Re: Even moe stupid cop tricks


"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <VAVWf.20967$uX5.1429@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jaybird wrote:

"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <rJUWf.44306$1Z5.10140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jaybird wrote:

How about just using lights and/or siren as appropriate BEFORE driving
in an illegal manner, as the law requires?

The law does not require that and in fact makes special clarification
that
driving with lights and/or siren activated can sometimes be more
dangerous.
The activation of emergency equipment is not required and is left to
the
discretion of the trained police vehicle operator (at least in Texas):

DTJ and I are in IL, not texas. In IL if they are not running lights and
audible signal we don't even have to yield to them. I could have just
lightly braked and if he hit me, it would have legally been his fault.
No "making use of an audible signal and visual signals" as outlined in
the law and the police vehicle is just normal traffic without any
special
privilege as far as I can tell in the IL vehicle code. You're welcome to
search the complied statutes yourself. http://www.ilga.gov/

You don't have to yeild to cops in Texas either if they don't have their
lights or siren on; that was not the point I was trying to make. You can
do
your own research if you like, I'm just relating knowledge that I'm
familar
with. If he had hit you then you're right, he would've been at fault but
he
did quite well and got to where he was going without incident.

No he did shitty. I was there. Had I not picked up he was a cop I would
have done something different and there would have been a crash.

Using your psychic powers again?

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