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“I coulda’ killed you.  You’d be dead right now if I hadn’t of hit my brakes.”  Words no one should hear after flashing lights and siren pull you over in the dark.  I’m still a little shocked after the incident.

I always wondered what it would be like to have the authority to pull over someone who “failed to yield the right-away”. Us mere mortals, only get to yell, flip, and drive on muttering.  But as a Police Officer, you get to do an illegal U-turn, almost cause an accident, and terrorize helpless civilians.

I guess I should be grateful that after I made a stupid call in judgement, after a distracted moment, I got off with a warning.  The little snot declared that if he had given me a ticket, I would have lost my license and just “what the hell was I doing in his state anyways”. 

I’ve been thinking about this for several days now and can come up with no reason why he was so angry, hostile, and down-right scary rude.  He had the gun.  I didn’t say anything.  I told him what I was doing as he shined his flashlight in my eyes.  I made no sudden movements.  I just don’t get it.  He scared the bejeezus out of me and that makes me angry. 

After he drove off, I made it to a well-lit place, pulled over, and indulged in a small nervous breakdown.  I still had several hours of night-driving yet to get home.

Was he having a bad day?  Was he annoyed?  I didn’t know it was any of his business what I was doing in ‘his state’.  Maybe he was pissed I scared him? I just don’t get it.