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I was going to Hamlet the other day. Speed limit was 55 and the car in front of me was running maybe 50 on a four lane road. I got into the left lane and was about to pull back in front of the car when some ass all but ran up on me. I slammed on the brakes as hard as I could shooting him the bird at the same time. I watched as he passed me and it was a deputy sheriff from somewhere in South Carolina. Idiot!
Last time I got tailed by an idiot driver I threw my hands up (like "WTF"). THen he threw on his blue lights and pulled me. He thought I was flipping him off. I was able to talk my way out of it, but he raised the point that he could have been a thug wielding a gun instead of a cop. He let me go without a ticket. I don't flip people off (very often) anymore...
I was going to Hamlet the other day. Speed limit was 55 and the car in front of me was running maybe 50 on a four lane road. I got into the left lane and was about to pull back in front of the car when some ass all but ran up on me. I slammed on the brakes as hard as I could shooting him the bird at the same time. I watched as he passed me and it was a deputy sheriff from somewhere in South Carolina. Idiot!
Or you could just move over. But that's right, slamming on your brakes and flipping him the bird is way safer.
Until cops start pulling passive, unprepared, unaware, uneducated, proud, self-centered dangerous drivers over at the same rate as speeders, I'll never believe in the value of this enforcement, beyond revenue generation. Anyone who believes this is for any other purpose (it truly has no effect on speeders) is being fooled.
Last time I got tailed by an idiot driver I threw my hands up (like "WTF"). THen he threw on his blue lights and pulled me. He thought I was flipping him off. I was able to talk my way out of it, but he raised the point that he could have been a thug wielding a gun instead of a cop. He let me go without a ticket. I don't flip people off (very often) anymore...
I stopped flipping off maniacs on the road for the exact reason the cop gave you. You never know who is in that car and if they are looking for a fight. It's sad and scary! Although, thankfully I have not encountered any aggressive (road rage) drivers since moving here, just tailgaters
Such is life. <insert anything> "shouldn't" <insert anything>
Slamming on your brakes when someone comes up on you is just stupid, and unsafe. The safest play is to move over, if safety truly is the drivers' concern, which certainly, of course is the goal here, right? I mean, thats why we have troopers out pulling people over, to make the roads safer right? So we, as people who support cops out there pulling people over to make the roads safer, should then proactively make the roads safer ourselves, right?
Or maybe, it's not about safety for many, it's about pride and ego. In that case, of course, slam on your brakes, or block the left lane, feel free to use "this isn't a highway" or whatever other justification you want to support you being self-centered and dangerous. ("you" obviously being generally speaking, not speaking to you as in the poster quoted).
Such is life. <insert anything> "shouldn't" <insert anything>
Slamming on your brakes when someone comes up on you is just stupid, and unsafe. The safest play is to move over, if safety truly is the drivers' concern, which certainly, of course is the goal here, right? I mean, thats why we have troopers out pulling people over, to make the roads safer right? So we, as people who support cops out there pulling people over to make the roads safer, should then proactively make the roads safer ourselves, right?
Or maybe, it's not about safety for many, it's about pride and ego. In that case, of course, slam on your brakes, or block the left lane, feel free to use "this isn't a highway" or whatever other justification you want to support you being self-centered and dangerous. ("you" obviously being generally speaking, not speaking to you as in the poster quoted).
All I said was that cops shouldn't tailgate. Or break any other rules of the road.
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Good thing I only have to do it maybe 4 or 5 more times and then never again.
