Hey everyone,
Tonight I had a situation with a motorcycle on the highway and I was wonder how you would handle this...
It was 9:30 at night so the traffic was pretty thin, I was in the left lane as I had just finished passing a car and was coming up on a Harley with loud rumbling pipes riding in the left lane. I sat behind him for a moment and when I realized he wasn't going to yield the passing lane I moved right to pass him. Suddenly came the roar from his pipes and he speeds up and gets ahead of me. I simply resume my cruising speed in the right lane and eventually I catch up to him again, same situation and he speeds up again. I sped up a little bit more to see what he would do and he pushed the envelope making it clear that he was not going to let anyone pass him. My exit was just a couple miles up the road so I didn't get any further involved in the situation, but had I been on the highway for a distance, would it have done any good to call the police about his tactics? I would have had no interest in enduring his loud pipes or his game playing for what should be a relaxing drive.
I realize that you can't speak for the officers around here but I'm just looking for opinions on what you or your department might have done if you received such a call.
Thanks.
Tonight I had a situation with a motorcycle on the highway and I was wonder how you would handle this...
It was 9:30 at night so the traffic was pretty thin, I was in the left lane as I had just finished passing a car and was coming up on a Harley with loud rumbling pipes riding in the left lane. I sat behind him for a moment and when I realized he wasn't going to yield the passing lane I moved right to pass him. Suddenly came the roar from his pipes and he speeds up and gets ahead of me. I simply resume my cruising speed in the right lane and eventually I catch up to him again, same situation and he speeds up again. I sped up a little bit more to see what he would do and he pushed the envelope making it clear that he was not going to let anyone pass him. My exit was just a couple miles up the road so I didn't get any further involved in the situation, but had I been on the highway for a distance, would it have done any good to call the police about his tactics? I would have had no interest in enduring his loud pipes or his game playing for what should be a relaxing drive.
I realize that you can't speak for the officers around here but I'm just looking for opinions on what you or your department might have done if you received such a call.
Thanks.
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