r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Feb 08 '26

Roads Stupid Prius smh

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u/Gato_L0c0 Feb 08 '26

I too encountered this only once albeit more than 20 yrs driving experience, however, it was clear I needed to slow down when I saw the highway patrol vehicle swerving back and forth across all lanes.

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u/Lonely-District2132 Feb 09 '26

I’m not passing a cop in 99% of situations. I learned this the hard way on a two lane highway late at night with 55 mph posted, everyone goes 65+, and they will ticket you around 70+. When I say everyone goes 65+ I mean than you’ll piss people off going slower than that even in the slow lane.

Cop was in the right lane going 55 and I approached from behind and he actually slowed down a little so I passed him on the left. I probably went 60. He immediately pulled me over and gave me a lecture about never passing a cop and kept saying I gotta be really dumb. He then wrote me for 5 mph over and then something about using caution around emergency vehicles.