I was driving on 101 South, around Palo Alto in the SF Bay Area, 8:05 a.m. Friday morning. I was in the far left (HOV) lane and passed by a CHP car loitering in the far right lane. I'm driving my 2004 F150 CNG with stickers.
Almost immediately he merges over behind me, thinking he's about to write an easy $279 (minimum) ticket.
He pulls in right behind me, and starts tail-gating me, but no lights came on. Obviously he saw the stickers -- and was knowledgeable enough not to pull me over. After a reasonable delay, I did what I would do in any lane with a cop right on my tail, which was to put on my turn signal and safely merge one lane over.
After a LONG delay, he finally proceeded forward in the HOV lane. I then merged back into the HOV lane and began following him at a safe distance.
At that point he merges over 4 lanes to the right and exits the freeway.
Score one small victory for CNG!
Almost immediately he merges over behind me, thinking he's about to write an easy $279 (minimum) ticket.
He pulls in right behind me, and starts tail-gating me, but no lights came on. Obviously he saw the stickers -- and was knowledgeable enough not to pull me over. After a reasonable delay, I did what I would do in any lane with a cop right on my tail, which was to put on my turn signal and safely merge one lane over.
After a LONG delay, he finally proceeded forward in the HOV lane. I then merged back into the HOV lane and began following him at a safe distance.
At that point he merges over 4 lanes to the right and exits the freeway.
Score one small victory for CNG!
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