So I wonder how much the ticket was.....

[Sixxxxer]

In Jersey its Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle...2 Point ticket...Got one when a Cop pulled me over for No license No Insurance Unclear Plate and the Failure to yield to the Cop...He said I didn't pull over right away and he thought i was going to evade him...I responded with the shoulder was not wide enough and I felt unsafe pulling over when he first put his lights on so I pulled into a gas station


Boy that court date was fun

[Gas Man]

And did you win that court date?

And that is my POV on the Nee guy moving. Maybe he felt like he had no where to go. Light WAS red.

As I have said many times, I have family that are LEO, so I have a very short fuse when it comes to asshole cops, and ones that abuse the power.

[LaFemmes]

The cager should loose his driving privileges, that would fix his ass!

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Why didn't the cop just back up and go around?

One of the first things they teach you in defensive driving is "to always leave yourself an out!"

If I was that guy, I would have asked the cop for his badge number and filed a complaignt against him.

Because there was traffic lined up around him.

True, and you'd think a cop would remember that.

But what the fuck grounds does the guy have to file a complaint against the cop? Fact is, the law is to yield to emergency vehicles and he didn't. I hope he gets a serious fine, if not a couple days in the clinker to think about his stupidity.

[Gas Man]

Maybe I'm playing devils advocate...

But there is no law that says "run a red to get out of the way of a cop car"

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Maybe I'm playing devils advocate...

But there is no law that says "run a red to get out of the way of a cop car"

He didn't HAVE to run a red! He'd been stopped for about 5-10 seconds already, and he had a clear path to make a right hand turn (in FL, you can make a right on red, unless it's indicated not to).

[marko138]

I was cruising down Interstate 81 yesterday....all the sudden the Statey behind me flips on his lights and goes flying down the hiway. He gets behind some traffic and at about 75mph he GOES INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN to pass the traffic. INSANE. Dirt was flying everywhere.

[Gas Man]

Same turn on red laws here....

But what you saw as an obvious exit may not have been as obvious from his POV. All he probably saw was cop lights and a red light in front of him... a little tunnel vision. But to get a ticket for that... hmm... bad idea I think.

[neebelung]

Ah from the guy's attitude (i.e. the throwing his hands up in the air, etc...) I think it looked more like he didn't want to be inconvenienced to have to turn when he wanted to go straight. But yeah I can see where the lights behind you can kind make your spinchter pucker.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by neebelung

Also, if a cop is on the side of a road (i.e. pulling someone over, responding to an accident), you have to move over a lane (to give him a wide berth), or if you can't, then you're supposed to drop your speed to 20 below the posted speed limit (this is a recent law passed due to cagers target fixating on cops on the side of the road, then hitting and killing them!)

They just passed this law in NC too...not sure about the 20 below part...guess I better check in to that just in case I can't change lanes.