I may have seen the worl'ds dumbest today

wildchild · 05-10-2010, 01:38 PM

Coming into work, as it gets to the city area, lots of onramps and exits from freeway. traffic suddenly starts slowing drastically. obviously a cop somewhere. oh there he is coming down the on ramp. now trying to merge. dumbest driver in the world upset that traffic is slowing cuts off said officer (fully marked squad) and proceeds to use the on ramp area to pass slower traffic. funny squad never really entered highway, just followed his new friend off the highway on the next exit and turned on the let's get to know each other disco lights. LOL

would love to hear the story there

the chi · 05-10-2010, 01:40 PM

Fine for being reckless and failing to obey traffic laws: $250.00 or more

Failure to be aware of one's surroundings: Priceless

z06boy · 05-10-2010, 01:44 PM

HAHA...I hate when mofo's do that about as much as the ones that wait until the last possible moment to merge and then want to cut someone off...glad they got lit up whether they got a ticket or not.

I'm not wishing a ticket on them so I won't jinx myself.

101lifts2 · 05-10-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

Fine for being reckless and failing to obey traffic laws: $250.00 or more

Failure to be aware of one's surroundings: Priceless

Probably more like illegal lane usage.

karl_1052 · 05-10-2010, 02:44 PM

I cut off a cop once.

He had someone pulled over on a two lane(each way) road, so traffic was crawling along.
He had the person pulled over right before the right hand turn I was making. As I passed him, he let the guy go, and the dude dorve off while I was right beside the cruiser. At this point both lanes were close to 30 cars deep behind us, so instead of waiting for the cop to go, I cut him off and made my turn.
He lit me up, but let me go after I told him that I really didn't have a choice because of where the car he pulled over stopped.

He could have told the car to pull into the side street I was going to, would have made the traffic much easier to deal with.

Smittie61984 · 05-10-2010, 06:17 PM

That's good stuff.

I had a similar story once. I was at work on a huge project of a house move. Infact here are some Pictures from the move. Anyways I'm at a huge intersection in a white construction truck with hard hat, vest, flashy light, etc that clue in I can be there. We were coming back from lunch and I went to cross the intersection where there is a giant road closed sign. I pull up and my partner hops out to move some cones. A Ford Ranger is behind us and my partner tells him not to go there. He ignores him and blows through the road block (note there are police everywhere) and almost takes out my truck and my partner. What that guy didn't realize was there was an undercover cop car behind us and he saw the whole thing. He busted him and had him wait for basically an hour. We talked to him later and he said he wrote everything he could think of that could halfway be justified.

Then some dumb bitch tried to go the wrong way and the head city cop floors his truck towards her to slam on the brakes right in front of her. He stops and then gets out to casually chat with another cop. She waited for 5 minutes before deciding to reverse. I got a picture of that one.

Working with traffic often, I never stop getting amazed at the stupidity of the people who are allowed to drive.

the chi · 05-10-2010, 08:31 PM

I think I know where that Walgreens is...my parents live up that way. Im constantly amazed when I visit at how horrible the driving is up there.

Smittie61984 · 05-11-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

I think I know where that Walgreens is...my parents live up that way. Im constantly amazed when I visit at how horrible the driving is up there.

Considering the town's nickname is Little Mexico I'm never suprised

NONE_too_SOFT · 05-10-2010, 09:32 PM

This is called standard operating procedure where im from, unfortunately.

ontwo · 05-11-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

This is called standard operating procedure where im from, unfortunately.

Kinda like passing a fully marked TN state trooper in an Expedition

05-10-2010, 01:38 PM	#1
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	I may have seen the worl'ds dumbest today Coming into work, as it gets to the city area, lots of onramps and exits from freeway. traffic suddenly starts slowing drastically. obviously a cop somewhere. oh there he is coming down the on ramp. now trying to merge. dumbest driver in the world upset that traffic is slowing cuts off said officer (fully marked squad) and proceeds to use the on ramp area to pass slower traffic. funny squad never really entered highway, just followed his new friend off the highway on the next exit and turned on the let's get to know each other disco lights. LOL would love to hear the story there

05-10-2010, 02:44 PM	#5
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	I cut off a cop once. He had someone pulled over on a two lane(each way) road, so traffic was crawling along. He had the person pulled over right before the right hand turn I was making. As I passed him, he let the guy go, and the dude dorve off while I was right beside the cruiser. At this point both lanes were close to 30 cars deep behind us, so instead of waiting for the cop to go, I cut him off and made my turn. He lit me up, but let me go after I told him that I really didn't have a choice because of where the car he pulled over stopped. He could have told the car to pull into the side street I was going to, would have made the traffic much easier to deal with. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

05-10-2010, 06:17 PM	#6
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	That's good stuff. I had a similar story once. I was at work on a huge project of a house move. Infact here are some Pictures from the move. Anyways I'm at a huge intersection in a white construction truck with hard hat, vest, flashy light, etc that clue in I can be there. We were coming back from lunch and I went to cross the intersection where there is a giant road closed sign. I pull up and my partner hops out to move some cones. A Ford Ranger is behind us and my partner tells him not to go there. He ignores him and blows through the road block (note there are police everywhere) and almost takes out my truck and my partner. What that guy didn't realize was there was an undercover cop car behind us and he saw the whole thing. He busted him and had him wait for basically an hour. We talked to him later and he said he wrote everything he could think of that could halfway be justified. Then some dumb bitch tried to go the wrong way and the head city cop floors his truck towards her to slam on the brakes right in front of her. He stops and then gets out to casually chat with another cop. She waited for 5 minutes before deciding to reverse. I got a picture of that one. Working with traffic often, I never stop getting amazed at the stupidity of the people who are allowed to drive. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

05-10-2010, 01:44 PM	#3
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	HAHA...I hate when mofo's do that about as much as the ones that wait until the last possible moment to merge and then want to cut someone off...glad they got lit up whether they got a ticket or not. I'm not wishing a ticket on them so I won't jinx myself.

05-10-2010, 09:32 PM	#9
NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	This is called standard operating procedure where im from, unfortunately.