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neebelung

08-05-2008, 10:12 AM

Just a little while ago, I was heading to an appointment. I was on Dunn Ave (a main thoroughfare on this side of town) in this spot where there’s two traffic lights literally about 3 car lengths apart.

I’m in the middle lane, and next to me is an FHP cruiser. In front of the cruiser is a guy in a white Mustang. The light turns yellowish and the Mustang (as well as the car in front of me) slam on the brakes (obviously not wanting to run a red in front of the cop). Well the cop apparently got a call or something, because after a few seconds, his siren and lights start going, and he’s trying to get around the Mustang… but he can’t! So he’s blaring his siren, trying to alert the guy in front of him to move – but the guy won’t move!! He’s throwing his hands up in the air at the COP (mind you, there’s a driveway right there that he can make a right into, it’s clear, and there’s no “no right turn on red” signage, so there was nothing preventing him from doing so).

The cop tries again to get the guy to move, and the guy continues to throw his hands up in the air at the cop. At this point the cop gets out of the car (and you can tell he’s pissed) and starts to walk up to the driver’s side of the Mustang, but then the light turns green, so the guy finally gets a clue and turns right into the driveway. At this point, I guess the cop gives up on whoever he was INTENDING to go after, and pulls up behind the guy in the Mustang in the driveway. He got out of the car and just SLAMMED that door shut… this guy was pissed. By this point, the car in front of me moved however, so I had to drive on…. I so wanted to see what happened from there. :rofl:

I mean what the hell kind of JACKASS doesn’t move for a cop with lights and sirens going in the first place… but then to throw your hands up in the air as if he’s bothering you? Um, hello, why not just put a sign on your back window saying “I’m a dumbass, please pull me over!”

So I wonder – what IS the fine for blocking a cop from responding to a call? And on a serious note, what this guy wasn’t apparently thinking about was what if it was HIS wife, or his child involved in an accident or something that this cop was trying to respond to?

OneSickPsycho

08-05-2008, 10:19 AM

Should have just rammed him.

That's like when there's a traffic jam on the highway and everyone starts using the median and shit.... Then a cop or ambulance comes up through and can't fucking move. I think there should be a mandatory license suspension in those instances...

Fucking people could be dying cause you've just got to get to that movie on time. Retards.

neebelung

08-05-2008, 10:21 AM

Fucking people could be dying cause you've just got to get to that movie on time. Retards.

Exactly! :panic:

Rider

08-05-2008, 10:24 AM

comonboys

08-05-2008, 10:30 AM

North Dakota will fine you if you don't pull over for emergency vechiles.....

Just ask Cutty................

In his defense (or at least what he told me) he did pull over but apparently the dude driving the ambulance though cutty should hit the ditch not slowly and safely pull over....

neebelung

08-05-2008, 10:42 AM

The guy probably hates cops and thought he was getting back at them by blocking them in. Unfortunately being retarded isn't against the law, so the guy probably didn't get a ticket but I'm sure he got an ear full.

Apparently depending on what type of call the cop was trying to respond to, it's obstruction (and therefore yes, ticketable).

North Dakota will fine you if you don't pull over for emergency vechiles.....

Here, too.

Also, if a cop is on the side of a road (i.e. pulling someone over, responding to an accident), you have to move over a lane (to give him a wide berth), or if you can't, then you're supposed to drop your speed to 20 below the posted speed limit (this is a recent law passed due to cagers target fixating on cops on the side of the road, then hitting and killing them!)

Rider

08-05-2008, 10:52 AM

Also, if a cop is on the side of a road (i.e. pulling someone over, responding to an accident), you have to move over a lane (to give him a wide berth), or if you can't, then you're supposed to drop your speed to 20 below the posted speed limit (this is a recent law passed due to cagers target fixating on cops on the side of the road, then hitting and killing them!)

They passed that law here in MI several years back. My wife got pulled over for that when we first moved here. We didn't know it was a law to move over. :idk:He didn't give her a ticket though because she did lower her speed.

smileyman

08-05-2008, 11:50 AM

You gots to respect they authoritayyyyy!

Cutty72

08-05-2008, 09:44 PM

Gas Man

08-05-2008, 11:18 PM

Sixxxxer

08-06-2008, 12:01 AM

In Jersey its Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle...2 Point ticket...Got one when a Cop pulled me over for No license No Insurance Unclear Plate and the Failure to yield to the Cop...He said I didn't pull over right away and he thought i was going to evade him...I responded with the shoulder was not wide enough and I felt unsafe pulling over when he first put his lights on so I pulled into a gas station

Boy that court date was fun :)

Gas Man

08-06-2008, 12:40 AM

And did you win that court date?

And that is my POV on the Nee guy moving. Maybe he felt like he had no where to go. Light WAS red.

As I have said many times, I have family that are LEO, so I have a very short fuse when it comes to asshole cops, and ones that abuse the power.

LaFemmes

08-06-2008, 06:24 AM

The cager should loose his driving privileges, that would fix his ass!

neebelung

08-06-2008, 07:41 AM

Why didn't the cop just back up and go around?

One of the first things they teach you in defensive driving is "to always leave yourself an out!"

If I was that guy, I would have asked the cop for his badge number and filed a complaignt against him.

Because there was traffic lined up around him.

True, and you'd think a cop would remember that.

But what the fuck grounds does the guy have to file a complaint against the cop? :lol: Fact is, the law is to yield to emergency vehicles and he didn't. I hope he gets a serious fine, if not a couple days in the clinker to think about his stupidity. :lol:

Gas Man

08-06-2008, 11:43 AM

Maybe I'm playing devils advocate...

But there is no law that says "run a red to get out of the way of a cop car"

neebelung

08-06-2008, 12:24 PM

Maybe I'm playing devils advocate...

But there is no law that says "run a red to get out of the way of a cop car"

He didn't HAVE to run a red! He'd been stopped for about 5-10 seconds already, and he had a clear path to make a right hand turn (in FL, you can make a right on red, unless it's indicated not to).

marko138

08-07-2008, 11:30 AM

I was cruising down Interstate 81 yesterday....all the sudden the Statey behind me flips on his lights and goes flying down the hiway. He gets behind some traffic and at about 75mph he GOES INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN to pass the traffic. INSANE. Dirt was flying everywhere.

Gas Man

08-07-2008, 05:19 PM

Same turn on red laws here....

But what you saw as an obvious exit may not have been as obvious from his POV. All he probably saw was cop lights and a red light in front of him... a little tunnel vision. But to get a ticket for that... hmm... bad idea I think.

neebelung

08-08-2008, 08:06 AM

Ah from the guy's attitude (i.e. the throwing his hands up in the air, etc...) I think it looked more like he didn't want to be inconvenienced to have to turn when he wanted to go straight. :lol: But yeah I can see where the lights behind you can kind make your spinchter pucker. :lol:

z06boy

08-08-2008, 10:08 AM

Also, if a cop is on the side of a road (i.e. pulling someone over, responding to an accident), you have to move over a lane (to give him a wide berth), or if you can't, then you're supposed to drop your speed to 20 below the posted speed limit (this is a recent law passed due to cagers target fixating on cops on the side of the road, then hitting and killing them!)

They just passed this law in NC too...not sure about the 20 below part...guess I better check in to that just in case I can't change lanes.