Why do cops stop a quarter of the way into the street

[jtvang125]

I'm assuming that little angle they gain by doing that would give them a better view of the driver? And at that angle if the driver was to pull a gun on him, any of his shots that missed would be stopped by the driver's car instead of flying straight if he was to park right behind the other car.

I agree that this should be a concern for the officer but the chances of this happening are a lot slimmer than someone in another car not paying attention or going way too fast and ramming into his patrol car.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Safety of the public

 

[captains]

by having his car stick out, chances of him getting hit by a car are less when he writes you a ticket

 

[Shawn]

So they hit the patrol car and not the officer.

 

[FoBoT]

block morons from squishing them or hitting the car they stopped

 

[mugs]

So they don't get hit by a car.

Like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMP4aAnRhM

Retards are drawn to the flashing lights.

Here's another one of the mouth breathers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnT20zUakA&NR=1

 

[TallBill]

So when a gawker drives by they slam into the car and deflect off to the left saving the officers life.

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I agree that this should be a concern for the officer but the chances of this happening are a lot slimmer than someone in another car not paying attention or going way too fast and ramming into his patrol car.

How is it that you can't see the obvious consequence if the car isn't there?

 

[SilthDraeth]

I know Georgia, and a few other states have a law, that if an officer pulls someone over, and pass them you have to be at least 1 lane over, or you get pulled over next, and given a ticket.

So if he is on the shoulder you better be on the far left lane, or if its only a single lane in both directions, you better be going like 15-25 mph when you pass if its close to the side of the road.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Chryso

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I agree that this should be a concern for the officer but the chances of this happening are a lot slimmer than someone in another car not paying attention or going way too fast and ramming into his patrol car.

How is it that you can't see the obvious consequence if the car isn't there?

:laugh:

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: Chryso

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I agree that this should be a concern for the officer but the chances of this happening are a lot slimmer than someone in another car not paying attention or going way too fast and ramming into his patrol car.

How is it that you can't see the obvious consequence if the car isn't there?

Well most of the cops here do that yet still go to the passenger side.

 

[imported_Baloo]

It is, as many have said, so the car act as a barrier to traffic, for safety, and for no other reason.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

... the chances of this happening are a lot slimmer than someone in another car not paying attention or going way too fast and ramming into his patrol car.

Funny, I have seen many videos on those cop shows of this exact thing happening. Before they started positioning their cars at an angle, it was the cops that were getting barreled into rather than the patrol car.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: SilthDraeth
I know Georgia, and a few other states have a law, that if an officer pulls someone over, and pass them you have to be at least 1 lane over, or you get pulled over next, and given a ticket.

So if he is on the shoulder you better be on the far left lane, or if its only a single lane in both directions, you better be going like 15-25 mph when you pass if its close to the side of the road.

Yeah, apparently it's a new law in Ontario as well (well, within the last 2 years or so). There was a story in the newspaper where a lady was going 105 km/h in a 110 zone and passed a pulled over cop. She got a ticket for something like $1000 for excessive speed (>40 km/h over the limit), and not changing lanes.

Apparently the law is you have to slow to 60 km/h and be one lane over. It was something like $500 for the excessive speed ticket, and another $500 for not moving over.

 

[Chryso]

How do those new laws work in heavy traffic where everyone can't get into the far lane?

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Yeah, apparently it's a new law in Ontario as well (well, within the last 2 years or so). There was a story in the newspaper where a lady was going 105 km/h in a 110 zone and passed a pulled over cop. She got a ticket for something like $1000 for excessive speed (>40 km/h over the limit), and not changing lanes.

Apparently the law is you have to slow to 60 km/h and be one lane over. It was something like $500 for the excessive speed ticket, and another $500 for not moving over.

 

[Tommouse]

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: silverpig

Yeah, apparently it's a new law in Ontario as well (well, within the last 2 years or so). There was a story in the newspaper where a lady was going 105 km/h in a 110 zone and passed a pulled over cop. She got a ticket for something like $1000 for excessive speed (>40 km/h over the limit), and not changing lanes.

Apparently the law is you have to slow to 60 km/h and be one lane over. It was something like $500 for the excessive speed ticket, and another $500 for not moving over.

Shoulda kept reading

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: mugs

Here's another one of the mouth breathers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnT20zUakA&NR=1

OMFG, how the hell did the cop respond so quickly after being plowed by the car and almost run over by another !!

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: captains
by having his car stick out, chances of him getting hit by a car are less when he writes you a ticket

Not only are the chances of him being hit directly less, but the angle will also help deflect a vehicle away.

 

[NuroMancer]

Yah. The law here is, you move over a lane, and you can do the speed limit OR you have to slow down to 60km/h while passing ANY emergancy vehicle.

 

[theknight571]

I agree with the barrier explaination...

Another reason could be so the Dash Cam lines up properly for a good shot of the officer and driver.

 

[rh71]

we were forced to work on the underside of a car on our small / quiet street (driveways are too sloped)... so we put a car in front and behind us, stuck out and with hazards on. Still, it didn't feel completely safe. Now imagine standing out there with cars doing 60mph whizzing by.

 

[Ricemarine]

Least ATOT made better responses in this thread than my thread when I talked about it. A cop stopped a 60 mph traffic to 5 mph in ~2 seconds (exaggeration, but it was quick) in the right lane. The guy in front of me luckily swerved out (I was the second car after the SUV stopped) , but I couldn't swerve because I couldn't change out of the lane in time. So I had to brake all the way down to 5 mph to avoid hitting the SUV police car. You can't go 15-25 mph because the SUV sticked too far into the lane that you have to drive around it when you possibly could. Thus, it created a nice traffic jam that extended for a few miles... Scariest moment of the freeway in my life so far .

 

[stinkynathan]

they park there so they don't get nailed. Friend of mine's dad was the deputy sheriff in this county a while back. He said he was nearly hit many times and had the keys ripped off his belt once. :|