Commuting - White van man caught at last!

I had a feeling it would happen sooner or later. It is mentioned frequently on this forum: The right hook.

Whilst minding my own business riding to work this morning through Mountain View, a white van passes rather close, just before a side street on Shoreline Blvd. Luckiliy I anticipate his next move, which is to turn right, across my path, and I brake in time to avoid a collision. Just as I've finished shouting Oy!!!! at full volume I hear WOOOWwwww..... from behind Uh, Oh..... Sure enough, an officer in a police car had seen the whole thing. I backtracked down the street to where the van had been pulled over.

"Do you need me?" I asked
"No, you're OK, I saw what he did" replied the officer
"Thanks, and sorry for my outburst" I replied


The rest of my journey was speedy, peaceful and uneventful.


Ed

Cool. It's nice when they actually get caught. I've only been right hooked once and it still pisses me off.

I've only had the benefit of seeing one person ever caught while driving.
This fool was weaving in and out of various lanes and almost hit me and several other drivers on a freeway.
She did the same thing right in front of a motor cycle cop and tried to then dodge him. It did not work in the least.
he he

I sometimes have premonisions as thigns are happening. This one car in lane #2 was turning with me and as we headed on the overpass i sensed things were not right. Sure enough, she wanted to be in my lane and wasn't signaling.

I had a feeling it would happen sooner or later. It is mentioned frequently on this forum: The right hook.

Whilst minding my own business riding to work this morning through Mountain View, a white van passes rather close, just before a side street on Shoreline Blvd. Luckiliy I anticipate his next move, which is to turn right, across my path, and I brake in time to avoid a collision. Just as I've finished shouting Oy!!!! at full volume I hear WOOOWwwww..... from behind Uh, Oh..... Sure enough, an officer in a police car had seen the whole thing. I backtracked down the street to where the van had been pulled over.

"Do you need me?" I asked
"No, you're OK, I saw what he did" replied the officer
"Thanks, and sorry for my outburst" I replied


The rest of my journey was speedy, peaceful and uneventful.


Ed


Oh too cool... caught red handed.

I can't tell you the number of times I wished I was a cop when some motorist pulled a bone headed move in front of me... wouldn't that just make your day... to be able to flip out a badge and pull some idiot over and give him a ticket right on the spot.

This is even better... you didn't have to do a thing... and the officer saw it all.

Good stuff. Behave like a vehicle, get treated like a vehicle.

I had someone trying to pass me during a left turn at an intersection. I took the turn lane at a red light, and the car tried to pass me in the intersection as I was turning. A cop pulled her over. Next day, the cop waved at me, I waved back.

Stuff like that reinforces my traffic law-abiding behavior.

I've only had the benefit of seeing one person ever caught while driving.
This fool was weaving in and out of various lanes and almost hit me and several other drivers on a freeway.
She did the same thing right in front of a motor cycle cop and tried to then dodge him. It did not work in the least.
he he
The best I saw was on a rural highway where cars routinely speed. At least 20 cars were stacked up behind some slowpoke going 55. Some guy about 15 cars back decided he'd had enough and during a clear spot decided to take the whole line at once. His car made as impressive roar as it accelerated -- by the time he he the front of the line, he was probably doing over 100.

The slow vehicle at the front turned out to be a patrol car.....:roflmao:

The slow vehicle at the front turned out to be a patrol car.....:roflmao:
me too :roflmao:

Was the guy in the white van trying to sell the cop a pair of speakers?

The slow vehicle at the front turned out to be a patrol car.....:roflmao:

OMG! LOL!

Way to stick it to the idiot drivers.

And he was selling anything, I don't think it would be speakers. :)

Great story.
As a sour grapes moment...did anyone here catch the fact that the OP was writing from England?

That's right...in our car addicted suburban sprawl of US culture, I don't know that a cop would be quite decent enough to do that.

Still, a great story!

I don't get it...wouldn't it be a left hook in the UK?

Never mind -I googled "shoreline blvd" and "mountain view"

I sometimes have premonisions as thigns are happening. This one car in lane #2 was turning with me and as we headed on the overpass i sensed things were not right. Sure enough, she wanted to be in my lane and wasn't signaling.

This happens to me to, somehow I can sense that cars are going to cut me off.
We should start a club: 6th sense commuters

That post just made my day:D Glad to know there is justice in the world.

As a sour grapes moment...did anyone here catch the fact that the OP was writing from England?

That's right...in our car addicted suburban sprawl of US culture, I don't know that a cop would be quite decent enough to do that.

Still, a great story!

Shhh, I'm here (in the USA) under cover on a mission to investigate the dangerous rise in cycling that seems to have overtaken the colonies... ;)

Actually, I married a local and after 2 years of patience and form-filling, just got my Green Card :) :) :).


And to legot73: Things like this do improve ones attitude to the law. I have a great frustration with stop signs - in the UK, we just dont have them, or anything that would force one to stop on a "main" road for a side street, unless there was a roundabout (traffic circle) or, of course, traffic lights - a proper reason to stop, if you will. However, I have now endeavoured to put away my frustrations for the mean time.

Cheers to all,

Ed