I was on route 495 South this morning. The highway is three lanes. I was in the middle lane. To my left, a short distance ahead, was a state trooper. There was a fresh accident on the left shoulder and the highway slowed to a crawl. It wasn’t bad as far as I was concerned because the stoppage happened right before reaching the scene.
As I approached, the state trooper pulled over and got out of the car to start talking to one of the people involved. The state trooper was dressed not in a traditional police officer style uniform, but in camouflage. Head to toe. Hat and all.
Why on Earth does a highway cop need to wear camo? Is there anything else that makes less sense? He pulled up in a big blue car with 500 really bright lights on it so that he could step out of the car and blend into the scenery? And the camo was your normal green/brown combination of colors. What good is that to a highway patrolman? Wouldn’t you want the colors to resemble the asphalt and lane markers? You know, so that he’d actually blend in with his environment rather than stick out like a six foot tall plant in the middle of the road? If you want him to stick out so that drivers can see him (duh) why not make him wear something that includes colors not found on the road or in the area surrounding the roads. Maybe something blue, like a policeman’s uniform.
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