So...on my way driving from Redmond, WA to Portland, OR, I had to drive on a small road on which some construction was happening. If I am remembering correctly, the right lane was closed and traffic was being diverted around the constuction by using a turn lane (in other words, the traffic in the opposite direction was not being stopped). As I came up on the construction area, I saw the usual signs...the ones that say something about construction and being prepared to stop. I approached the actual construction, where there were actual construction workers and I saw a guy standing somewhat in the road with the infamous "slow" sign. I had already slowed somewhat and proceeded to slow more as I passed him. There was nothing in the road and I was now coasting with my foot ready on the brake. The guy holding the sign started to give me the universal construction worker sign to slow down by flapping one arm rapidly up and down. Next thing I know, another construction worker leaps into the road in front of my car, causing me to come to a complete stop (which I did, by the way, without any trouble or screeching brakes) and he then proceeds to take pictures of me, my car, and my license plate...as if to say "Ha, ha! we have you now." I don't understand what the point of this exercise was...the sign said only "slow" and I was already going what I considered a slow speed (20 to 25 miles under the posted speed limit). Was I supposed to know that "slow" actually meant slower than I was going? Does anyone know...just how slow is slow?
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Just How Slow is Slow?
So...on my way driving from Redmond, WA to Portland, OR, I had to drive on a small road on which some construction was happening. If I am remembering correctly, the right lane was closed and traffic was being diverted around the constuction by using a turn lane (in other words, the traffic in the opposite direction was not being stopped). As I came up on the construction area, I saw the usual signs...the ones that say something about construction and being prepared to stop. I approached the actual construction, where there were actual construction workers and I saw a guy standing somewhat in the road with the infamous "slow" sign. I had already slowed somewhat and proceeded to slow more as I passed him. There was nothing in the road and I was now coasting with my foot ready on the brake. The guy holding the sign started to give me the universal construction worker sign to slow down by flapping one arm rapidly up and down. Next thing I know, another construction worker leaps into the road in front of my car, causing me to come to a complete stop (which I did, by the way, without any trouble or screeching brakes) and he then proceeds to take pictures of me, my car, and my license plate...as if to say "Ha, ha! we have you now." I don't understand what the point of this exercise was...the sign said only "slow" and I was already going what I considered a slow speed (20 to 25 miles under the posted speed limit). Was I supposed to know that "slow" actually meant slower than I was going? Does anyone know...just how slow is slow?
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Hmm, now what would they have done had you actually been going fast enough that you couldn't have stopped?
Actions like theirs are likely to cause an accident much worse than your "fast" driving!
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