Replies

Way back in 1985 they were having one of these campaigns out in California (now I wear the belt, I just don't always 'get it clicked immediately).

So I come around this turn to enter Rt 280 going north at the Crystal Springs Rd entry, and there is highway patrol sitting there facing me in the median. As soon as I pass by him but before he can see movement in my mirror, I reach over with smooth motion and engage shoulder harness. Now I look in the rear view mirror, and the cop has his car light up like Dale Earnhardt doing a triple-donut burnout coming out after me, he gets up to 100 mph coming up on me. The cop comes right up on me then he shoots forward, then on each side etc, he is all over the place around me, but I am playing fat dumb and stupid going along.

The guy stayed on me all the way to Daly City. He let the macho ego take over and what he did was far more reckless than my neglect to engage that harness ever was. If it was not a cop I would have though he was trying to run me off the road, maybe he was.

Wolf

Wolf, in 30 years of driving, I have had three close calls on the interstate. Everyone of them involved a 'Safety Patrol' officer 'doing his duty' and none of them had anything to do with me. They're the most dangerous drivers out there.