A handful of motorists in King City, California thought they were outsmarting other drivers during a recent traffic jam but local police had actually outsmarted them.
This video was recently posted to YouTube by ViralHog and shows the cammer sitting in a traffic jam when all of a sudden, a white GMC pickup skips the line of traffic by driving down the emergency lane. Closely following it down the emergency lane are a number of other vehicles, including another pickup truck, a Tesla Model X, a Honda Accord, a Chevrolet Camaro, and a Dodge Durango.
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As traffic begins to slowly move forward, the cars that skipped traffic come into view and can be seen parked on the grass shoulder of the road. As it turns out, police officers were waiting at the end of the emergency lane and promptly pulled over all of the offending motorists. One of them can be seen speaking with a couple of drivers as the cammer drives past.
A number of other vehicles also sped down the emergency lane to avoid traffic, including two white Audi Q7s and a BMW 5-Series. However, these drivers managed to merge back into traffic before they too were stopped by the authorities.
It is unclear if the offending drivers were slapped with fines or simply given warnings but whatever happened, we hope this will serve as a wakeup call and discourage them from using the emergency lane again.
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