Run in with the LAW

I needed to practice driving at night, so Matt and I headed out at about half past midnight to head to Philomath. I should mention that I have no sense as to which direction Philomath is in, so Matt was giving me directions. And by "giving me directions" I mean he was getting distracted talking to me and then yelling out for me to "LEFT, TURN LEFT" about 20 feet before the light.

I am also pretty paranoid, and even though I feel that I am an average driver, I am ALWAYS checking to make sure I'm in the lines. However, at night, this often translates into me driving like a man who's "only had a couple" of beers. We got pulled over.

Neither of us saw the Officer, so I have a feeling a fellow driver called our license plate in, which I'm thankful for, because what if I had actually been a drunk driver?

However, as I pulled to the side of the road Matt said "Man, you did actually drink earlier" (I had a beer with lunch). This made me paranoid for one very good reason; Matt is honest. Not like "Yes I chopped down the cherry tree" honest, more like "yes, I used three pages from your cosmo magazine to wipe my butt because we were out of toilet paper" honest. He tells you things you never needed to know in the first place, in the name of honesty, which would be fine if those things didn't include telling a police officer "Why, YES officer, we HAVE been drinking" only to be pulled out of the car and slammed to the ground before he has time to explain "I mean, we were drinking YESTERDAY!?"

Turns out the Officer was just making sure we were sober drivers. He must pull over a lot of drunk drivers to be able to tell whether or not we were sober without giving us any field sobriety tests, but I have a feeling that was just a cover, and what he actually wanted to know was what kind of person could stay perfectly within the lines while also failing to signal and taking turns that are a little too sharp. Answer?

"I'm a new driver, sorry!"

One last question, though. He took down my information. I was obviously not drunk, so where does he put said information? I'm willing to bet that they have a database for weirdos who are just learning to drive at the age of 22.