Overheard on the bus

The Denver RTD bus from DIA to downtown Denver, that is. The ridiculously overpriced ($10), slow, unnecessarily large bus. There was an off-duty driver sitting there bantering with the on-duty driver. He laughed after every single sentence, and before about half. It was exceptionally annoying.

They traded stories about their various vehicle violations, all the tickets they have had, the time when he (John Payne, RTD operator # 75049) got pulled over on the E-470 coming back from the casino, and it was sure a good thing he didn't have to walk a straight line, never has been able to do that, har har har, and of course his eyes were red, he told the cop he should try getting four hours of sleep a night and not have red eyes, har har har.

But I did find out something really important: Texas will extradite you from Colorado for an unpaid speeding ticket. Oh, yeah, he knows, and he told his wife so. Just call you sister, he said, and she did, and oh yeah, the sister said definitely, they'll come and arrest you and extradite you. Better pay up.

I didn't bother to mention that I have represented a number of clients in Colorado who were facing extradition, and many states will barely extradite for low level felonies, much less traffic citations. But RTD driver was positive, and his sister in law used to be a prosecutor for the Denver city prosecutor's office downtown, so she would know.