[ARCHIVED THREAD] - When drunk driving... (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/24/2011 11:59:27 AM EDT
Try to avoid the Police Cruiser.
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? There is a possibility that the red car was still at the cop's 4 or 5 o'clock, preventing him from swerving right. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck went right. The officer had room to swerve right without hitting the truck but I can't say I would have done any different given less than a second to try to un-fuck a fucked up situation. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. If he broke right he would have gotten T-boned due to the white truck blocking his ability to get all the way over. Not saying he did the right thing or the wrong thing but the break left may have saved his life. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Poor training. Cops do not get enough quality driving instruction. Its expensive and time consuming to send them to multi day driving schools. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. |
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Good to hear that the officer and his dag are ok. |
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Would be nice if the cop had lightning reflexes like some of you guys do. The red car was probably still on his right side like said above. Looks to me like he had no place to go. Don't they teach you all anymore that the instinctive swerve is right? If both do, no impact. Either way, better chance to miss going into oncoming traffic. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Poor training. Cops do not get enough quality driving instruction. Its expensive and time consuming to send them to multi day driving schools. Last and only EVOC training we get is in the police academy. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Poor training. Cops do not get enough quality driving instruction. Its expensive and time consuming to send them to multi day driving schools. Last and only EVOC training we get is in the police academy. Same here. Its been over 17 years since i've had any quality driving instruction. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?.......  He would have avoided the collision, or most of it. He had like 1/2 second to react, unfuck his eyes and make a move.....its a 50/50 shot......he chose one and got tagged. He probably would have got tagged either way. How about......why was the asshole drunk driving his vehicle in the oncoming lane? Oh wait.....drunk driving like an asshole is a victimless crime. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. If he broke right he would have gotten T-boned due to the white truck blocking his ability to get all the way over. Not saying he did the right thing or the wrong thing but the break left may have saved his life. Possible....I think either way he was in route to an unavoildable collision. Sometimes it is just not your day. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. .gov and taxpayers WILL NEVER ANTE UP for that $$$$$......and you know it. They'll just bitch and ask why they weren't trained enough, and the answer is money. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. When the cop first made his move the guy was still heading to the cops left and towards the far right lane. The guy only reacted after the cop had committed to going left. Yea, always try and avoid an incident by going to your right if possible but that could have lead to him getting t-boned driver side. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... He would have avoided the collision, or most of it. He had like 1/2 second to react, unfuck his eyes and make a move.....its a 50/50 shot......he chose one and got tagged. He probably would have got tagged either way. How about......why was the asshole drunk driving his vehicle in the oncoming lane? Oh wait.....drunk driving like an asshole is a victimless crime. You need to calm the fuck down. You keep putting words into others mouths that they haven't even hinted at. No one has been talking to you, has insulted you, or said anything bad about the officer or his dog. Just step back and hush. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Poor training. Cops do not get enough quality driving instruction. Its expensive and time consuming to send them to multi day driving schools. Last and only EVOC training we get is in the police academy. Mandated every year, here. Even so, they don't spend a lot of time putting you on a collision course to see if you can dodge stuff. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. .gov and taxpayers WILL NEVER ANTE UP for that $$$$$......and you know it. They'll just bitch and ask why they weren't trained enough, and the answer is money. Maybe when the government stops giving money to towns of 3,000 residents to buy quarter million dollar APCs for their SWAT teams and spend the money on something that actually increases most officers safety, people as a whole wouldn't need to bitch about it (I am sure they still would though) |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... When I see a vehicle right in front of me start emergency braking and then swerve right, I try and follow suit. Quoted:
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. What? No they absolutely do not need to be trained to do some jedi shit just in case a car goes to hit them for some 1 in a 1,000,l00 scenario. They're not super-drivers. They're people in a car, just like me. |
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I would venture a guess that there was traffic on his right, they were on a 4 lane after all. Just because there was room for the truck to go right doesn't mean there was room for the squad to go there as well.
