I was driving home late one night approaching some construction at a large intersection. The barriers forced traffic into the turning lanes but when the light turned green the guy in front of me went straight anyway. As I looked up the construction guy was pointing towards my lane and (in my opinion) was telling me to go straight as well. OK, that's not what he was trying to convey apparently because as I got closer to the end of the intersection he started waving frantically like I was about to run over his dinner. It was too late so I had to keep going and I was immediately pulled over by a state Trooper. He asked me what the hell I was doing and I explained that I thought I was following directions. He was pretty sarcastic so I reitterated that when I saw the construction guy pointing straight and the guy in front of me had gone straight as well, I thought I was doing the right thing. The cop looked at the car that went in front of me and told me, "Well I guess I should have gone after the bigger idiot. You've already done your damage, get goin." Now for what it's worth, NO ONE has more respect for the men and women who are in the police force. My dad was a cop and I saw first hand the sacrifices he made for his chosen profession. But this guy was a total, uh, well, IDIOT! It was so frustrating because there was nothing I could do, complain, and I'd probably get a ticket or worse, say nothing and my blood pressure was going to go through the roof!! I've never heard the expression barking mad but I think that describes the way I felt.

Frank