begin quoting Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade as of Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:38:49PM -0800: > On Feb 25, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > >Nobody passes a cop on purpose. ALL lanes tend to block up if > >traffic is heavy enough, and the cop isn't going at the speed that > >most everyone else wants to go. > > I do, given that: > > a) The officer is driving exactly at or below the speed limit > > b) I'm driving exactly at or 2-3mph over the speed limit.
Sometimes they'll get on the horn and tell you to slow down. And if you really know your cops, you can (supposedly) ignore the ones that are out of their jurisdiction. I figure that cops have radios, and ought to be talking to one another, but that's just me being paranoid. > Granted, I set the cruise control in that case. Very important. It's also good to know exactly how much off your speedometer is... > Then there are the occasions when CHP creates a traffic break. > That's always interesting to see. Starts off in the center lane, > turns on the lights, and as soon as people back off, they start > zooming from shoulder to shoulder to emphasize the fact that passing > the cop is a bad idea. Those are deliberate, and don't count. Generally, they're doing it for safety reasons (need to pull a sofa out of the middle of the highway, etc.) -- and shouldn't count. :) -- We should rate cars & drivers, and provide dynamic speed limits. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
