First time I've been pulled over.

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I've wondered about this actually, we have 4 lane highways here and if someone is in the far left lane and getting pulled over, is it preferred to have them cross the three lanes to pull over on the right side or is it preferred that he pull over to the right to avoid making the officer follow him across three lanes of traffic?

ZV

i see that every so often and at first i thought 'wtf were those drivers thinking?!' but after seeing it done numerous times i have started to wonder that myself. i always tell myself that people will be behind the chp cruiser anyways so making the move over to three right lanes would make more sense. besides, if traffic is blowing by at 75mph in the fast lane, then good luck with that merge from a dead stop on the left shoulder!

 

[imported_griffis]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis
Let me guess you are a cop?? Let's take a look back and see how much education is required to meet this demanding position?! Actually very little, a high school education and the will to get killed. No offense man, but these kinda laws are just freaking retarded, you really don't think this is to help make money? It costs less to get arrested with drugs

Yep, you're retarded.

And i give up, not worth it

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, thats what this country is for:beer:

I'll be sure to quit school ASAP before I get my Bachelor's in May. You know, because all I need is my HS degree and the will to get killed.

Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis
Let me guess you are a cop?? Let's take a look back and see how much education is required to meet this demanding position?! Actually very little, a high school education and the will to get killed. No offense man, but these kinda laws are just freaking retarded, you really don't think this is to help make money? It costs less to get arrested with drugs

Yep, you're retarded.

And i give up, not worth it

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, thats what this country is for:beer:

I'll be sure to quit school ASAP before I get my Bachelor's in May. You know, because all I need is my HS degree and the will to get killed.

Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

When you make asinine statements, be preparted to be ridiculed. You weren't burying the hatchet like an adult, you were doing a hit-and-run talking about cops, and then acting like you were taking the high road out. You didn't justify your position once.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: griffis
Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

LOL
Bringing up a dead thread from days ago in order to tell someone ELSE to let it go. News flash - he did! You didn't! :laugh:

 

[imported_griffis]

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: griffis
Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

LOL
Bringing up a dead thread from days ago in order to tell someone ELSE to let it go. News flash - he did! You didn't! :laugh:

Actualy days ago was friday and my time on the weekend was better else spent then on a computer

 

[imported_griffis]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis
Let me guess you are a cop?? Let's take a look back and see how much education is required to meet this demanding position?! Actually very little, a high school education and the will to get killed. No offense man, but these kinda laws are just freaking retarded, you really don't think this is to help make money? It costs less to get arrested with drugs

Yep, you're retarded.

And i give up, not worth it

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, thats what this country is for:beer:

I'll be sure to quit school ASAP before I get my Bachelor's in May. You know, because all I need is my HS degree and the will to get killed.

Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

When you make asinine statements, be preparted to be ridiculed. You weren't burying the hatchet like an adult, you were doing a hit-and-run talking about cops, and then acting like you were taking the high road out. You didn't justify your position once.

The high road? I was trying to bury it man, would you have liked it to be Oh my gosh I am so sorry! I was wrong? LIke i said we all have our right to an opinion but what you fail to see is about 3 other people made a comment as well but yet you chose to ignore? Looks like ignorance to me. Just stating what I think, every experience I have ever seen with a cop has been an arrogant power fool. No, I have never been arrested or even had more than two tickets in my life, just see the way they treat people when you REALLY need them to be there. I am making my statements based on what I think, that is all.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Get it reduced and pay the fine

 

[BCYL]

I never knew this law existed, I rarely slow down or move over if I see someone pulled over (provided they have enough room on the shoulder)... Thanks for letting me know, i'll be more careful in the future so I don't get a ticket

 

[SparkyJJO]

in ohio at least it is the law to move over or if you can't do that because of traffic then slow down

 

[Ketteringo]

It's the law here in Michigan that you have to get in the left lane. It's for their safety and there is really no reason not to do it.

 

[Dunbar]

This strikes me as one of those laws with good intentions that fails in execution. You're asking people to make very quick decisions of either:

1) Changing lanes (potential for an accident)
2) Slowing down potentially quickly (which can cause an accident)
3) If everyone in the right lane is doing 45 and everybody in the other lanes is doing 75 than you have the potential for an accident (large differences in speed cause accidents.)

