06-16-2023, 04:27 AM
Speaking of tickets, had a hairy moment on the ride home yesterday, and thought I was going to watch a CHP officer crash hard for a few seconds of distraction.
Gliding along in the car pool lane with traffic going about 65. The officer, on a BMW, entered the freeway and shot over to the left pretty agressively. He was definitely on a mission. He moved into the lane to my right, the regular "fast lane", and got alongside the car in front of me. It appeared that he suspected that car of having a single occupant, and wanted to do some enforecement.
Unfortunately, his rather authoratative riding must have spooked the car that was now directly in front of him, who probably thought they were about to be pulled over. That car started braking, however the officer had his head turned to the left, looking into the car next to him, and didn't see that he was about to rear-end the slowing car directly in front of him.
I braced myself and figured it was about to get really ugly. At the last second, the officer faced forward, mashed his brakes, and did a quick swerve to squeeze between the two cars. Whew!
He than hit the throttle hard and disappeared. Either embarrassed or just plain po'd.
Gliding along in the car pool lane with traffic going about 65. The officer, on a BMW, entered the freeway and shot over to the left pretty agressively. He was definitely on a mission. He moved into the lane to my right, the regular "fast lane", and got alongside the car in front of me. It appeared that he suspected that car of having a single occupant, and wanted to do some enforecement.
Unfortunately, his rather authoratative riding must have spooked the car that was now directly in front of him, who probably thought they were about to be pulled over. That car started braking, however the officer had his head turned to the left, looking into the car next to him, and didn't see that he was about to rear-end the slowing car directly in front of him.
I braced myself and figured it was about to get really ugly. At the last second, the officer faced forward, mashed his brakes, and did a quick swerve to squeeze between the two cars. Whew!
He than hit the throttle hard and disappeared. Either embarrassed or just plain po'd.