I used to commute between DFW and Houston every week. I would time my departure so that I missed as much of the ordinary traffic along the way as possible so th

I used to commute between DFW and Houston every week. I would time my departure so that I missed as much of the ordinary traffic along the way as possible so that I could drive above the speed limit without having to deal with the highway patrol and all the other local cops who would be out during normal peak traffic times. One time during the Bush administration I made it into Waco flying fast and took the loop out onto HWY6 which would take me south most of the way to Houston. At the time HWY6 was two lanes for most of the drive with part of it under construction for widening. It traveled through several small towns, speed traps all of them, and eventually merged with HWY 290 out of Austin near Hempstead, Texas. Anyway I was about to merge from the loop onto HWY6 and was coming up to speed, roughly 80-85 would've been normal cruising speed for me back then though the speed limit varied from 55-65 mph. I know, what an asshole. This was me. As I merged I could see a couple of SUVs coming up hard behind me so I made sure to get up to speed quickly and stay in the right hand lane (4 lanes thru this part of the drive). I was cruising pretty fast but was still passed by two black SUVs with US Gov't plates moving a bit faster than I was. I figured they had to be Secret Service or similar since they were coming from the Crawford direction where Bush had his ranch. They were cruising pretty fast and so I decided to glide in behind them and get a rolling speed check. I had to do 98-100 mph to stick with them. Doing some quick mental calculations I decided to just lay back behind them and match their speed as far as that would take me since they would obviously be able to fly thru all those speed traps with no issues. Onward we all went, two black SUVs and a blue VW flying along about a half mile behind at near 100 mph. We cruised thru those little towns without seeing a single cop and I followed those SUVs all the way until I let them go in traffic in NW Houston since I was near my destination. That drive cut enough time from my normal commute that I was able to sit and eat breakfast before showing up at my work site. If any of you are former Secret Service and remember being tailed by a blue VW across Texas one morning, thanks for the escort!