Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!csu-cs!silver From: silver@csu-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: How I stopped the cop for tailgating (followup, sorry) Message-ID: <2277@csu-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jun-83 21:55:25 EDT Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2277 Posted: Sat Jun 25 21:55:25 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 02:38:10 EDT Lines: 24 OK, since you asked I'll tell you how I stopped the cop for tailgating. It was getting dark after a long day skiing; I was driving home down this narrow two-lane road at the posted 55mph limit. The Nth car that day pulled up too friggin' close and I got mad; didn't know it was an unmarked cop car! So, I did the usual things -- tapped the brakes and horn; no luck, so I slowed down *fast* to get his "attention"; still no luck. We came to a four-lane section and I moved over to let the moron pass, but he changed lanes too. I moved back and so did he, and then again, and again, about five times. Now, I started to sweat it -- was this guy going to get violent? I was actually relieved when the red lights went on! The cop pulled me over for "doing 35 in a 55 zone and driving erratically". To make a long story short, I chewed out the cop (politely as I could manage, with the adrenalin flow) and he was so flabbergasted he apologized and never mentioned a citation. I put him in a bind; everything I did was a reasonable response to his unsafe driving!! So, you better not tailgate ME, next time I might not be so nice! Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcld!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"