March 20, 2005

Super legal

Today's people that annoy me: People who, when driving by a police car on the highway, slow down to well below the speed limit. Just outside of St. Paul the speed limit is 55, traffic was moving along smoothly at about 60, and all of a sudden I see a flurry of brake lights, and then the cop car which caused the flurry, and I swear to you I wanted to vomit, except I don't like cleaning so I held it in.

Why are you slowing down!!?? Do you realize the logistics involved with trying to get a non-moving police car into a quickly moving, traffic filled, under construction lane of traffic? This guy is not about to put his life at risk to give someone a ticket for going five over. You could probably be barreling down the highway at 80 with a howitzer mounted on your hood and a dead guy's arm hanging out of your trunk and the cop would still be hesitant about pulling out into that mess o' traffic.

Anyways, the slowing did not end until traffic was moving at 40 miles per hour. 40! That's 15 miles per hour BELOW the legal limit, and about 25 below what it takes to get pulled over. People who slow down to 40 MPH, I do not wish to be rude, but I have a question: Are you retarded? When you see a security camera at a department store, do you put your own possessions on the shelf so it really looks like you're not stealing? If you see a minimum speed limit sign in a rush hour traffic jam, do you try to get up to 60, just to be safely over the 45 MPH minimum? Posted by mill1991 at March 20, 2005 09:59 PM | TrackBack

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This drives me crazy...moreso with the cops who park on the roadsides during bumper to bumper (but still moving) traffic, as they have to know it makes the roads unsafe for everyone else.

Posted by: Sarah at March 22, 2005 09:43 PM
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