Video of what happens when you dont use a turn signal when going to the hospital...

heretic on 5/2/2008 at 00:58

Quote Posted by Subjective Effect

So this law isn't concerned that someone might die because a cop chooses to waste someones time? Interesting.

Nope.

-Given that the officer acted reasonably in doing so of course.

SubJeff on 5/2/2008 at 01:06

So who decides that it's reasonable to waste time arguing over a license when someone could need urgent attention? Doesn't seem reasonable to me.

getting boring now. oh wait, it was a while ago. oh well

heretic on 5/2/2008 at 01:13

Quote Posted by Subjective Effect

Yet you keep posting. Marvelous!

Do you have any idea how many brownie points I'm racking up? I can damn near act with impunity!

LancerChronics on 5/2/2008 at 21:14

I personally believe that what occurred in this clip was a complete tragedy. Neither person was in the right.

The woman not stopping cause she was concerned for her husband's wellbeing...understandable.

The cop arresting the man because he attacked him...also understandable.

But in between, all I heard were broken sentences and each person cutting the other one off. If one of them had conceded for even a few seconds and listened to the other one, this would have gone a lot smoother. Instead both of them were hell-bent on getting their point across first and both sides end up looking like jack asses.

However, I have to agree with heretic on how our opinions are affected becuase we are seeing things "after the fact". As the saying goes, Hindsight is 20/20. And in high tension situations, people tend to resort to their most basic instincts, in this case "Fight or Flight", looks to me like both parties chose fight.

Swiss Mercenary on 6/2/2008 at 00:20

If the cop can't help but make bad call snap judgements, maybe he shouldn't be paid for it.

fett on 6/2/2008 at 00:22

Hell, I do that all the time and no one's ever offered me pay or a gun.

heretic on 6/2/2008 at 00:34

Quote Posted by fett

Hell, I do that all the time and no one's ever offered me pay or a gun.

We all do, which is yet another reason why we should be able to understand how cops might do the same from time to time in the tense situations they find themselves in several times a day.

Sinister Handed on 7/2/2008 at 11:34

For what it's worth, here's my two cents as a police officer.

People getting out of their cars on a traffic stop is generally a bad sign. The cop was completely justified in making a quick attempt to get the woman back in her car and gain control of the situation. Middle aged woman in front of a hospital or not, you don't let your guard down. You have no idea who you're stopping and complacency can get you killed. He was pulling her over for a pretty bullshit (though still valid) reason too, so I'm guessing he suspected more going on than a simple traffic violation.
But then, for some reason, he starts asking for her driver's license and registration before gaining control of the situation. Buh? I don't see any reason for this. Perhaps he didn't know how to take control of the situation, perhaps he was just a prick. I don't know, I wasn't there.

I watched this video just before going in to work today. I saw a car roll through a busy four way stop making no effort to come to a complete stop. I got behind him and just before I could light him up, he pulls into the emergency room driveway at the nearby hospital.

I let him go :erg:

fett on 7/2/2008 at 15:39

You're a good man. I like police who catch the *real* bad guys. I'd bet the bank that neither the woman in the video, nor the person you almost stopped are threats to society.

I'm curious as to the number of people who actually use the ER as a way to escape a ticket. Heretic claims that it happens 'all the time', but I'm skeptical. How many people get flashed in the vicinity of a hospital anyway?

I guess I'm just pissy over the issue because the only law I've ever broken in my life is the speed limit and turn signals. I've been pulled over so many times for going 7 miles over, I could start a mini-library of citations. When I lived in Little Rock, I was pulled over twice for 6-7 miles over and while I waited for the cop to run my license and registration, I could look across the street and see drug deals going down in a gas station parking lot. :rolleyes: I really believe the reasons for such minor citations are financial in origin, and have very little to do with safety.

D'Juhn Keep on 7/2/2008 at 17:20

Quote Posted by Sinister Handed

I let him go :erg:

He was actually a crack dealer with 2 dead hookers in the boot but he'd read this thread too and figured out how to get away with it

You're off the case, McGarnagle!