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rhagfo
Nov 22, 2015Explorer III
spoon059 wrote:dodge guy wrote:
I`ve seen many things like this when traveling. some of them make me shake my head when I see them. I`ve even seen a cop that had someone pulled over where the cruiser was 3/4 in the right lane and the car he pulled over was on the shoulder. that`s just asking for someone to plow into the back of your police car. we had a cop here in town that would park so far over in the lane that if the cruiser was hit it would just run the officer over instead protecting him the way the placement is intended.
This is how officers are taught to position themselves. I think every state in the union has a "move over law" that REQUIRES drivers to move one full lane away from a stopped emergency vehicle. Regardless of this, there is almost always some clown that REFUSES to move over and will continue to drive in the right lane, even if it is 75% occupied by my marked cruiser.
I don't want my cruiser to be hit when I am sitting in it, because it will hurt and probably cause me serious injury. I CERTAINLY don't want to be hit by a car when I am not in mine. That is almost a guaranteed fatality. By putting my car so far over to the left, it gives me an added layer of protection against some idiot hitting me. Stupid people abound on the roadway.
Just an example...
Link
Until you are standing on the side of the road and cars are zipping past you at 70+mph, you will never understand. I would encourage you to take a ride along with your local police agency... it might open your eyes.
Gave you a link
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