This happened over 10 years ago but it still bugs me when I think about it.
I was traveling along a 4 lane intestate at about 62 MPH back when the national speed limit was still 55...no big deal and nothing a cop would stop a vehicle for. Gradually I came up to a line of bumper to bumper cars going exactly 55 and noticed that a cop was leading the pack. I slowed to about 57 and very slowly passed the line including the cop in front. As soon as I cleared him he pulled in behind me and flipped on his lights and siren causing everyone around to panic and pull off the highway.
He approached my car with a loudmouthed "Did you think you were actually going to get away with that?" and then proceeded to chew me out for passing a cop.
Please don't give me the "you were speeding, you deserved it" attitude. This guy caused an unnecessary scene and endangered the welfare of all the motorists around him just because he had an attitude problem with somebody having the nerve to pass him at a whole 2 MPH over the limit.
I've passed cops many times before and after this incident and never ran into such an attitude.
Justified or not?
I was traveling along a 4 lane intestate at about 62 MPH back when the national speed limit was still 55...no big deal and nothing a cop would stop a vehicle for. Gradually I came up to a line of bumper to bumper cars going exactly 55 and noticed that a cop was leading the pack. I slowed to about 57 and very slowly passed the line including the cop in front. As soon as I cleared him he pulled in behind me and flipped on his lights and siren causing everyone around to panic and pull off the highway.
He approached my car with a loudmouthed "Did you think you were actually going to get away with that?" and then proceeded to chew me out for passing a cop.
Please don't give me the "you were speeding, you deserved it" attitude. This guy caused an unnecessary scene and endangered the welfare of all the motorists around him just because he had an attitude problem with somebody having the nerve to pass him at a whole 2 MPH over the limit.
I've passed cops many times before and after this incident and never ran into such an attitude.
Justified or not?
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