About a month ago I posted something about the dimming mirror not always being a blessing at times. Like not being able to make out exactly what or who is following you.
Well, last week I was coming home from Pittsburg when I got off the interstate just north of the airport, just so I could enjoy the "curvy" secondary roads that run between Ohio and Penn. The road I was on actually takes me thru a little section of W.Va also.
Traffic was very light, and I was able to run some of the deserted sections at well above the posted speed limit. My biggest fear was a deer jumping out in front of me, but that didn't happen.
After about a 1/2 hour of enjoying the smooth, twisty, and hilly road, I noticed some head lights cresting the hills behind me. I continued on at a brisk rate, and every time the road straightened out I noticed the car was closing on me. I gradually slowed down, and finally the car caught up with me and glued himself to my bumper. I still kept going a little over the posted speed limit for awhile when wouldn't you know it, on goes the flashing lights. I finally found a place to pull over, and as soon as I do, he goes flying past me and proceeds out of sight. Feeling like I needed to change my shorts, I continued the rest of the way home in a more sedate manner. A few miles down the road, I see the cruiser at a gas station filling up, so I know he was just messing with me. I bet he had a good laugh.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that if it hadn't been for the automatic dimming mirror, I would have been able to see his light bar as soon as he got close to me and I would have slowed down long before I did.
I wish there was a switch that would enable me to turn it off if I wanted to.