As a lighter moment, I had a hilarious one.
Missed a car parked at an odd angle on a residential dual carriageway - doing 42 in what I thought was 45 and was 30mph. Cop pulls out and flashes me, turned left and into a funeral home.
Went through the procedure as described, the ex telling me, 'don't say anything crass.'
"Licence and insurance, Sir?"
"You can have your choice of Brit, Dutch, or even Hong Kong, Officer."
You could see his reaction, 'Christ I have one of these' and he would have known that the car was insured as it was an Avis.
I handed over my Brit and he half turned away and then bursts out laughing.
He turns back and says, "You are never going to believe this." He points to his lapel with all the badges and there is his name, 'Colin J Sameasmine'
"Guess I can't book family. You can get out of the car now."
We proceeded to have a discussion on the history of the family name, my wife incredulous.