Posted: 2/17/2012 4:01:25 PM EDT
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole.
I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts 
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around |
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why was the cop tailing him like that? Whats the story because it looked like he was traveling too close and in bad weather
eta: It also looks like he had plenty of room to go around. Unless it's more to it it looks like the cop should ticket himself for following to close |
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Quoted: cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around It is usually illegal and dangerous to pass on the right |
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around Hanging in the left lane like an idiot makes him a target for ANYTHING that happens to him. Are you really saying the cop should have "driven around him" on the right? That's not how this driving thing works. 
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| I think that he was close but that camera angle may have been a little decieving. Without being able to count time from a fixed object because of the rain I dont know. My first thought though was GET OUT OF THE FAST LANE. Many states have a left lane for passing statute and you can be ticketed for driving in it. I see not reason for the guy in the van to keep brake checking him when he could just get over. |
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"Oh hi officer. I didnt see you there. There was a puddle in the road and I thought I should try to slow down so I didnt risk hydroplaning. If you werent so close to me, you would have probably saw the puddles as well." That's nice. Here's your ticket for impeding traffic for driving slowly in the passing lane. 
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Quoted: Left lane is the fast lane but I'm not going to stay behind someone on the Interstate in the left lane poking when there is plenty of room in the right which is where he should be driving anyway Incorrect, it's the passing lane. You drive in the right hand lane and pass slow people by moving to the left hand lane then you move back to the right hand lane once you have passed them. |
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1. Break checking is illegal anyway. You're supposed to get out of a tailgaters way and let them pass.
2. I've been ticketed once upon a time for following that close on a clear sunny day. 3. It's possible that van guy was being a douche bag earlier and thus attracted special attention. 4. Maybe the cop found out van guy was screwing his wife. 5. I dunno. |
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around Hanging in the left lane like an idiot makes him a target for ANYTHING that happens to him. Are you really saying the cop should have "driven around him" on the right? That's not how this driving thing works. I understand the rules of the road and all that, but you can't say it was a safe move to tailgate the van in the rain. I get stuck behind people all the time and I would choose to pass on the right than to tailgate and risk a collision. I don't have a fancy car with lights on top to push people to the right even though that is where they should be. This would have been a perfect time for the cop to pull him over and inform him of the rules of the road. |
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When you rear end someone, it's always your fault. It doesn't matter if you're a cop or the fucking President of the United States. Not always , SIL was driving on a road similar to the video, she ended up rear ending a guy when he swerved into her lane and slammed on the breaks bc a deer ran out infront of him in his lane, I was surprised also to hear the other guy was at fault in the report and also at fault in the insurance companies eyes |
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around It is usually illegal and dangerous to pass on the right It is also dangerous to tailgate in the rain. That is how I got into a wreck. 
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around It is usually illegal and dangerous to pass on the right Yeah, tailgating them is much safer. |
There were THREE (3) lanes there. |
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Left lane is the fast lane but I'm not going to stay behind someone on the Interstate in the left lane poking when there is plenty of room in the right which is where he should be driving anyway Incorrect, it's the passing lane. You drive in the right hand lane and pass slow people by moving to the left hand lane then you move back to the right hand lane once you have passed them. That's the rule, but much of the time the right lane is a continuous line of cars without end. |
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When you rear end someone, it's always your fault. It doesn't matter if you're a cop or the fucking President of the United States. Not necessarily. If you intentionally swerve your car in front of another and slam on your brakes (sometimes referred to in insurance claim parlance as "swoop and squat"), the driver in front is the one at fault from a liability standpoint, even though his vehicle was the one rearended. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Left lane is the fast lane but I'm not going to stay behind someone on the Interstate in the left lane poking when there is plenty of room in the right which is where he should be driving anyway Incorrect, it's the passing lane. You drive in the right hand lane and pass slow people by moving to the left hand lane then you move back to the right hand lane once you have passed them. That's the rule, but much of the time the right lane in a continuous line of cars without end. I try to stay off 35. |
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This. Move the fuck over van. If the cop was doing this in the other lane it would be a different story completely. |
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Quoted: There were THREE (3) lanes there.  the left lane is still for passing only you're one of those drivers, aren't you? |
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cop or not, the dude was being an asshole. I sure as hell wouldn't tailgate someone when it is raining. While the van should have gotten over, the cop could have driven around him. this is how road rage starts
ETA: I also did see what appeared to be the cop flashing his brights. stupid all the way around It is usually illegal and dangerous to pass on the right You sound like an 80 year old asian woman. 
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If your ass is driving the speed limit or below in the LEFT lane, and there's room in the right lane....... I'm gonna pass your ass every time..... SLOW people need to get the hell out of the passing lane. p.s. break checking cop = dumb No, tailgating someone in the rain = dumb. I don't care if you have a shiny badge. Cop should be ticketed for following too closely and found at fault if there was a collision. AFAIK, at least in Virginia, I have every right to drive in the left lane. Also, good luck to the cop proving that the van wasn't slowing down for a puddle, low visibility, a small animal, etc. |
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In places where people live the left, or #1, lane is the fast lane that kooks and speeders use. Only in BFE is the left lane the "passing" lane that you have to get out of after you pass someone and back into when someone enters the highway on your right. This Drivers Ed' moment brought to you by the State of California. .\\ |
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Quoted: In places where people live the left, or #1, lane is the fast lane that kooks and speeders use. Only in BFE is the left lane the "passing" lane that you have to get out of after you pass someone and back into when someone enters the highway on your right. This Drivers Ed' moment brought to you by the State of California. .\\ Anything California does is automatically suspect. All you've done is reaffirm my correctness. |
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When you rear end someone, it's always your fault. It doesn't matter if you're a cop or the fucking President of the United States. Not true. Under what circumstances? I gave an example above. Fair enough, though it clearly didn't occur in the video. |
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Cop looked very close, pacing or not, probly not a safe move in the rain. Stupid attempt at a solution by the driver though. This. Because I personally cannot say just from that video that the driver was intentionally brake-checking the cop. In weather that rainy is is entirely possible to require use of brakes just because of road conditions. And cop or not, tailing someone that closely in heavy rain & poor visibility... is not safe. |