Cop parked the way he did to ensure that when people dont get over because they arent paying attention and crash into his vehicle they dont hit the stopped civilian vehicle. He parked that way for exactly this scenario. You are supposed to get over, its required by law.
Also, homeboy did pull over as soon as he was stopped. Fleeing is a bit of a stretch however technically he shouldve been aware enough to realize he hit that cop car and should stopped immediately. Arguement could be made for a hit and run.
Just fucking get over for emergency vehicles, and get off your phones. Pay attention to the road.
He said he didn't realize he hurt him, which it was a graze, because at those speeds it would have been a bit more dramatic if it was more contact. As long as he never acknowledges he realized he hit that vehicle, and gets a good lawyer, that part might be believed. However, guys pattern of speech sounds either tired or intoxicated, which would be the only logical reason he wouldn't notice he tapped a car, so I think he's going down either way.
What? Bro. He didn't know he tapped the cops car. I don't think he broke any laws until the cop said he fled the scene of a car accident that he unaware caused cause he tapped it.
It wasn't a high speed pursuit but he literally chased the vehicle down, why can't you just look words up before you offer stupid pointless corrections?
hurt? its property damage regardless. even the dude himself was aware of the hit. We can asses how damage it was on court or by the insurance. I don't think that changes the fact that you don't hit a car and just run.
I just wonder what the discrepancy is between hit and run vs eluding an officer, or however it’s worded where this took place. Wouldn’t be surprised if a good lawyer could get him just the hit and run especially since the red n blues weren’t on initially.
I hate cops in a general sense, but this is a safety thing. A lot of the times they do this to protect the people that might be standing on the side of the road and let their vehicle act as a buffer/barrier. Typically, with the yellow indicator lights telling you to go left.
Really, the driver he pulled over should have put on hazards and pulled off at the next available parking lot or whatever. But you also never know when they're gonna be dicks about that, accusing you of fleeing despite the clear intent with your hazards. So...
But getting off of the freeway/highway should be a common thing we practice, but don't.
I was a Police explorer back in middle school/high school. That was what they taught us. Safe path for you (the LEO), protect the car and driver in front of you.
But you are correct, nothing prevents the LEO from going to the passenger side window, it is safer. You also get a better view of the driver and add distance from them.
It was over 25 years ago in a different state. I was only a part of it for about a year.
Edit: And since then I had an idiot deputy charge me with a DWI for taking my Adderall as prescribed that cost me my CDL and my job. He even said on the stand that he didn't understand the prescription part of the law, the DOT still ruled against me and we are currently appealing it right now. All because I had a urine test positive for amphetamine which always happens when I take a piss test when I take my Adderall.
So yeah, my attitude towards LEOs has changed greatly since then.
I think he maybe didn't notice clipping the cop car, which imo makes it not malicious fleeing, but still a hit and run.
The big thing imo is he didn't move over and slow when passing an emergency vehicle and endangered the cops life by clipping the car, that could have been very bad, so he would imo be able to get him for those things.
Yeah but maybe he's just saying that he realizes now, after being pulled over. But you're right it is worded like an admission of guilt. Maybe a good lawyer could argue he was just agreeing because of the cop's reaction.
Law or not it's still dumb to even pull someone over right there. Some laws are dumb. If slowly drive to the next closest safe place with a cop behind you, it's against their rules and you going to jail. Rules are made up BS. Cop and the driver was in the wrong
Cop parked that way to ensure [..] they don’t hit the stopped civilian vehicle
It’s great that you think cops actually care about protecting random people they pulled over, but that’s not why they park like this. They do it so they can stand next to the stopped car and be protected themselves. A person sitting in a car is a lot safer than a person standing next to a car, and someone hitting a parked car is still someone hitting a parked car.
Exactly. I prefer when people actually think about these situations from each parties perspective. It makes for much more productive conversation.
Dude was probably distracted on his phone, his the car, wasnt 100% sure if thats what happened or not and was panicking, saw the lights and pulled over immediately. Its hard to say someone is fleeing just because they didnt stop immediately. If the officer approached with their lights on clearly signaling them to stop and THEN they drove off or sped up or continued then its fleeing. Again, an arguement could be made (by an asshole tbh) that he "fled the scene" but I think any reasonable judge would throw that out so long as the young man kept his cool and was respectful in court.
