They seem to be focused on the wrong thing. A habit of erratic driving is dangerous enough to yank someone's license, but all anyone focuses on is the speed.
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a Ford pickup truck was seen headed west on Highway 7 just west of Waconia and was “all over the road,” going over the center and fog lines, and traveling at “a very slow speed” in a 55 mile-per-hour zone.
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The officer again pulled Constans over and explained that he could not drive that slowly because it was unsafe for other motorists and he could potentially cause an accident.
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Personally, I'd worry more about his lane discipline.
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Constans had been impeding traffic by driving too slowly and with all four wheels over the fog line...
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Can you really be driving on the shoulder and impeding traffic at the same time? Maybe, if he's still swerving. But they aren't going after him for that. Just how heavy is traffic on the shoulder at that time of night anyway?
The guy is a beat, though.
"I do all those gas-saving techniques that aren't against the law," he said. "It sends a red flag to these people who call the cops and say, 'This guy's a nut.' " He sounds like a Jerky Boys routine.