The cop is busy. STEP ON IT!!!

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Honzo

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We've all been there. The traffic is backed up a friggin mile because somebody across 6 lanes of conjested wall-to-wall traffic and a concrete hwy divider is pulled over.

1. The cop is busy. He/She doesn't give a **** about you.

2. The cop is not looking in your direction. He/She is giving a lecture, writing, reading, listenning, evaluating, trying to decide if he/she will lose his/her job for ticketing an illegal alien.

3. The cop cannot get to you, you idiots. You might as well be on the Mars

4. What the hell are you doing that the cop would single you out of 10 thousand cars while BUSY writing a ticket anyway?

5.You have as much independant thought as courtesy, you f****** leming. Who the F*** are you, you narcisistic POS, to think that you are either important enough to be considered by the cop, or that you have the right to slow everyone down to "see what's going on". F*** Y**, and keep your eyes front. What is going on 500 feet ahead is your only concern.

6. Now is the time for the left-brained majority to USE THE G** D*** PEDAL ON THE RIGHT, but for God's sake, DON'T SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Drive! Go!. Your day is long! Your life is short!

7. Finally, if you rear-end somebody because you were paying attention to the cop and cause a chain reaction pile-up, THEN the cop should stop what he's doing, crawl over the unjured, the metal, the blood, and empty the clip in the general vicinity or your bluetooth, push your wreck and your souless husk to the side of the road to rot as reminder to all the other fuckheads to evolve...quickly.

Boy, I've been wanting to vent on that one. Pardon any spelling.

 
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J C.....what crawled up your ass....better chill before you go for a ride....??????

 
I am referring to the learned reflex by the masses to slow down uneccessarily (to below speed limit even, disrupting the flow of traffic) just because they see a police car. It needs to be unlearned because along with death and taxes, you can be sure there are only going to be more cars and more intersections and more stop lights. Really try to imagine yourself in a sea of cars. When I said "step on it" I was being figurative. Just keep the flow. If you weren't doing anything to draw attention to yourself before, why again, would a BUSY cop have a reason to notice you in that sea of cars? a police car across 6 lanes and a concrete divider is NOT neccessarily a reason to apply brakes.

 
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I call it the "sympathy toll". You'd swear every idiot was stopping to pay a toll because they all stop in the exact same spot, and they really hate when you flash your bights on 'em. Sorta like a human cattle prod.

 
I am referring to the learned reflex by the masses to slow down uneccessarily (to below speed limit even, disrupting the flow of traffic) just because they see a police car. It needs to be unlearned because along with death and taxes, you can be sure there are only going to be more cars and more intersections and more stop lights. Really try to imagine yourself in a sea of cars. When I said "step on it" I was being figurative. Just keep the flow. If you weren't doing anything to draw attention to yourself before, why again, would a BUSY cop have a reason to notice you in that sea of cars? a police car across 6 lanes and a concrete divider is NOT neccessarily a reason to apply brakes.
Dude,

put the gun down... take your meds. everyone is your friend... :yahoo:

 
I understand the sentiment Honzo, although the lookie-loo behavior seems to be a fact of life here in So Cal. The newscasters refer to it as 'Residual Knuckleheaded Slowing'. The term doesn't have quite the emotion of your description though.

Now ask yourself, can you raise the overall IQ of the populace to a point where everyone would pay attention to their driving, and actually apply common sense? Or should you just go with the flow (and vent about it, when the frustration gets too much?).

Jill

 
All this venting I do is actually fallout from a job a quit over a year ago. I was a cable guy for a while and had to traverse Chicagoland on a timetable and almost never got home during the daylight.

Does this explain anything?

"Cable Guy"!!!!!

 
I miss simpler times. And about my meds... I keep a full bottle of 9mm tablets next to the bed in case I need to unload.

 
I have seen many accidents from rubber neckers, and every time, it amazes me. Just drive, and avoid the people on the side of the road.

 
Now ask yourself, can you raise the overall IQ of the populace
See, if we did that I'd have to get a new sig. So cut it out.

As for the post, BTDT got the T-shirt. I HATE it when rubber-neckers hold up progress. I've seen people actually stop next to an accident, in the only open lane, to take it all in. Cop waving them through, getting angry himself.

Or crest a hill at 5 under, there's a cop in a speed trap. BRAKE LIGHTS!!!! WHY!??!??!?!?

No solution without getting all political and crap.

 
I am referring to the learned reflex by the masses to slow down uneccessarily (to below speed limit even, disrupting the flow of traffic) just because they see a police car.
You think the rolling masses need as much as a police car as an excuse to slow down?

Within sight of our main north-south highway sits a pumpkin farm and corn maze. And every year about this time, the southbound masses on that highway slow down to gawk at the pumpkin and corn being grown for Halloween. And I mean traffic actually backs up for quite literally miles, turning the highway into a parking lot! Really! What goes through people's minds? "Gee, I wonder how the pumpkin and corn are doing today. Better slow down and get a good look. Nope, looks about the same as yesterday. Guess I may as well continue on into work..."

It's unbelievable. <_< This is probably what the legal eagles call an "attractive nuisance", and it causes real economic damage. You would think that the cost of wasted fuel, wasted time, lost productivity, and needless frustration would be enough to force the county to have the farmer shut the operation down or erect a visual barrier at the edge of his property along the highway. Guurrrh! :angry:

Fortunately, there are several surface roads that provide ways to avoid this section of highway. And I know every one! :p

 
This thread describes my drive into Atlanta this morning. There was a wreck in the left lane of I-75 with 4-5 lanes still open. Hell, they should have just shut down the damn road because people insisted on gawking at the accident.

Rant over....

JW

 

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