Cop gets hit while in car

[tunaplanet 0]

NSFW due to porno ads on the screen

How many points does that cost you on your license?

Forty-two

[Gawain 0]

Whoa! Does the trooper on his feet get hit by the cruiser getting hit?

I would love to know the story about that. Bet the flashing light bars played a role.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Bet the flashing light bars played a role.

Yeah. Who was driving -- a giant moth?

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[champu 1]

what's interesting is, it doens't look like the camera car get's touched. and yet the incoming white car still managed to hit the front sqad car pretty squarely.

now that's some good aim.

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It's hard to know at exactly what angle the lead squad car was hit, looked to me like it came in from a fairly good angle -- maybe 15 to 30 degrees?

Also, is there something odd about the semi that goes by at about the same time?

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[FrogNog 1]

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It's hard to know at exactly what angle the lead squad car was hit, looked to me like it came in from a fairly good angle -- maybe 15 to 30 degrees?

Also, is there something odd about the semi that goes by at about the same time?

Reminds me of accidents I've seen around here (after they've happened) where the skidmarks show these people get 30, 45, even 60 degrees off of the freeway axis. Real work.

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[Gawain 0]

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Bet the flashing light bars played a role.

Yeah. Who was driving -- a giant moth?

You mean you've never observed a profound difference in how people drive when they notice the flashing lights of a puplic vehicle on or near the road? Why do you think CHPs don't leave their light bars on when they pull someone over?

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[ChileRelleno 0]

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Also, is there something odd about the semi that goes by at about the same time?

Other than the driver is probably sucking the seat into his arse hoping avoid becoming involved in that wreck... No I don't see anything odd.
Take it from a truckdriver, crap like that happens too often. The leading contributor to accidents involving rear ends with stationary vehicles is a distracted driver. Talking on phone,reading map, eating or whatever. They've half of one eye on the road and think the parked vehicle is the vehicle their following and WHAMMO!.

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[tunaplanet 0]

What I want to know is if the guy initially pulled over got out of the ticket.....

Forty-two

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Oh, certainly I've observed it -- just never understood it.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Gawain 0]

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Oh, certainly I've observed it -- just never understood it.

I won't get into details, but it's fairly spot on with your example of moths' attraction to light. It's one reason why some police practices (notably CHP) is to not leave the light bar buzzing/flashing for all to see and steer towards (it also prevents congestion).

Kind of like beginners under canopy, if you focus on any one thing, you will find yourself steering and gliding toward it (focus on where you want to land, not where the obstacles are).

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[freefallfreak 0]

Mr Lamb...look at the truck...it's a J.B. Hunt truck...lol. Now, on the lighter side - I drove for a while, too, for National Carriers - and here's my song, lol.

(To the tune of Thunder Road)

Let me tell the story, I can tell it all.
About a J. B. Hunt driver rolling down the road.
He don't know where he's going and he can't tell where he's been,
and if he ever makes it home, they send him out again.

(chorus)
And that there's J. B., J. B. the driver of the road.
He drives an eighteen wheeler and he pulls a real light load, and there are pickle parks and truck stops, all along his way.
We all try to avoid him but he just gets in the way.

"Son", Ol' J.B. told him, "Make this run real fast".
Your tanks are filled with diesel fuel, your stomachs full of gas.
Now, don't take any chances, and if you can't get through, just put that truck into reverse and they'll make way for you."

Rolling up Mont Eagle, late one Friday night,
He drove it through the pickle park, twelve people died from fright.
He drove that eighteen wheeler and he said it was his curse. He could not find the forward gears, he drove it in reverse.

(chorus)
And that there's J. B., J. B. the driver of the road.
He drives an eighteen wheeler and he pulls a real light load,
And there are pickle parks and truck stops, all along his way.
We all try to avoid him but he just gets in the way.

FFF

(hides from all those vicious J.B. Hunt drivers while giggling hysterically.)

"Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up."

[champu 1]

is J.B. Hunt the line that has all the trucks governed to below the speed limit?

[freefallfreak 0]

Yep.

FFF

"Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up."