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Old 08-23-2008, 10:56 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
Why were you guys in the way of an emergency vehicle to begin with?!?
we were NOT in his way... this happened in the middle of the night on I-95, which in the area that this occurred is FIVE to SIX lanes wide, and aside from him, there was no other moving traffic in the vicinity. the minivan and I were both in the same lane, and the officer had PLENTY of BOTH time and SPACE to go where he needed. he could have calmly rolled into the emergency lane right behind the other cruiser, but deliberately chose to cut the van off instead. since both the van and I were already in the far left lane, we simply stayed there, as cutting all the way back to the right would have definitely put us in his way... like I said he had 5 other lanes plus the left emergency lane to work with.
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