Caught Cheating
by Michael
I have a Hybrid that qualifies for the "Clean Air" sticker. This means I can use the diamond lane without passengers. Several times a week I encounter people driving in the diamond lane without passengers and they're not driving Hybrids. In fact they're usually driving SUV's or minivans. Such was the case yesterday.
A woman in an SUV, squeezed in front of me in the diamond lane yesterday morning. Not only did she not have any passengers, she was driving slower than the flow of traffic. Nothing is more frustrating than watching traffic pass you on the right, especially during the commute. You're in the diamond lane. You should be passing the traffic, traffic should not be passing you.
Fortunately, traffic opened up enough that I was able to get around her by passing her on the right, and I proceeded with my usual morning commute. Not long after I passed her, traffic got heavy again and even the diamond lane started to slow, but it still moved more than the other lanes. I soon came alongside a CHP officer in the second lane and he seemed to be paying close attention to the diamond lane. The slow driving cheater was still behind me (having caught up due to the traffic) but she suddenly tried to drive even slower when she noticed the CHP car, to avoid coming alongside him, but she couldn't go slow enough and just like that, the lights went on and she was BUSTED.
Needless to say, I enjoyed the rest of my morning commute yesterday.
Posted under Close to Home on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 at 12:06
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