Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to

catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer see’s a car
puttering
along at 22 MPH.

He thinks to himself, “This driver is
just as dangerous as a
speeder!”So he turns on his lights and pulls
the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are
five old ladies, two in
the front seat and three in the back, wide
eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to
him, “Officer, I don’t
understand, I was doing exactly the speed
limit! What seems to be the
problem?”

“Ma’am,” the officer
replies, “You weren’t speeding, but you
should know that driving
slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to
other
drivers.”

“Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit

exactly twenty-two miles an hour!” the old woman says a bit
proudly.

The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle exp
lains to her
that “22” was the route number, not the speed
limit.

A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for

pointing out her error.

“But before I let you go, Ma’am, I
have to ask… Is everyone in this
car OK? These women seem awfully
shaken and they haven’t muttered a
single peep this whole time,”
the officer asks.

“Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute officer.
We just got off Route
142.”