Rone

It's around mid-day and the wife and I are cruising north bound on the 35. We got orders to Wichita Falls for 4 years (yay). She's driving the FX and I'm about three car lengths behind her in the Z. The speed limit was 70, but we had our CC set to 75. I figure no cop would waste his/her time with 5 over the limit... WRONG! The cop was waiting on the median and pulled out after we passed and got in between me and my wife. He put on his lights and my wife immediately pulls over. I didn't want to go on without her so I pull over too. My wife is in front then the cop, then me. I realize now that sandwiching the cop car was not smart, but in my defense I gave him plenty of room (or so I thought). I know my mistake now, but at the time I was totally oblivious/ignorant to want was going through this guys head. He exited his car with extreme caution, almost dramatic and his eyes were fixed on me. My dumb butt is so confused as to why he looking at me, I'm not the one you pulled over, do your thing so we can leave. At this point he was strafing further in to the median trying to keep an eye on both of us and not get close. So I thought, maybe if I put my hands up he'll see theres nothing fishy going on and he wont be afraid to approach the car. Both me and the cop are sweating bullets right now cause I know black man+nervous cop = disaster, AND we're in Texas(kidding lol). He's at my window, but is maintaining a safe distance and says, "Do you know what a BIG mistake it is to pull up behind a police vehicle?" I'm thinking in my head, how big?, but I must have had a blank look on my face. He then says, "Get in front of that car right now!" So, I move my car in front of my wife. My wife signed for her ticket and we pulled away. She calls me and says, "What the hell did you say to him?" "He asked me if I knew that man. I said yes, that's my husband. And he said, 'well I almost shot him.' " LOL

Moral: If you didn't get pulled over, keep it movin'.

I know there are some cops on the site. What would you have done if in the cop's shoes? I was thinking about it earlier and I probably would have just signaled the car to go away or pull ahead of the other car. Do all cop cars have those loud speakers? Maybe he could have used it. I understand he was just making sure he made it home that night, but it all seemed like unnecessary drama to me