Up until last week I would take the country back-roads to get home. From Concord to Manteca it was about 55 miles of 1 lane in each direction–and varying speed limits.<\/p>\n
I would see 3 or 4 different highway patrol cars each trip. And someone would ALWAYS be pulled over, getting a ticket. I do not want a ticket. I can not afford the fines.<\/p>\n
So I stay within 5 miles of the speed limit and come to complete stops at the stop signs. This invariably makes other drivers angry, so I pull over and let them pass me when it’s safe.<\/p>\n
Last week, on one of my trips home, a mini-van and a drop-top BMW come SCREAMING up behind me. The mini-van is tailgating me. Then she turns on her brights, blinding me temporarily.<\/p>\n
At this point in the road there is no shoulder, and therefore no safe place to pull over. I’m a little angry, but I’m not going to speed up–because I know about a mile or so ahead is a favorite place for the CHP to hide and wait for lawbreakers.<\/p>\n
Well, they decide that they are going to pass me on the double-yellow line and floor it, disappearing into the distance. I exhale and relax, no one is behind me now–and forget about it since this happens to me all the time.<\/p>\n
A few miles up the road I see blue and red lights flashing on the side of the road. As I get closer, I see my friends the mini-van and the drop-top BMW. The CHP officer is out of his cruiser and speaking to the driver of the BMW.<\/p>\n
I slow down, look directly at the driver of the mini-van, smile and wave. She flips me off. I drive away.<\/p>\n
So let me ask you this… was it wrong for me to gloat?<\/p>\n
If so, I don’t care. It felt so fucking good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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