[Resolute 14]

So, I got a letter in the mail today from the EPS. Figured it was a photo radar ticket, which thankfully it wasn't. Instead, it was one of those friendly little "someone NARCed you out" letters.

Basically, it read: "Around 2:24PM, a citizen reported to Edmonton Police Service that a vehicle bearing licence plate xxx xxx was observed in the area of 100 av nw/Anthony Henday Drive nw and was not, in his/her opinion, being driven in a safe and lawful manner-which would lead the caller to believe the driver may have been impaired."

Now, I've driven the Anthonay Henday several times, and I believe 100th Ave is basically Stony Plain Road East, so it's a pitiful intersection with four sets of lights. (imagine Deerfoot and 16th but at grade) It's 70 into that intersection, with the speed limit rising to 90/100 out of it. I can tell you exactly what would have happened there, which Redvan and 4x4 would have appreciated:

Some idiot was puttering along the left lane out of that light, so I came out from behind them and blew past them on the right.

Now, two things really interest me about this.

First, someone basically lied to police in claiming they spotted a drunk driver.

Second, the only thing the EPS did was send a polite letter out? I dunno about you, but I think I'd rather the police got on their horse and found the suspect car after a complaint like that. Warning letters don't bring dead people back to life. The time of the complaint is exactly the time I would have been going through Edmonton, so it's not like the person took my plate down and called two hours later.

Sure, I would have been annoyed if I got pulled over because someone filed a false police report, probably hoping to increase the odds of a cop showing up and nailing that person. But I'd probably end up laughing with the cop about it afterward when it was made clear I wasnt drunk, and that the caller was an idiot.

But no, really, when you get a report of a drunk driver, do something about it Edmonton.