I mean, you're not wrong about the discomfort of everyone else in line, but my issue with it isn't the unfairness in & of itself. My concern is that it gives the cops themselves an inflated sense of importance & feeds their sense of impunity.

Also, I'd be somewhat less annoyed by the neighborhood beat cop doing it than I am by freaking state cops. What the hell is CHIP doing that is so important they need to cut the line? Fucking nothing, they're just harassing drivers & probably causing even more accidents with their presence when everybody is watching them instead of the road.