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... When I see a vehicle right in front of me start emergency braking and then swerve right, I try and follow suit. Quoted:
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. What? No they absolutely do not need to be trained to do some jedi shit just in case a car goes to hit them for some 1 in a 1,000,l00 scenario. They're not super-drivers. They're people in a car, just like me. Cops are more likely to get into a car crash than a shooting. They should be attending training courses in emergency vehicle operation, regularly. |
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If he broke right he would have gotten T-boned due to the white truck blocking his ability to get all the way over. Not saying he did the right thing or the wrong thing but the break left may have saved his life. This... He may have received far less severe injuries due to his choice. I will take a glancing impact on the passenger side over one on the drivers' door any time. On the other hand hindsight is 20/20. If nothing changed from the path of the drunk in this video he could have easily missed the drunk 100% but would have tagged the pickup in the process. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... He would have avoided the collision, or most of it. Most in car camera systems have wide angle lens set-ups, so you can get a better view of close up action. That also means that things that are 20' away look 40' away. Things that are 40' away look 100' away. Things that are 100' away look 250' away. So, trying to guess how close or fast the suspect vehicle was at any given point is difficult due to the skewed perspective. If he had swereved right, we don't know that he wouldn't have hit a car in the right lane. It's also possible that he would've hit front driver's side to front driver's side, and had all the force of the impact in that narrow sliver of car, right where he is. Braking at impact.................... That often makes the impact more severe, because the suspension is bottomed out. NASCAR drivers are supposedly trained to get off the brakes just before impact for that reason. Also, if the front end of his car dives, the SUV's bumper will miss, and go over his bumper. That makes the crash worse for the CVPI, and possibly ends with the suspect vehicle "driving up" the hood of the police car. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. What? No they absolutely do not need to be trained to do some jedi shit just in case a car goes to hit them for some 1 in a 1,000,l00 scenario. They're not super-drivers. They're people in a car, just like me. Cops are more likely to get into a car crash than a shooting. They should be attending training courses in emergency vehicle operation, regularly. Yeah, for aggressive driving like in a pursuit or to take someone off the road. Not some Jedi reaction to a freak accident. You're not talking about things relevant to the video. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... If it was a civilian that swerved left and got hit they would either get a ticket for improper lane usage for swerving left or following to close to the vehicle in front. Had the officer left more distance between him and the other vehicle he would have had time to see the situation unfolding and safely move out of the way. That's what they would be telling a civilian any way. But no, it isn't his fault. |
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. I was thinking the same thing. It happened very quickly, I get that. Why the fuck would you swerve left? Because the truck in front of him went right - the left looked more 'open' than the right. Very short decision making time - you go (instinctively) for what looks the least obstructed. Just a guess, though. Training is how you overcome "instinct" Cops need to be trained to drive through where the other car came from. Dont "race for the space." They need to go to schools where they can do it 2,000 to 3,000 times so muscle memory overcomes instinct. .gov and taxpayers WILL NEVER ANTE UP for that $$$$$......and you know it. They'll just bitch and ask why they weren't trained enough, and the answer is money. Maybe when the government stops giving money to towns of 3,000 residents to buy quarter million dollar APCs for their SWAT teams and spend the money on something that actually increases most officers safety, people as a whole wouldn't need to bitch about it (I am sure they still would though) No Town in may neck of the woods with 3,000 residents has a police department let alone an armored APC. Only 2 APCs in my metro area of about 1,000,000 residents. 1 APC is in the City, and 1 in the rest of the County....that is it. ........nice try though.
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Too bad the cop didn't break right like he should have. Yeah, its his fault right?....... If it was a civilian that swerved left and got hit they would either get a ticket for improper lane usage for swerving left or following to close to the vehicle in front. Had the officer left more distance between him and the other vehicle he would have had time to see the situation unfolding and safely move out of the way. That's what they would be telling a civilian any way. But no, it isn't his fault. HIGHLY doubt that. You leave space in front of you so you can react to changes in cars moving your direction in your lane. The safe following distances are not designed to take into account things appearing in your line of travel suddenly heading at you at 40 mph instead of away from you. Cop or not, the POV driver would be in the clear. |