[familyop]

"The barber was cut off by the police officer."

Oh, someone committed the infraction of cutting off again. I'm not blaming the author at all, because that was apparently part of the story.

And that's what I find so strange about it. The phrase, cut off, is so popular, but it doesn't have anything to do with traffic laws. In each instance, one driver or the other failed to yield the right of way.

Good post, by the way. Don't drink and carry...or drive. And a wise person will avoid pride and getting mad. Let the crazies kill each other.

[marktwain]

And that's what I find so strange about it. The phrase, cut off, is so popular, but it doesn't have anything to do with traffic laws. In each instance, one driver or the other failed to yield the right of way.

In research for the story, the barber was about to enter an off ramp to go to the strip club.

Then the officer, at a very high rate of speed, passed the barber, cut in front of him, and braked aggressivelly for the off ramp. The barber hit his brakes to avoid a collision, and ended up stopped at the far edge of the off-ramp entrance.

That is the version the barber gave, and I presume, his wife's cousin, who was in the car with him.

The officer had just consumed five mixed drinks in quick succession, before the automobile-off-ramp incident. There is no dispute about that.