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Orange County California.
405 Freeway North.
Carpool Lane right before the Jamboree road exit.
I move over the double yellow and into the buffer zone to pass 4 cars and after passing them, as I am moving back into the carpool lane I see there is an unmarked, all-white CHP car in the number 1 lane like 4 car lengths ahead of me.
I pass him slowly and he immediately moves in behind me and pulls me over.
As I am taking off my helmet, he is there with hand on pistol, ready.
He tells me about my violations (double yellow twice, speed over 80mph) and then asks me for my license and registration.
I realize I have left my wallet at home.
He asks me to write down my name and address and birthdate on a piece of paper and then he goes to his car.
He comes back and gives me a safety lecture about being take out because we are very hard to see for other cars and I should always stay on the left hand side of the carpool lane. He does not endorse lane splitting.
Then he says that if he ticketed me it would be over $1000 for passing the double yellow twice, speeding, and no license/registration.
Then he lets me go.
So I ask him if he is a God-fearing man. He says "yes" so I say a prayer for him and his family and fellow officers.
He says to me, "In my 10 years of service that was the first time anyone has ever prayed for me."
I say to him, "In my 27 years of driving cars and riding motorcycles, this was the first time ever got just a warning for breaking a traffic law."
We shook hands and that was end of story except for the motorcycle rider that went by and flipped him off while he was giving me the safety briefing.
I want to thank that officer. I don't know why he let me off the hook because I certainly did deserve the tickets. .
Orange County California.
405 Freeway North.
Carpool Lane right before the Jamboree road exit.
I move over the double yellow and into the buffer zone to pass 4 cars and after passing them, as I am moving back into the carpool lane I see there is an unmarked, all-white CHP car in the number 1 lane like 4 car lengths ahead of me.
I pass him slowly and he immediately moves in behind me and pulls me over.
As I am taking off my helmet, he is there with hand on pistol, ready.
He tells me about my violations (double yellow twice, speed over 80mph) and then asks me for my license and registration.
I realize I have left my wallet at home.
He asks me to write down my name and address and birthdate on a piece of paper and then he goes to his car.
He comes back and gives me a safety lecture about being take out because we are very hard to see for other cars and I should always stay on the left hand side of the carpool lane. He does not endorse lane splitting.
Then he says that if he ticketed me it would be over $1000 for passing the double yellow twice, speeding, and no license/registration.
Then he lets me go.
So I ask him if he is a God-fearing man. He says "yes" so I say a prayer for him and his family and fellow officers.
He says to me, "In my 10 years of service that was the first time anyone has ever prayed for me."
I say to him, "In my 27 years of driving cars and riding motorcycles, this was the first time ever got just a warning for breaking a traffic law."
We shook hands and that was end of story except for the motorcycle rider that went by and flipped him off while he was giving me the safety briefing.
I want to thank that officer. I don't know why he let me off the hook because I certainly did deserve the tickets. .