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Old 06-09-2011, 04:31 AM   #4
zulutango
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None of us here were actually there to see what hapened so we have to use what you posted. It sounds like you made a very quick lane change in heavy traffic that may have been aggressive and you may not have signaled before you started. Even you said.. It felt like the police car deliberately held back to prevent me from moving lane safely behind him, kind of forced me to move in front of him with very short notice.

Nothing forced you to do what you did, from lack of planning you waited untill too late to make a lane change. You could have gone past the corner, made a safe legal lane change and gone around the block. That way you would not have ended up making what the Cop believed was a lane change without signaling. Personally from what you have posted it sounds like you could have been given an unsafe lane change or drive without consideration ticket. As someone once said....a lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. Next time, scan ahead 12-15 seconds, know where you are going and make your moves before you run out of space.
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