Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint

Secret Service point guns at foolish motorist
Posted Nov 7, 2008 7:39 AM CST
Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint
A Secret Service Counter Assault Team member has his assault weapon at the ready as they escort President-elect Barack Obama to a private meeting at the FBI building in Chicago, Nov. 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

A less-than-cautious Chicago motorist tried to shave a couple minutes off his drive yesterday by driving around the president-elect's motorcade, only to find himself face-to-face with drawn Secret Service weapons. The Sun-Times advises Chicago drivers to get used to flocks of siren-blaring police cars and Secret Service SUVs—and not try to cut them off—as a tense security operation surrounds Barack Obama.

After a moment the dazed driver realized what was happening, and a reporter saw him mouth “Obama.” The favorite-son president-elect had been on his way to a security briefing at FBI headquarters. (More President Obama stories.)

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