Stop and go penalty from Mass' finest

First and foremost - I have the best respect for the Mass State Police...I worked for five years in highway safety around the country and our guys are among the most professional in the country...except the one I met today.

Here is the story - I was off to run an errand in the fcar and pulled on to 95 south at 97 and sat in amidst the traffic that I got on the highway with. After about 1 minute, a car cruising up the left lane pulled alongside. I assumed it had been an undercover trooper just given its speed but it was a SILVER FORD FIVE HUNDRED that was totally indistinguishable from a showroom stock car.

Instantly it swerved between me and the car in front of me and brake checked me. I would have smashed into him or someone behind me would have smashed me...it was that abrupt. I thought "idiot"...but let it pass and then a few hundred feet later the car pulled into the lane to the right. It then pulled up against my right door so I figured it must be some perverted Ferrari fan and was taking pictures or whatever. So be it. The windows were tinted black and I still thought it looked like an undercover...

After another 30 seconds against my door, I turned and looked at the shadow in the window and said "What the hell are you doing???" at which point a few feet later he swerved behind me against my bumper.

Here is where I either did the right thing or the wrong thing. I took a picture of him! Of course, it was the wrong thing because he instantly turned on all the christmas lights left over from WalMart and pulled me over. It was the right thing because I would have used it in my defense.

I sat there and his first words were "You need to relax!" - I was stunned - I told him what he did...swerving in front of me and slamming on his brakes and his response was "What if I was an old lady and did that"...Of course, now I'm thinking this is one strange dude....He then tells me that I need to relax, that they didn't want any road rage issues, that they had 95 full of troopers on Saturday, and that I should enjoy the nice weather and that he missed his exit because of me etc...etc...

I tell you what - there used to be a statistic in the 90's that the single highest cause of death for troopers was standing on the side of the highway. I'm infuriated that this bozo put his life and mine at danger in order to try to provoke me into responding to his multiple attempts to get me to retaliate or respond.

I will go through the proper channels to let the right folks know the details...in the meantime, Trooper "D" - if you want to look at a Ferrari then buy a friggin' magazine.

Be safe out there guys - and keep an eye out for this silver Ford Five Hundred.

(Edit - He said that I pulled out my "futuristic camera thingy" before he pulled me over....hey pal...it's called a cellphone...)

 

Nothing. He never even asked for my license or reg. Very strange.