So I took the p-car out for some exercise today. Beautiful spring day and was enjoying the back-road drive with some moderate speeds. I got behind a dude in a pickup talking on a cell phone and after a few double yellow line turns, traffic opened and I pulled out to pass. I left it in 4th as there was no oncoming traffic for about a half mile. As soon as I passed the truck an unmarked SUV pulled in behind and lit me up.
The ticket process was uneventful, I was polite and he was professional. He wrote a ticket for an illegal pass over a double yellow.
I drove to my turnaround spot by the river and headed back on the same road. I passed the cop and we did an acknowledging wave. I went to the turn that I executed my "illegal" pass and what do you know the broken yellow began at the apex of the turn, about where I had pulled out to pass. I turned around and drove to where the cop was waiting on the side of the road. I told him what I had seen and he instructed me to wait while he went to investigate my claim of the broken yellow line.
He returned, parked and walked up to my car. He said it was close enough to tear up the ticket. He did and we shook hands and told each other to stay safe.
What a country.
