At least that's what the guy in the silver F-150 signed to me as he went flying around my little ole' Dodge.

I was concerned at first because he was getting SO close to my rear bumper as we slowly cruised through the 35 mph zone at, would you believe, 35 mph (windows down and enjoying the beautiful day of course). I thought that perhaps he was angry with me and was considering hitting my truck from behind. But then, when the opportunity presented itself, he swung out into the other lane, pulled up next to me, gave me a big #1 sign and then sped ahead of me. It was at this point that I realized that I didn't need to be worried at all. The fella just liked my truck and wanted a closer look.

That being said, he should have been paying a little bit closer attention to the speed limit sign instead of my truck. I like my truck too, and I understand why he wanted to be close to it, but I don't think the motorcycle cop that pulled him over after he went flying around me understood, or cared, that this nice man had apparently not seen the posted speed limit signs because he was admiring my truck so closely.

I felt bad about forcing this gentleman to break the law so I waved an apologetic little wave to him as I rolled by him and the angry looking police officer.

Oh well. I tried.

 

That always makes my day when that happens.

 

I bet he was in a hurry to get to the Home Depot to load up on Quickcrete....

 

Nice to see I am not the only one giving Hoss the number 1 sign every chance I get

 

This happened to me a few years back when a guy passed me on a double yellow. It was when I was living in Colorado. I nice Boulder Police Officer happened to be coming from the opposite direction and was hidden by a car in front of him. That car had to swerve to avoid a headon with the guy, and then the Police Officer had to swerve as well. Needless to say, it was a feeling of pure satisfaction to watch this guy pull over without the police officer even hitting his lights. He knew he'd been had, and I'm sure he felt like a moron, which of course he should have because he was

 

Hoss, I am glad to see you had the manners to wave at him. Anyone with Dodge envy needs some encouragement now and again.

 

It amazes me how I can be so much in the wrong all the time. Yet people show forgiveness by pointing the way up to salvation. It amazes me even more the growing number of them that have crippling arthiritsis in the first didgit. When my son invited me to Defensive Driving Class as directed by an understanding circuit judge, I left with some lasting impressions.

1. Everyone in that class owned their own road and I wasn't supposed to get in their way.

2. Heaven help me if I caused them to cancel their cruise control or interupt their phone conversation.

3. And the best for last, (What the instructor said.) "I am under no obligation what so ever to help another driver break the law."

So if you don't like the speed that I am going now, I can gar-un-tee you won't like the next one.

 

And thats when you pulled up next to him and said "Hey Preacher, You said Sunday, we ought not being doing things like that, tell'n other folks there #1".

 

Jack the only thing better is the excuses that one hears after the traffic stop

 

Oh yeah, I can only imagine. Kind of like on a DUI stop, the famous "2 beer" line.

 

Feeling of satisfaction huh? Woulda been hilarious to flip him off (or just a big wave and smile) when you rolled past him!

Bet you got where you were going before him!

 

Ha its all Hoss' fault. If he was going 5 over like he should have been then the guy wouldn't have gotten the ticket. Shame on Hoss. Who does the speed limit anyway??

 

Was that an Arabic or Roman numeral?

 

Hoss, You'll always be number 1 in my book

Britt

 

Awww shucks.