The Ontario Provincial Police thug driving an OPP van (licence number BDKF595) on the Queensway West in Ottawa this morning had better have a good explanation ready for his bizarre road antics.

He entered the Queensway somewhere east of the Woodroffe on-ramp, lights flashing, and proceeded to straddle the two lanes on my left, interfering with a red truck in the nearest left lane to my own. He then began the most bizarre manoeuvre I have ever witnessed on the Q’way: he began to slalom across three lanes, including mine.

I was well within the speed limit, so I made the natural assumption that he was warning us about something up ahead. Then he came to a complete stop in front of me. So, law-abiding citizen that I am, I stopped as well.

The cop, a huge bald-headed brute, opened his door, got out of the van, and began yelling incoherently as he tried to wave me right into the path of on-coming traffic. I waited a few seconds for an opening, and then passed him. As I was doing so, he screamed, “Fucking idiot!” He then got back into his van and exited at the next off-ramp, his flashers no longer on.

To the OPP brass—do you no longer screen your recruits for obvious signs of, er, disturbance? In any case, I have filed a complaint with OIPRD, and we shall see what we shall see.