- Jun 19, 2014
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So the other day I'm driving down the 417. 4 lane highway with a wide central median. Speed limit is 65. I'm doing 75 like everybody else. That's the standard speed on that stretch of road. You can comfortably do that right next to a trooper with no fear.
So I come up behind a fire engine. Big one. Emergency lights flashing. In the fast lane. Doing about 61 or 62, well below the speed limit.
WTF? Slow fire? What's going on?
We are miles away from the next exit and there's nothing in the median or in the lanes going the other direction. By now there are like 4 cars right on my tail thinking the same thing as me. WTF?
It's after work. I'm tryna get home. Should I pass the fire truck? With the lights on? Nah. I can't. There's traffic in the slow lane going the same speed as the fire engine. I mean, they aren't going to pass the fire engine so they're going the same speed. It's a rolling road block.
Now I've got like 8 cars behind me.
I think maybe I should flash my brights. You know, "Hey fellas, slower traffic keep right".
What the hell?
Alex.
So I come up behind a fire engine. Big one. Emergency lights flashing. In the fast lane. Doing about 61 or 62, well below the speed limit.
WTF? Slow fire? What's going on?
We are miles away from the next exit and there's nothing in the median or in the lanes going the other direction. By now there are like 4 cars right on my tail thinking the same thing as me. WTF?
It's after work. I'm tryna get home. Should I pass the fire truck? With the lights on? Nah. I can't. There's traffic in the slow lane going the same speed as the fire engine. I mean, they aren't going to pass the fire engine so they're going the same speed. It's a rolling road block.
Now I've got like 8 cars behind me.
I think maybe I should flash my brights. You know, "Hey fellas, slower traffic keep right".
What the hell?
Alex.