Heard this on the radio today (funny joke)

[bshaner]

This guy is driving along and rolls through a stop sign.   A cop happened to see this and pulled him over.  The driver asks why he was being stopped, to which the cop replied, "you didn?t stop at that intersection."  The driver says "I slowed way down!"  The cop says "but the sign says STOP!" 

The driver looks up and says "what's the difference?"  The cop asks the driver to step out of the vehicle and proceeds to beat him with his night stick.  After a few solid strikes the cop calmly asks the driver "would you like me to slow down or stop?"