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In article <323A5030.7FA5@bga.com>, olin@bga.com says...
>
>K.C. Boyce wrote:
>> 
>> An interesting thing happened the other day.  I was driving on M-14 and
>> coming up on some slower moving traffic.  I passed them, and saw an
>> ambulance in my (left) lane up ahead.  I guessed the ambulance was going
>> to move over, because (hopefully) he was checking his mirrors.  There
>> was a truck in the right lane, but pretty far ahead of the ambulance--he
>> wasn't passing.  So I come up to this ambulance, and: he stays planted.
>> He's mirroring the speed of the truck with just enough distance for
>> several cars to pass on the right, then hop in the left to pass the
>> truck.
>> Even after 5 min. of my blinker being on & flashing my brights
>> occasionally to get his attention, he still hadn't budged.  Does the
>> ambulance driver think it's his right as an emergency vehicle to
>> regulate traffic flow?  He was creating more problems (ie, passing on
>> the right & related distance between cars problems) than he was
>> "solving".
>> So, I jammed into the right lane and disgustedly blew by him.
>> Anyone else have a similar experience?
>> 
>>                        KC
>
>Yeah. Here in Texas, traffic cops routinely troll for violators. No 
>problem with that, as they usually troll in the far right lane, or even 
>on the shoulder, but every now and then, you'll find one traveling in the 
>passing lane well below the speed limit, for no immediately apparent 
>reason. Plus, I've even seen them engage in hot rodding for the pure 
>pleasure of going fast. I watched one Texas Highway Patrolman make a 
>power turn at about 70 in the grass median, and pull out in front of 
>three lanes of oncoming traffic, WITHOUT benefit of light or siren. This 
>was AFTER he'd done basically the same thing in the OTHER direction. He 
>wasn't chasing anybody.....just running up and down the road having fun 
>in his little black and white Camaro!
>
>-- 
>Olin Murrell
>Austin, TX
>olin@bga.com
>http://www.realtime.com/~olin

Yeah, and if you really want to have fun with one of the "trollers" in the 
left lane, come up behind him, set a safe distance behind, and blink your 
lights at him until he moves over.  Contrary to other postings in the past on 
this and other related threads, he has to by law AND WILL!

He is in the left lane, in the first place, to give his radar better range and 
a better angle (accuracy) on the oncoming traffic.  Most of the time I have 
observed them in this mode, they were doing about 45.  In Columbus, Texas, a 
Sheriff's deputy actually pulled one over and TICKETED him.  I'll bet THAT was 
difficult to explain to the Department of Public "Safety"!