Last week, I was with my friend in his office. He invited me to the dinner, but he had to visit to dentist before going home. I did not want to spent time in dentist, so I said, “Give the keys of home. I should go and start preparing dinner before you come.” He gave me two keys, and one of them was his cars key. He said, “Go home by driving my car.”
I like using car. I was driving fast, because I missed using car. While I was driving, police stopped me. If police stops you, you leave the car and go near him in Turkey. This is accepted as a polite behavior. I behaved like in Turkey, and left the car. The police also left the car and directed his gun towards me. He announced, “Return the car and put your hands on steering-wheel.” I was shocked. I did not understand why he behaved me like that… I returned back and run back to car. I was in panic. I kick my head to steering-wheel, while I was entering the car.
When the police came near car, we started talking… I clarified that I was foreigner and did not know the rules. He advised, “Never leave the car when police stops you.” He did not fine me. This was a terrible experience. I hope nobody has such experience…
I will continue driving fast, but I will never leave the car again…
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3 comments:
HA!!I think it is a "cool" exprience!!
I remember there was a japanese kid who was shot by the a cop years ago because the cop regarded him as a criminal who was hiden around there, and he didn't know much English and he kept running after the cop shouted "freeze".
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