Thursday, August 6, 2009

HITTING YOUR BRAKES WHEN PASSING A CAR THAT'S ALREADY PULLED OVER

So you're driving down the highway, cruising right along with the windows down, blaring your favorite Sting tune, when all of the sudden a parade of red brake lights appears on the horizon. "What is it? An accident?" you ask yourself, panicking that your quick trip to the casinos is going to be delayed an extra hour because someone decided to sideswipe a fellow driver while trying to put fire sauce onto their Gordita. Much to your surprise, however, there is no accident ahead which caused the foot stampede on the brake pedal. Nope, nothing but a squad car with flashing lights parked behind some suped out Mitsubishi Eclipse with tinted windows. Sigh....

Look people, there is no reason - NONE - that you should feel the need to hit your breaks when passing a car that is already pulled over. Do you really think that your driving performance is going to supercede a ticket writing already in progress? Did you think the officer was going to see your bad ass streaking by at 66 mph and think to himself, "That's the son of a bitch I've been waiting for all my life", all while sprinting to his car and hightailing it back onto the highway so he can give you a ticket? Get a grip. You're not that important and you're not breaking any laws. Please stop doing this.

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