BUFFALO NEWS: Bills fandom helps Yonkers man dodge traffic ticket

"This is going to be a nightmare," John Rivera remembers thinking as he peered at the flashing police lights behind him.

The Yonkers, NY, resident and diehard Bills fan had been pulled over near East Rock Park in New Haven, Conn., after shooting photos for his photography business.

After presenting his license and registration, Rivera waited nervously in his vehicle - he didn't know why he'd been stopped.

When the officer returned a few minutes later, the driver was met with a stern explanation. "You're getting pulled over because you failed to stop at a stop sign."

Rivera knew he was guilty; he'd missed a stop sign entirely because he'd been distracted, wondering why a police cruiser was stationed in an area where speeding would be unlikely.

"But I'm going to give you a break, a warning," Rivera remembers the officer saying. "I saw the Bills frame on your license plate."

To support his cause, a relieved Rivera tilted his head to reveal the Bills logo emblazoned on the cover of his head rest.

"Four Super Bowl losses in a row, right?" the officer continued. "Seventeen years without making the playoffs," Rivera added.

"Then you've suffered long enough, " the officer said with a laugh.......

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