Colorado Policeman Doesn't Like Being Called On His 'Distracted Driving'

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Let’s have some fun with this video featuring two narcissists whining at each other about the use of a cell phone in a stopped vehicle. It’s extra fun, because one of them is a cop!

As is always the case, I like to offer a little summary for those of you who don’t like to watch YouTube videos. I know you’re out there; I can hear you turning up the volume on Matlock.

  • A typical adventure bike rider is out riding his adventure bike on the freeway.
  • He pulls up behind a Ford Explorer at an intersection where he, and the Explorer, have a “Yield” sign.
  • At this point, the ADVRider suffers a classic narcissistic injury. The driver in the Explorer is on the phone! When he, the always-endangered rider of a wannabe dirt bike, is at risk from this distracted behavior! Never mind that the Explorer is ahead of him, completely stopped, and posing no threat to him whatsoever.
  • So the rider honks his horn, makes the “hang up” motion, and tells the driver to “get off the fuckin’ phone!”

Okay, let’s pause the action for a moment to reflect on what an utter and complete moron Mr. Adventure Rider is. He is knowingly confronting somebody who, in the time it would take to put the “Explorer” into “R” and press the accelerator pedal, could kill him stone dead. I don’t know this fellow from Adam, but based on the attitude he takes in what happens next, I strongly doubt that he would have done the same thing if the car ahead of him had been a ’78 Bonneville on 36-inch wheels containing two young male African-Americans. In other words, he’s the ADV rider Michael Bolton:

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  • THX1136 THX1136 on Jun 15, 2016

    I agree with Jack's assessment - both were at fault. You make good point JPT. The thing that bugged me the most was the cop and his non-stop, hell no I'm not goin' to listen to anything you say attitude. The cyclist should have exercised restraint in his reaction to the stopped vehicle in front of him. The cop should have shut up long enough to listen to the cyclist's explanation and apology. He certainly could have gotten out of the lane of travel so other motorists could have passed safely and continued. In fact both of them should have taken the pissing match to the side of the road - not in the middle of it.

    • JimC2 JimC2 on Jun 15, 2016

      Wise man say he who get in pissing match also get himself in the eye.

  • A8train A8train on Jun 16, 2016

    Shocking, another video from a dick on a bike seat.

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