So on Friday evening I was whipping North on 85 towards Cupertino, doing 85 or so (just keeping up with traffic). I got to the DeAnza off ramp, my exit. Two stinking mini vans got off in front of me, and dropped from highway speeds to 35 promptly. Well, that's a longish offramp, so as soon as it opened up to two lanes, I blasted around them. All right! That was satisfying until I came around the sound wall bend 3 seconds later at 60 to find...a CHP cruiser. I braked hard but was still fast enough to trigger him as I went by. I stopped at the top of the ramp with a sinking feeling as he pulled up behind me. Aww shit! Just then my light turned green, and a second later a full size van blew through the intersection, left to right, on the gas. The cruiser immediately lost all interest in me, pulled around, and went after the larger target with full lights and siren. All right! Who says the CHP has no sense of proportion? Ken
