Writing Prompt: “over the edge”, entry posted by thepavsalford

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This is my entry to the Writing Prompt by @mariannewest for 9 June 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3129: over the edge.

He had been driving non-stop for many hours, and he felt that he would never manage to arrive at his destination.

Thank God, he had taken his wife with him to keep him company, and strangely enough, chatting with her proved to relieve some of the pressure of driving long hours.

What he hated more than anything else when driving on a motorway was how other drivers drove like they were playing playing a video game and racing a supercar, without any connection to real-life driving.

They wanted to use the road as if it was their own property, and fully owned it.

They seemed to totally ignore those drivers who respected road signs and speed limits.

And then something happened that made him go literally over the edge.

There was a traffic police car parked by the road and a policeman pointed a radar gun at him.

“OMG, I didn’t realize it. Am I going over the speed limit?”, he asked his wife.

“Err, you’re only going 2 miles over over the limit, sweetheart. I don’t think they will stop you for that”.

But unfortunately for him, they did, as they signaled to him to slow down and park behind the police car.

“What’s this?”, he said talking to his wife. “Are they stopping only me for driving 2 miles over the limit, when I saw so many other drivers going like rockets?!! It's my lucky day...”