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Originally Posted by skyking
IIRC, swerving all over is not one of the hypermiling techniques  |
He's been warned by the police for doing the same thing repeatedly. By now he has a reputation for doing it. Witnesses said they have seen him not staying in lane despite his insistence that he is not impaired, which may or may not be true. In fact he may be falling asleep at the wheel, which is as much an impairment as substance abuse. He maintains he has a right to drive slowly. He's got an "attitude" about his "right" to do it regardless of his safety or that of others on the road.
Driving very slowly at night on a highway and not staying in lane amounts to inviting to be rear-ended due to erratic driving. That's a public safety issue. Those who go on ideological crusades, which amounts to looking for trouble, will find it.
He went looking for trouble and he found it.
His having a record of doing it repeatedly matters, due to his ongoing baiting of the local police by continuing doing it. It's hard to feel sorry for him. He got his chance to plead his case before a judge and he lost.