Than to have the punishment rival that of a drunk driver seems excessive. You can't regulate good judgement, and that's what this law is attempting to do. The highway patrol need to accept, and take responsibility for, the highway being a dangerous place to stop. Seems like political pandering to the unfortunate death of a police officer (and a new revenue stream to boot.)

 

[Robor]

If you came too close to the officer and were driving fast I can understand a ticket but with both you and your girlfriend getting the same ticket it sounds like a trap. If so, that's pretty lame.

If I get pulled over I always turn down a sidestreet just for the protection of the officer. I understand that's hard to do on an expressway where you'd have to turn down an exit. Just something to think about in the future when it happens again - and you know it will.

 

[BudAshes]

This law sounds like it would just created as much traffic as possible. People already cause traffic by rubbernecking at people pulled over.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: bradruth
Interesting law...not a bad idea, either. It's not a good feeling to be standing out there and have a car whiz by you and way too many cops have been hurt and/or killed that way.

It's getting more common in more states, although I didn't realize there was such a big penalty for it anywhere. Most of the ones I've read about it's more of a "courtesy" that is written into law but not usually enforced.

I know that traffic fines are doubled if you are caught in a construction zone in California.

 

[thehstrybean]

In TN it's the law to get over one lane if there's an emergency vehicle, ambulance or cop.....

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: griffis
Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

No, you were doing exactly what BigJ said. You made an inflammatory statement based on your own prejudices and when you got called on it you ran away to avoid trying to form a legitimate argument.

 

[TimMyMac]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: bradruth
Interesting law...not a bad idea, either. It's not a good feeling to be standing out there and have a car whiz by you and way too many cops have been hurt and/or killed that way.

It's getting more common in more states, although I didn't realize there was such a big penalty for it anywhere. Most of the ones I've read about it's more of a "courtesy" that is written into law but not usually enforced.

 

[CraKaJaX]

that's bullsh!t.

 

[Kerouactivist]

I generally side against the police on most issues to be honest, but this is one issue I think they have right.....sounds like you could have easily gotten over (which I almost always did as a courtesy even before the laws were passed)..... The problem is when cops pull people over for this in high traffic areas (specific situations), where getting over itself could cause an accident.....Then I think it is BS

As a basic rule I do my best to get over unless it is unsafe....like speeding traffic in the left lane basically won't let you in without possible incident.
If I got a ticket for that, I would probably be complaining.


The penalty does sound pretty harsh, but if you run a policeman over your going to jail for awhile....and the police lobby is lobby for long jail times in those instances....I guess that is another issue to a certain degree though

 

[OCNewbie]

I think the penalty is a tad harsh, and if they're actually staging this, and trying to get people to break this infraction, this is BS. Isn't that entrapment?

 

[deftron]

Cops hate it when you drive

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Geez, she's showing concern. She shouldn't get out of her car, that would only make the cops job harder than it is. What do you want her to do? Act like nothing happened?

I'd certainly not ask retarded questions like "duh, did you just get hit by a car?" and "are you okay?"

I'd ask how I could help him, if at all. If he says no, I'd sit there silent.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: greenman100
http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?ID=433

If he lost some weight he wouldn't have been hit .

Though I agree, the driver that hit him should have received a ticket .

Hit & Run. Guy should have stopped/came back.

You don't know that he didn't. He's cruising at highway speed. You don't just slow down, stop, and turn around to return on a highway. You find the closest freeway exit, take it, go across the overpass, merge back onto the freeway in the opposite direction back toward the officer, and pull into the center lane/median to stop once you get there.

 

[imported_KuJaX]

Originally posted by: griffis

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: griffis
Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

LOL
Bringing up a dead thread from days ago in order to tell someone ELSE to let it go. News flash - he did! You didn't! :laugh:

Actualy days ago was friday and my time on the weekend was better else spent then on a computer

No it wasn't LOOSER!

 

[imported_griffis]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: griffis
Come on man, if you are a cop be mature. I was burying the hatchet like an adult so let it go bro

No, you were doing exactly what BigJ said. You made an inflammatory statement based on your own prejudices and when you got called on it you ran away to avoid trying to form a legitimate argument.

Honestly no, a legitimate argument cannot be had if it is one person against many. Then it becomes a bashing argument, I don't want to be in that kind of conversation is all. RUnning away would have been ignoring it. Just like the old saying goes, " Arguing over the internet is just like competing in the special olympics, even if you win you are still retarded". That statement was premise for stopping the conversation, that is all