One man just couldn’t find the right words to use in front of a cop. In a short but sweet video released by the Fairfax County Police Department, an officer catches a car driving onto the shoulder of a highway right in front of him and quickly pulls him over. When asked why he was on the shoulder, the driver said that he was merely checking the orange traffic cones, which left the officer nearly speechless.
Driver says he was “worried” about the cones
Officer Hungarter was waiting near Exit 44 of a highway when the driver of a black car decided that this was the best time to drive onto the shoulder, according to a Facebook post on the police department’s official page.
The man wanted to pull ahead of bumper-to-bumper traffic and use the shoulder of the freeway as a seemingly open lane. Given the congestion, i’s surprising that he missed the patrol car in the first place, but that made the officer’s job much easier.
The cop turned on his siren and sped toward the vehicle, which was quickly stopped on the side of the highway. At least that wasn’t hard since the driver was already there. The officer approached the vehicle, giving his name and explaining why the man was being stopped.
“Any reason why you did that?” the officer asks.
“I was checking these cones,” the man says, pointing to a line of orange traffic cones on the shoulder, “and I got really worried.”
After the cop requests the driver’s license and registration, he asks once again why the man used the shoulder. Perhaps this time he would come up with a better excuse.
“So, I’m sorry, can you repeat that? You’re trying to the check the cones? Is that what you’re saying?” the officer says.
“You see those cones,” the driver replies, going back to the same well.
“Uh-huh, okay,” the cop responds, “maybe the judge will buy that one, I don’t know. I’ve never heard of that one before…”
The video then promptly cuts to the officer writing up the ticket in his car without another word.
