Stupid Driver Tricks

On the way to work this morning, as I approached a left turn I needed to take, I signaled for the appropriate lane change. Immediately, the car behind me in the left lane moved up and blocked me. I lifted off the gas a bit to get behind her. Which meant I almost got rear-ended by the driver behind me in the right lane, because he wasn't paying attention, either.

I successfully negotiated the lane change, only to see the driver in the left lane - now ahead of me - make the left turn from a row of empty parking spaces instead of the well-signed left turn lane. (Despite me flashing my brights to let her know she was doing something wrong.) She then proceeded to drive slowly enough that we both missed the next light. Then started pulling into an empty parking space on the far side of the intersection, making sure to flip on her signal after the nose of her car was already in the space. (What good does that do?!)

The kicker was, the driver was a uniformed Kentucky State Trooper, in an unmarked police car.

I guess she was just trying to fit in...