“It was definitely different that’s for sure. It was entertaining, something that you wouldn’t really see unless you were watching it on T.V. or at the movies or something like that,” said Sidey. “It was like Grand Theft Auto in real life.”
On that Sunday morning, he recalls merging onto the 401 from Trenton at the same time as the OPP officer.
“That was at 11:30 a.m. We got on the 401, we merged, (the OPP officer) drove away, no lights, no sirens, no nothing. Just doing his regular, routine patrol.”
About 3 to 5 minutes later, traffic began to slow down. Sidey noticed the officer on the side of the highway.
“I saw the OPP officer sitting on the side of the highway and standing outside his vehicle trying to flag two participants down.”
The participants, two camping trailers in the right lane, were being passed by a tractor trailer in the other lane.
As the trailers passed the officer, Sidey says the officer threw his hands in the air “in disgust.”
“That’s when the back trailer decided to cut over to the left lane, and started driving off. I slowed down and I actually looked at the people in the (vehicle). I tried to get his attention but he wouldn’t even look at us,” said Sidey.
The trailer then began swaying between both the right and left lanes, and Sidey noticed its stairs were still out.
