Madness on The Roads!

A dude on a motorcycle was going approximately 105MPH on the tollway in North Austin yesterday around 02:00. He noticed some blue and red lights in the rearview and decided to speed up. He lost control and flipped right out of his mortal coil. The officer in pursuit steered to avoid a collision, but his training apparently didn't include the mnemonic: "Steer, Steer, Countersteer" for correcting your car's direction of travel after emergency avoidance maneuvers. The cop car rolled as well, and ended up on its roof.

In Houston, this would have been mopped up by 02:30. The whole of the East-bound side of the freeway was STILL blocked off at 08:00 in the morning because this ain't Houston by a long shot. It barely got cleared up in time for the afternoon rush hour!

LB is an ex-cop. He knows that a policeman on a call has to remain on station, regardless of the silliness going on around him. LB also has a lead foot. He came around the bend and saw

parking lot in the East-bound lanes. HUGE backup.

flashing lights

blue tarp over a corpse

upside-down police cruiser

and LB started counting . . . 2, 4, 8, 12, 15 police cars . . . well, that's about everybody . . . and down goes the accelerator pedal. 90 . . . 100 . . 105 . . . 110MPH yyeeeeEEEEEOOOOWWWWWwwww!! he goes tearing by the circus full of flashing lights and now-late commuters to work.

Like I said: lead foot.