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Cops Tailgating
Dan, Dan the list guy wondered why the po-leece tend to tailgate one
for a while before pulling you over....
There's one very simple reason. Many people who are speeding or
doing other naughty things are:
1) Highly inattentive, while simultaneously being -
2) Dumb as mud.
And if the cop follows them, it's amazing what additional interesting
stuipd things they sometimes do! (Unless they are the highly
attentive and competent - but speedy - types which inhabit this list.
In those cases, one observes nothing but sterling behavior.)
Unfortunately, many speeders are astounding incompetent and
inattentive drivers.
Back in mah ole' Ree-surv Deppity days, I once followed a car for
over five miles down a twisty road - and he was never in his own lane
except going around tight right-hand corners, at which time he was
lucky not to fall into the ditch, he was so far to the inside. By
the time I pulled him over, I hardly knew whether to hassle him about
a) the initial speeding problem, b) failure to stay in his own lane,
or simply c) being a moron in public. I finally decided the third
was the main charge, so I chewed his butt about a and b and let him
go with the chewing. (The rule is, either write 'em or chew 'em out,
but not both.)
I thought the best answer was one my sister gave to a state patrol
who followed her for a couple of miles, then pulled her over and
asked why she was weaving a bit in her lane. (I'm sure he was
checking to see if she was drunk, which is usually the case with
weavers.) Her answer: "You made me so nervous back there that I was
trying to watch YOU, and it was hard to keep centered in the lane!"
He thought that one over and left.
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