My husband, Frank, recently underwent a CT scan using contrasting dye.
After the test, he was given a card to carry with him, in case the police pulled him over.
“Why would I get pulled over by the police?” he asked.
“Because you’ll be radioactive for the next few days and will appear on GPS,” the PA told him.
“You mean that a person could be following GPS instructions and be told, ‘In 200 feet, turn left at Frank Porco’?”
“I don’t think so,” she said. “But you could be pulled over because the police suspect that you’re carrying radioactive materials in your car.”
“Really?”
“Yes,” the PA said. “Your car will show up on police GPS as being radioactive. But once you show them your card, they’ll let you go.”
Frank’s jaw dropped. “So all a person has to do, if he is carrying radioactive materials, is show a card explaining that he was injected with radioactive dye, and the investigation would end there?” he asked.
“Well, I suppose that could happen,” the PA said. “Let’s just hope it never does.”
“And let’s just hope nobody takes a left-hand turn into the front of my car,” he said.
“Yes, let’s hope that, too.”