I Blew The Air Horn...... At A State Trooper

Well let me start off by saying I didn't get pulled over and no trouble. I was cruising down I 80 through Wyoming. Going 60 reduced speed for weather in the right lane. This Chrysler town and country blows my doors off and passes and pulls into the right In front of me. I don't care I know he going hella faster then me as mentioned previously I have a tiny radar in the front of my truck so I can see the speed of the vehicles in front of me well he was going 92.. 93..94 then out of range.

Here is where the story gets interesting. This state trooper in the pitch black shoulder pops out going 12 like 15 ft in front of my truck. Slammed then brakes all the way down blew the horn sub consciously and swerved into the shoulder to avoid collision then flipped it lights on and speed up. Saw him later after getting back on with the van pulled over I moved to the left as I passed and he nodded at me kinda expected 10min later that he was going to be behind me. Never blew the horn at a cop much less a trooper.

Chris, troopers are imperfect just like the rest of us. Just recently I had a trooper do something really dangerous in front of me while he was responding to an accident. I didn’t lay on the horn because I could see it was a cop, but I certainly wanted to.

Many times I think that law enforcement agencies have gone too far with getting brighter and brighter emergency lights. They are often blinding to oncoming drivers after dark. Sometimes people try to fix a problem but end up just making it worse.

My trick with that and just jerks on the road in general is a middle finger under the dashboard. That way you blow off steam without the person complaining to the company or giving you a citation

Well let me start off by saying I didn't get pulled over and no trouble. I was cruising down I 80 through Wyoming. Going 60 reduced speed for weather in the right lane. This Chrysler town and country blows my doors off and passes and pulls into the right In front of me. I don't care I know he going hella faster then me as mentioned previously I have a tiny radar in the front of my truck so I can see the speed of the vehicles in front of me well he was going 92.. 93..94 then out of range.

Here is where the story gets interesting. This state trooper in the pitch black shoulder pops out going 12 like 15 ft in front of my truck. Slammed then brakes all the way down blew the horn sub consciously and swerved into the shoulder to avoid collision then flipped it lights on and speed up. Saw him later after getting back on with the van pulled over I moved to the left as I passed and he nodded at me kinda expected 10min later that he was going to be behind me. Never blew the horn at a cop much less a trooper.

Weirdly, I haven't used my air horn in years (other than honking at an arm pump.) I noticed starting out that often blowing the air horn would startle drivers causing bad reactions. Now days, If I see a situation developing, I'm just going to concentrate on reacting to that situation instead of throwing something into the mix that may make the scene even more chaotic. Just me, though.

Weirdly, I haven't used my air horn in years (other than honking at an arm pump.) I noticed starting out that often blowing the air horn would startle drivers causing bad reactions. Now days, If I see a situation developing, I'm just going to concentrate on reacting to that situation instead of throwing something into the mix that may make the scene even more chaotic. Just me, though.

That's solid professionalism.