It's no secret that PEOPLE ARE CRAZY! They don't know how to drive. Or they DO know how to drive, and insist on doing it badly!
Monday, I was headed over to Sis-Town for the dark-meat chicken special at Country Mart. Six legs and six thighs for $8.99! Can't beat that with a stick!
Anyhoo... I was on the road behind the local high school. The speed limit is 35 mph, with a short section where it is 25 mph between 7:00-9:00 a.m., and 2:00-4:00 p.m. Of course I always comply with the speed limit there. I've seen police cars lying in wait for speeders. And more importantly, it's the RIGHT THING TO DO! As one whose bread-and-butter was working in education, I always obey the school zone laws, and take extra caution around school buses.
The time was 2:20. The speed limit sign clearly visible. Yet a white pickup truck insisted on riding T-Hoe's rumpus. In the 35 mph area, and also the 25 mph area. That is just dangerous! Nobody needs to drive that close. If a deer (or child!) ran out in front of me, that guy did not have enough room between us to stop. He would ram right into T-Hoe, and run over the runner-outer even more!
This is a straight section of roadway, with an ample shoulder. I held my speed. I picked up my phone, and held it up by the rearview mirror, as if I was taking a picture. Let the record show that my eyes were still on the road. I didn't actually open the photo app, or look at the phone screen. Just pretend.
THAT GUY DROPPED HIS SPEED AND STAYED BACK!
In fact, when I turned on the next section of road, where the speed limit is 45 mph, that white pickup truck almost faded out of sight among the hills and curves. I bet he was at least 1/8 of a mile behind me. Never did catch up, until we came into Devil's Playground Town, where the speed limit drops to 30 mph. Even then, White Pickup hung back. Turned a different way.
I'm pretty sure he could see through T-Hoe's back window, and saw the silhouette of my phone against the light coming in the front windshield. SOMEBODY caught a guilty conscience!
3 comments:
Never do you see a patrol car when things like thhis are happening, it appears that you can take of yourself!
That was very clever of you :)
Kathy,
I am woman, hear me roar! Or in this case, I am woman, see me snap!
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River,
I was actually shocked that this tactic worked so well. Heh, heh. Or maybe he spilled coffee in his lap, and was preoccupied with wiping it up.
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