A Collin County man is facing an extremely rare traffic citation after an encounter that was caught on video.
Marshall Petre said when he merged onto Highway 75 near McKinney, he did not see any signs of traffic, trouble, emergencies – or a motorcycle coming up behind him.
“I check my mirror, go to move over and… he comes swinging past me,” said Petre. It was a Collin County deputy who Petre said sped ahead before settling into the flow of traffic.
“He didn’t have lights, sirens, nothing – he was just driving down the road.”
Petre said it was a matter of safety for the deputy and everyone else on the road. “If he would have lost control of that motorcycle… if I would have just clipped the front of his vehicle and he had an accident and potentially could have died from it,” said Petre. “I would’ve had to live with that guilt. I don’t want to carry that.”
So when Petre saw the deputy take the next exit, he did, too. “It wasn’t that I want to follow this guy,” said Petre. “It was more of, why? Why is his driving the way that he is?”