My Police Experience

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Huy Nguyen April 4, 2012 Narration My Police Experience My family moved here from Vietnam two years ago. After about three months, I got my driver’s license. Two days later, I got stopped by a policeman. That was my first experience with police in the U.S. I was stopped because of following too closely behind a police vehicle. It was a Monday morning on October 2010, I was driving from Gresham High School back to my house at NW Bella Vista Dr. I was driving about 30mph in a 40mph limited zone, and I saw a policeman passing me. He was driving about 38mph, and he was not on duty. I did not notice that I was speeding up and followed him too closely. He turned on flashing lights on top of his car and slow down to let me know that I have to pull over. I followed his signal and pulled over. The policeman stopped his vehicle in front of my car and stepped out to walk toward me. He is a big man with a tough looking face. At that time, I was very scared. The policeman asked me for my ID. I was stressing and could not find my ID. The policeman told me not to worry. After a while, I had found my ID and gave it to the policeman. He looked over my license. Then he smiled and told me that I should not follow police vehicles too closely next time when I see them. Then he let me go with a warning. Before this experience, I had thought that police were very tough. Since that time, I had changed my mind. I have a different view about police. They are friendly, and that warning is helping me drive safer
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