Lawyer, cop duke out stop sign dispute
Here’s what the evidence revealed:
A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a Newfie cop. He thinks that he is smarter than the Newfie because he's a lawyer from Toronto and is certain that he has a better education then any cop in Newfoundland.
He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Newfie cop's expense.
The Newfie cop says 'License and registration, please.'
'What for?' asks the lawyer.
The Newfie cop says, 'You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign.'
Then the lawyer says, 'I slowed down, and no one was coming.'
'You still didn't come to a complete stop,' says the Newfie cop. 'License and registration, please.'
The lawyer says, 'What's the difference?'
'The difference is you have to come to complete stop, that's the law. License and registration, please!' the Newfie says.
Lawyer says, 'If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket. That sounds fair.'
'Please exit your vehicle, sir,' the Newfie cop says.
At this point, the Newfie takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer as he says...
'Do you want me to stop, or just slow down?'
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