showed a sticker placed just above the driver’s side window on the Dodge Charger. It read, “SORRY, OFFICER, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO RACE.” Unfortunately for the driver, the officer did not want to race.
Instead, authorities charged the driver with third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and multiple traffic violations.
According to the New York State Police, the trooper then transported him to SP Buffalo, where he was processed and released.
Law enforcement officers never know what they will see or hear when they pull someone over
On the positive side for the driver, the irony ended there, as at least he wasn’t transporting any drugs in a bag labeled “definitely not a bag full of drugs.”
Plus, unlike a speeder in Florida who was pulled over for going almost twice the speed limit in January, he didn’t tell the trooper, “I’m going to be real with you. I really thought, like, this is… It’s not, uh, like, uh, an excuse or anything. I thought you were racing me.”
In his case, the “meant-to-be-funny until it’s not” sticker did all the talking for him.
He is now scheduled to appear in Buffalo City Court on April 22.
