Does anybody have a link to information regarding how the Officer is supposed to park his vehicle?
All states or just GA, would be nice. Especially with locality regulations.
The other night I was on my way home on a four lane, semi-divided surface street and it was dark. I passed a business on the right and in the driveway was a Cherokee County Sheriff. The nose of his car was ~1ft from the travel lanes and he had no lights on at all, just the reflective letters on the side of the car. He was in the open, but with the lighting in the area, simply made him invisible. His buddy was in the gore on the left hand side of the lanes I was traveling in. HIS lights on the rear of the car were not on.
This second car is my big issue, as people use the left lane to turn left and go straight and the right lane is for right turning traffic. it would be VERY easy for someone to get distracted by the cop over on the right, and slam right into the ass end of the cop on the left.
As far as I was aware there are line of sight limitations on distance, to prevent entrapment (eg, no cop hiding behind the bushes) and also lighting restrictions, so the police car does not create a hazardous situation, like an unlit barrier in the roadway.
Whatta think? any real info out there?