Is EVERYBODY wrong in the post ? POST : This happened yesterday.   Driving to a destination an hour away along a busy 2+hov road during rush hour.   I'm in the HOV lane and things are moving slowly but they are moving.

We hear sirens and soon see a police SUV coming from behind in the HOV lane with us.  This HOV lane is to the far left.

Everyone knows what to do and I and the other drivers immediately pull hard to the right entering the middle and clearing the HOV lane allowing the cop to pass.

Now it gets interesting; a minivan leads a column of cars that is trailing the police car about 50 yards back. The column of cars looks solid and they are moving at a fast enough clip that it looks like it's going to be a bitch getting back into the HOV lane.

Not wanting to 'lose my spot' I pulled back into the HOV lane.  Now the white minivan was only moving about 20-25mph and had plenty of time to stop but I did not merge at speed, I effectively forced them to brake.  I had my kids in the car but I felt that the white minivan had plenty of time to slow down.

I pulled in front of the white van and proceeded slowly, letting everyone else ahead of me get back into the HOV lane and we proceeded as we were.

Now I would NEVER do this in a normal traffic situation, but it really seemed like this column of cars was taking advantage of the situation. 

Boy the white van was NOT happy.  They laid on their horn something fierce.  I gave them the bird out the window.  They unleashed a tirade of invective.  I could hear the woman clearly screaming that she'd kill me and that I was fucking dead.   I gave her another bird and that was the end of it.

At the time I felt like I was in the right and fuck that lady for trying to ride behind the emergency vehicle and fuck the rest of us but I realize that maybe I'm the asshole here.  What say ye all?