Yes we have all seen them, and, well, been them. Now I could go on and on all about the idiots that I have experienced on my way to and from my college. That would be incredibly boring and take forever, time in which I do not have. So I will spare you my life story. However I do have one story to share in hopes to bring attention a needless and potentially dangerous idea that has passed through some driver's mind.
So on my drive home the other day, I was in the third lane, driving the typical 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit (Typical in my area anyway), and following the car in front of me a little close, along with that car and the car in front of it. I was jollyily passing tortoise cars in the third lane when I passed by a parked state trooper on the other side of the freeway. Now, I don't necessarily know about where you live, but where I live, there are Jersey barriers between the different lanes of traffic on the interstate. So when the lead car of this packed in line saw this parked cop car, they decided that they would slow down to the speed limit. Now, yes it is wrong to speed. However, when you have a line of cars such as this one, going the speed that we were, slowing down to the speed limit was not a smart move. For one thing, there is no possible way for that trooper to pull you over. They cannot cross the freeway, there is a barrier. They cannot see your license plate to call it in, there is a barrier in the way. And when you have that line of cars, we were all lucky to not have gotten in a pile up.
So this is what I am trying to portray: if there is a cop on the opposite side of the freeway, and you are in the city where it is impossible to cross the freeway, PLEASE do not slow down if there is a line of cars behind you. If you do so, you may be avoiding imagined possible tickets, however you will be risking your back end and fault for a needless pile up.
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