SAD, SAD, News today
I was stuck in traffic for 5 hours Saturday trying to get to CW of Nashville for some service on my MH. When I got back home last night learned what had happened, and why Interstate 65 was shut do...
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Daveinet wrote:
If you look at the pictures, there is a bend in the road. The driver had very little time to react.
Per the question as to why I have made the conclusions I have, we never used to hear about crashes involving stopped vehicles along the side of the road. Now you seem to here it all the time. What changed?
BTW:I do buy into the idea of the cop blocking the existing problem. But where I have a problem is when the cop takes up excessive space, well beyond the stopped vehicles. There are times when it is not in their best interest to do so. When the extra margin is needed, then do that with a warning car farther back, so traffic has time to respond safely.
I guess I've just seen a lot of very poor situations. One that comes to mind is on a 3 lane road, cop had a car pulled over. The car that was pulled over was way off the road. The cop could have easily blocked his walking area next to the car, and still stayed off the road. Instead the cop blocked half the traffic lane. I was 2 lanes over and was able to observe 2 near misses, from a chain reaction as a result of cars stopping to get around the cop car half blocking the lane. Just seems so illogical to disturb the flow of traffic right at the point you want things to be the most safe.
What changed? More traffic and higher speeds with many more distractions.
Also, to presuppose that we know how much space or how many lanes an officer needs based upon a quick glance as we pass them by is just simply illogical and irresponsible. Can we tell based on our mere seconds of observation that the officer is involved in a regular traffic stop versus a felonious traffic stop, which would require a greater cushion of safety for both the officer and the public? Can we tell in a few seconds, how long the officer has actually been on scene? Can we tell after a few moments, that there is not another officer enroute to assist the first or that maybe another officer is simply not available due to distance or other calls? Apparently there are some people that can tell and they're called armchair quarterbacks. They know so little about so much.