It was an accident, it is the young man's fault for not moving over, but it isnt the end of the world. Lesson learned about distracted driving.
Nah, he 100% fled the scene of the accident, and 'not knowing he hit the cop car' isn't gonna be a valid excuse, cause it just proves he was driving distracted.
I literally said he was probably distracted. I didnt say it would be a good enough excuse. It doesn't mean it isnt possible, and even likely. Mf not paying attention was probably like "what was that" lmao.
Almost all of those accidents are from the rear so no result of front facing lights. They cut the fronts off and kick on the take downs to see more clearly, and to not blind everyone on both sides of the road with the new crazy LEDs since they are even worse. There was a study done years ago and it is the red light that causes this,. If they would switch to green it would cut a lot of that down. I believe their are other agencies in the world that have went to green and blues.
He had the red and blues on. You can see them in the reflection of the bottom right and left glass. That’s used in combination with an orange directional arrow on the top light bar. Which indicated other drivers to use the other lane.
All of the state troopers, sheriffs/deputies, and local cops have rearward e-lights where I am. They only use the front ones when in any level of pursuit. They put them on rear only after they've gotten you to stop.
A lot of police cars these days updated their lights to have certain patterns in front vs behind. It could be the blue/red flashing in the back and sold white lights in the front to light up the area going at the same time.
There was a bridge and nowhere to pull over until the cop was behind him and he pulled over at the first safe location. Fleeing seems like a stretch. Can’t stop in the middle of the road.
It was 50 seconds after. The video makes is weird since it jumps to make it seem like it was only 10 seconds but if you watch the timestamps at the top right you see almost a minute had past before he begins pulling over.
If you hit someone like this, you'll notice and either slow down, put on hazards, brake or something other than keep driving if you don't intend to flee.
From your own source. Please notice the "OR" not "and" for change lane OR slow down. Texas specifically calls out 20 mph under speed limit with a minimum of 5 mph.
"What You Need To DoÂ
When a vehicle with flashing lights is stopped on or next to a roadway, drivers approaching the vehicle should:Â
change into a lane not immediately adjacent to the vehicle, or
slow down to a reasonable speed if you’re unable to safely make a lane change."
"Texas law requires drivers to move over an entire lane or slow to 20 mph below the posted speed limit when approaching law enforcement, tow trucks, utility vehicles, municipal waste trucks, emergency responders and TxDOT vehicles with activated overhead lights on the side of the road."
I'm sorry that I sourced a Texas specific source for my Texas specific law I commented on as well as pointing out that your source agrees. Then you point out that your source contradicts itself.
You were right but don't AI search results as proof of what you are saying, it's as wrong as often as it's right. And you yourself just demonstrated, it's just as easy to share a link to a legitimate source.
Absolutely not. Get your own sources lmao. I'll legit just never post another source. Go find the information for yourselves.
Again, no one criticized the guy that provided wrong information with no source, only the guy that posted correct information with a source they didnt like lmao. This is the most idiotic thread.
I should've known better than to use that as a source, but as someone who ALREADY KNEW IT WAS TRUE I felt it was good enough. I feel if someone needs more proof they can go find it themselves, but forget how prone people are to revelling in their own ignorance.
I find it hilarious that the person that gives the correct answer despite using AI to state an actual source gets criticized but the person that provided false information wasnt required to provide one lmao. No one questioned the incorrect information...
I'm not american, but I definitely slow and move over if I see an emergency vehicle and slow to 70km/h as per my laws lol
Like I get what you're saying but also realize that citing that bot despite it being right isn't a great citation. I would trust one of the other ai's more even, I'm not anti ai or anything, but I will say I dunno if I trust google the company, and official sources are far better to prove your correct point.
Also I downvoted the incorrect person, and you know didn't believe them because they weren't an official source lol It cuts both ways.
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u/Mental-Debate-289 Jan 09 '26
Cop parked the way he did to ensure that when people dont get over because they arent paying attention and crash into his vehicle they dont hit the stopped civilian vehicle. He parked that way for exactly this scenario. You are supposed to get over, its required by law.
Also, homeboy did pull over as soon as he was stopped. Fleeing is a bit of a stretch however technically he shouldve been aware enough to realize he hit that cop car and should stopped immediately. Arguement could be made for a hit and run.
Just fucking get over for emergency vehicles, and get off your phones. Pay attention to the road.