It's way too long of a story to bother posting in its entirety. Click to read the long version:

http://kc-bike.blogspot.com/2007/11/...e-of-doom.html

Short version:

I got out late this morning, got blown by (safely) by four high-speed police cruisers on my way to the bus. Had I left on time, I could have likely gotten creamed by an evading motorist.