CLASSIC ROCK Q107 » passing police in Texas http://q1077.com Fri, 24 May 2013 20:53:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Texas Law Protects Tow Truck Drivers http://q1077.com/new-texas-law-protects-tow-truck-drivers/ http://q1077.com/new-texas-law-protects-tow-truck-drivers/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:50:35 +0000 Rick St. Nick http://q1077.com/?p=62210 When I first moved to the 'Lonestar State', after crossing two-thirds of the country with no hassle, I was pulled over by a state trooper because he was issuing a citation to a motorist on the shoulder of Interstate 20 at 7:43 in the morning, and I had failed to make a lane change.

I don't even think he finished writing the original citation to the person already subdued by his presence.  He jumped in "Adam-12", and strobe lighted my OUT OF STATE LICENSE PLATE for about a mile and a half, until I realized in disbelief that I was being called out!

Now I drive somewhere between Mr. Magoo and Mr. Ed, so I ruled out speed immediately, and was bewildered to hear I about a rarely enforced infraction, that forces me to vacate the lane.  Most of the other 49 states, include "if safe to do so".

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