Last year I was coming back from Lake Washington Sockeye Fishing, and I was cruising in the center lane as fast as the flow of traffic when a vehicle 2 cars up dynamited their brakes. To avoid the mess, i went out into the fast lane, and sure enough one of Washington's finest patrolman saw me, pulled me over, and gave me a ticket for $85. He did not give a Rat's butt about me trying to avoid the pile up.