I'm driving, and several people are with me, Vera and somebody from my family. I'm out at the farm, approaching the intersection right below my parents' driveway, heading east as if back to Portland. Just as I'm coming to the intersection, a strange car approaches from the opposite side, like an alien car, all a uniform grey color, and it appears as if nobody is driving it. It turns and heads down the hill, and I watch it as I roll through the intersection without stopping.

Just up the hill are two cars on the side of the road, one of which turns out to be a police car, and jumps into the road behind me, lights on, and I pull over. I didn't stop at the stop sign back there. Yeah, I know, I explain, I always always always stop at that stop sign, but there was this weird driverless car, did he see it? He lets me go without a ticket.

As we pull away, the person in the back seat mentions that they never stop at that stop sign. I don't either, I say, I just said that to get him not to give me a ticket.