Politics | President Obama Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint Secret Service point guns at foolish motorist By Kevin Spak Posted Nov 7, 2008 7:39 AM CST Copied 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. Read These Next Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Report an error