06-24-2003, 07:41 PM
Quote:But next time, when you see that there is a cop around, drive like the grandma.
Drive like you are supposed to. That is all, nothing more and nothing less. Too fast, too aggressive, too reckless, and you are guilty of breaking the law. Too slow, too cautious, and you are again guilty of breaking the law. The goal is not one extreme or the other, but the happy medium that is (supposed to be) taught to us all during our education in driving.
A cop is just as likely to pull you over for driving too slowly as for driving too quickly. And believe me, a cop hates having an unreasonably slow driver in front of him/her just as much as we all do. I've passed cops in the lefthand (and righthand) lane numerous times, all while driving no different than I would have if they weren't there. I was even speeding by about 5 M.P.H. or so, and he didn't even blink. Poor guy was stuck behind someone in the right who slowed down considerably when the cop got behind him, and no one else would pass the cop on the left, save me. And you know what? All the cop was doing was returning to the state police barracks, probably from his lunch break. :P
Use your head. Use common sense. And do what you're SUPPOSED to do, and TAUGHT to do. Do that, and you'll hardly EVER have trouble with cops - no matter how many times you cross paths.
Roland *The Gunslinger*