I did that once in Burbank, trying to get to my kid's daycare after getting stuck in a shit load of traffic 405. Burbank cops are notorious for being a-holes.
I think a combination of me being sincerely concerned about picking up my kid, admitting that I ran the light, and being a 29 year old chick helped (this was awhile ago-I'm 45 now lol). I was so grateful, that he wasn't going to ticket me, but let me off with just a verbal warning, I hooked him up with a bunch of Sony Playstation shwag I had in the trunk. I was working promotions for them and gave him demo game discs, stickers, tattoos, etc. to give to his fellow cops.
We both walked away from that encounter feeling rather lucky.
BTW, loved the illustrations bossku69! Do you do childrens books too?
