Slow Down, Move Over Video-It's the LAW!

[flyerdan]

I would disagree with the ego statement in regard to the reason for the bright lighting; policy calls for the use of warning lights and they have to run what they have. The problem is that the lighting was designed to be visible in daylight conditions, it really should have a night mode that cuts it to, say 60%. It's kind of how a bright amber turn signal is extremely annoying when you're sitting behind it in a turn lane at night, not so much during the day.
You're limited on how many and how much candlepower you can use up front, the emergency vehicle industry should look at why that is and realize that blinding hazards don't always come from the front.

 

[PILOON]

Last time I moved over it cost me $150. + demerit points.
I was stopped for a red light and an ambulance beeped, hooted and hollered for me to let him pass . To do so I had to go thru a red light which after carefully checking I did so.
LEO was parked close by and he ticketed me for running a red.

SO, beep, toot, do whatever but I never move now.

Ever go to court to contest? Judge did you go thru a red? yes but it was an emergency! Judge but you admit you did go thru, guilty!
LEO's and emt vehicles do it every day but are in effect illegal but tolerated. We are not.

 

[RjCorazza]

Officials SHOULD realize how such accidents happen. It you are focused on something, like a cruiser with a ridiculous amount of high power LED strobes on it, that is what you will hit, unless you focus elsewhere. Taken from a book "Driving At The Limits Of Adhesion". They would be best to darken the cruiser, but that wouldn't satisfy the Ego in most cops.

Very true. Motorcycling 101 : identify the hazard, then look where you want to go.
Maryland's move over law is specific to emergency vehicles only, although I have always tried to move over or at least slow down for any vehicles stopped on the shoulder. A guy I went to school with was hit on an interstate while operating a tow truck shortly after high school. He was in a wheel chair and non-communicating for the rest of his life.

 

[dickfoster]

Last time I moved over it cost me $150. + demerit points.
I was stopped for a red light and an ambulance beeped, hooted and hollered for me to let him pass . To do so I had to go thru a red light which after carefully checking I did so.
LEO was parked close by and he ticketed me for running a red.

SO, beep, toot, do whatever but I never move now.

Ever go to court to contest? Judge did you go thru a red? yes but it was an emergency! Judge but you admit you did go thru, guilty!
LEO's and emt vehicles do it every day but are in effect illegal but tolerated. We are not.

I think I could have made the case. It's probably even written in the law somewhere. But then again you're in Canuckistan so things might be different there.

 

[Looking4new]

I am also in Canuckistan and I think I would have argued the charge, too.

 

[BigCountry1689]

Officials SHOULD realize how such accidents happen. It you are focused on something, like a cruiser with a ridiculous amount of high power LED strobes on it, that is what you will hit, unless you focus elsewhere. Taken from a book "Driving At The Limits Of Adhesion". They would be best to darken the cruiser, but that wouldn't satisfy the Ego in most cops.

Well.... when you see me trying to pull someone over with a single blue light on the roof of the car and holding my head out the window yelling woo...wooo...wooooo! You will know I'm trying not to bolster my ego......Cause people are gonna pull over for that :duh:

Apparently you've never tried to pull someone over who is eating, texting and talking while driving at 95mph. Yeah its us distracting people....... And for the record I know with my agency our cars come pre lit with what is deemed necessary, and we are not allowed to modify our vehicles. But as with most your perception appears to be that we are ego maniacs looking to shoot someone, at least until we are needed then all the sudden we have a new friend.

My friend is a state trooper he was conducting a traffic stop on a 4 lane road with a 15 foot grass median in the middle. Along comes Ms. rubbernecker down the opposite lane of travel and right through the median and into the light pole. He runs over to check on her and ask what happened, to her reply " I was trying to see what was wrong and I don't know what happened." She drove right towards the lights that were on the opposite side of the road and crashed. Why? because she was distracted from what she should of been paying attention to because she wanted to see what he was doing. If people would watch the road, leave adequate distance, check your mirrors and drive at safe speeds that facilitate appropriate reaction times we would see less accidents. Instead we want to get the Guinness Book of World Records for how many things we can do at one time while driving.

 

[BigCountry1689]

Last time I moved over it cost me $150. + demerit points.
I was stopped for a red light and an ambulance beeped, hooted and hollered for me to let him pass . To do so I had to go thru a red light which after carefully checking I did so.
LEO was parked close by and he ticketed me for running a red.

SO, beep, toot, do whatever but I never move now.

Ever go to court to contest? Judge did you go thru a red? yes but it was an emergency! Judge but you admit you did go thru, guilty!
LEO's and emt vehicles do it every day but are in effect illegal but tolerated. We are not.

In Florida traffic light laws are suspended for emergency vehicles in a emergency mode. As long as we can "SAFELY" cross medians, intersections or whatever is required to get to where we need to be.

I would have taken the ticket to court here, I cant see a Judge accepting that ticket. I cant really see a Deputy, Cop, or Trooper writing a ticket for that after seeing the ambulance but I work with some over zealous people so could be.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have seen cops hassling some punk in a McDonalds Parking Lot for an hour with every one of those stupid lights going. It's just for show! No different then the kid with the loud stereo or fart can exhaust.

 

[BigCountry1689]

I have seen cops hassling some punk in a McDonalds Parking Lot for an hour with every one of those stupid lights going. It's just for show! No different then the kid with the loud stereo or fart can exhaust.

That'll be your little secret...

I've never known anyone to sit in a McDonalds and watch the police for an hour, might be an obsession.

 

[Looking4new]

My friend is a state trooper he was conducting a traffic stop on a 4 lane road with a 15 foot grass median in the middle. Along comes Ms. rubbernecker down the opposite lane of travel and right through the median and into the light pole. He runs over to check on her and ask what happened, to her reply " I was trying to see what was wrong and I don't know what happened." She drove right towards the lights that were on the opposite side of the road and crashed. Why? because she was distracted from what she should of been paying attention to because she wanted to see what he was doing. If people would watch the road, leave adequate distance, check your mirrors and drive at safe speeds that facilitate appropriate reaction times we would see less accidents. Instead we want to get the Guinness Book of World Records for how many things we can do at one time while driving.

If she would have minded her own business, that wouldn't have happened. I hate nosy people with a passion.