Fortunate conscience

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Sometime around 1987...
I was driving home on the Southern Boulevard in Montgomery. It was in the AM, can't remember the time. I stopped at a red light and a early 80's Camaro pulled up beside me. I was tired but slowly realized he was revving his engine, challenging me to race.

The light was at the base of a viaduct over a railroad line maybe 500 feet to the peak. The light changed to green and we took off. I remember gaining and was getting ahead when we topped the viaduct. Down hill I seemed to gain more ground, him in the right lane and me in the left. About 1000 feet from the top, two lanes became three and there was more lighting.

I was around 90 MPH when I realized there was a delivery truck in the middle lane. I thought this was too fast for traffic so I pulled my foot off the gas and the Camaro blew by me. Then a second or two later, blew past the delivery truck AND the police car in front of it.

I never saw the cop car until the lights came on. I was luckily still quite a way back so I don't think the officer ever saw me. He pulled the Camaro over on the right side of the road and I carefully changed lanes past them to get to the right and onto I-65 north.

If the delivery truck hadn't been there, the cop would have seen us both. If I hadn't had a twinge of conscience, I wouldn't have gotten home.