There’s a news story out today about a woman who was given a ticket for going 63 in a 65. Yes, that’s right. She was ticketed for going too slowly in the posted zone. These stories are being reported from the side of how WRONG it was for the cop to give someone a ticket for going too slowly. Well here’s what I think…
This was a woman (hereto forth known as IDIOT), who was driving on the Maryland side of DC, in the LEFT LANE of an 8 lane superhighway (I know this because I’ve driven it before) endangering EVERYONE else on the road because this IDIOT chose to drive TOO slowly. Oh, the wind and weather was a factor, say you? Gusts of up to 40mph, you say? Then GET IN THE RIGHT LANE AND BE A PUSSY OVER THERE.
We’ve all been behind this person before. We’ve all wished there was a cop around to witness this hazard of the highway…this danger to all the other drivers on the road…so they can give them a ticket and stop the madness.
The ticket should stand. The cop who wrote it should be given a medal.
4 comments:
SHOOT HER IN FACE WITH A BAZOOKA!
Seriously, if I were president, I would end every speech with, "And remember, if you are being passed on the right, YOU are the problem."
Abso-frickin-lutely! I'm delighted to see someone get a ticket for doing this. They complain that others are speeding and they are the ones doing the "right" thing, when it's not true. Good on this officer!
Chuck, I can totally hear your voice when you said that about the bazooka!
Maura, you know it! It isn't about the law and who is or isn't breaking it. It's about safety and keeping pace with the "flow of traffic". Even if everyone else is 'breaking the law', the one causing the area to be unsafe is the one deliberately disrupting the flow. This holds true wheather the person driving outside the flow is doing 90 and weaving in and out of everyone else or the person driving 60 in the left and causing everyone else to unsafely adjust.
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