I swear to you my first thought was that maybe someone broke out of the correctional facility. I thought this AS I WAS SPEEDING. And then he pointed at me, and I thought, huh, did I miss a radar gun somewhere?

I would've totally done that, Steph, if it makes you feel any better.

I've also more than once failed to correctly interpret the flailing hand signals of LEOS. They dislike that.

Which is more correct?

• I saved a draft for you.
• We saved a draft for you.

When the "speaker" is a computer program.

MS Outlook uses "we." Just sounds weird. Although "I" is maybe too cutesy for business software.

I don't actually have a blind spot because I have one of those little round mirrors, so I know he's there, but it is hard to drive like that. The expired tag was a long time ago, so we'll throw that one out. But I've been getting pulled over a lot lately, and I really don't think I'm that bad a driver. I could be, I'm a little aggressive, and I can't argue that I tailgate, so I suppose it's probably fine. (Although, seriously, this last time he recommended a car length for every ten mph. I'm driving seventy, so seven car lengths, who does that?). I already get honked at for not pulling back over after passing a truck until I can see it in my rear view, not just right side.

It could definitely be the out of state tag. I'm always out of state. I just thought it was weird how they always looked at my face before deciding to pull me over.

When it happens most is this scenario: I see a cop trapping. I note it in Waze (so probably veer a little). I move over into the other lane to avoid the cop as per many state laws. All the other cars slow down abruptly. But I am driving cruise control, so I know I am not speeding, and maintain my speed. This probably brings me closer to the cars than I should be, but I tend not to brake because a) I want to illustrate that I was not speeding and b) I know the other cars will speed back up as soon as they pass the speed trap.

This last time, he then rolled up behind me, then beside me, and when he pulled me over said I was following too close and when he came to check it out, I swerved almost, but not, across the white line. Which is probably true because it made me nervous watching him drive like that, and I was watching him watch me in my side mirror.

For a while in Arkansas last trip I was convinced it was because of Waze itself, but this time the officer had me get in his car (why do they do that, and why only sometimes?) and there weren't an devices visible there where he would be monitoring Waze. So that's when I decided maybe I swerve when using Waze? I have to look at it even using voice control, so perhaps? I didn't think I was, obviously, because I believe I'm being safe on the road. And this time I made it through Arkansas no problem, this happened in Oklahoma, where technically I was probably pulled over for being mistaken for Native, as during my extended conversation with the cop I discussed my work and he asked if I was Navajo; I think he thought I was Cherokee prior to that.

I would never get in a car with an officer, they would have to arrest me.

I saved a draft for you.

We saved a draft for you.

Your draft has been saved.

Out of state tags definitely make you a prime target, and swerving while Wazing probably does happen, but not being white is almost certainly a contributing if not deciding factor in actually getting pulled over rather than just watched and let go. I'm gonna state with conviction in absence of actual data. Because I am in a pugnacious mood.

The getting in the car thing is weird. i think I have only had that happen when I was driving out of state (and a long time ago, so my memory is pretty hazy) and he took forever to, like, try to look me on every database he had available just in case there was something that warranted an actual arrest. Why sometimes and not others I have no idea.

OTOH, reading Pop Sonnets has earwormed me with the Reading Rainbow song. There are worse fates.

And tommyrot, I would prefer passive voice for that. A draft has been saved for you.

I AM FULL OF OPINIONS TODAY

That's weird, because the Microsoft Manual of Style says not to use "we" except for "we recommend."

but this time the officer had me get in his car (why do they do that, and why only sometimes?)

That right there is where my alarm bells start clanging.

There is snow on the tops of the mountains. I had to turn my car heater on this morning. A tad early, Nature. But it'll be back in the 80s this weekend. This was a very cold storm.

Yeah, I was thinking passive voice would be best, except what happens if the user thinks the program is saying the user saved the draft? Then the user would get all mad because she didn't save it.

I think it should say, "I, Gorgon, shredder of souls and king of your petty emails, have saved a draft for you. BTW, please consider donating to this fund to take care of orphaned baby Skynets."