pull over law
for anyone familiar with south beach, miami fl, you are familiar with the McCarthur causeway. This past Monday, it took me over 45 minutes to get from the parrot jungle to the beach. This is a distance of roughly 1 and 1/2 mile. The reason, an unmarked police car had pulled over a semi tractor trailer, in the right hand lane. This being a traffic snarler from the word go, was magnified by the non uniformed officer, standing partially in the middle lane , door of the cab open, dealing with the driver. Ergo, three lanes trying to get into one! I'm going to use the word stupid, you can use one of your own.
This brought me to the implementing of florida's recent pull over law. This law states, that if you are coming up on a policeman, trooper,sheriff or deputy, that has pulled someone over on the highway, you must move over one lane, or slow to 25 mph. Think about this for a moment. You are traveling between 55 and 70 mph, depending on which road, you must now maneuver into the next left lane, who is going to slow down to let you do this? Ok lets say you cant get over, so you hit your brakes. What does the guy behind you who doesnt see the cop , nor expect you to rapidly decrease from 70 mph to 25 mph do ?
Now to the lets be safe law. Assuming that both traffic offender and policeman are going the same way, lets look for a safer, "get a cop home alive law." Make a law, that allows the offender and officer to PROCEED TO THE NEXT EXIT, pull off to a safe area, conduct your business and get everyone on the road saely home. No cars wissing by at 70 mph, no one not paying attention and running into the back of the cruiser. No one causing road rage while cutting someone off while changing lanes. No one scaring the person behind you with a sudden decrease in speed. The police cars have megaphones, pull the offender over, tell him to proceed to the next safest spot and be on your way.
The point of this article, is to put the safety of the officer in his hands proactively, rather than trusting other people to make the right judgement reactively. With all the texting, using the cell phone, drunk driving , reading while driving, eating while driving that goes on, why would a police officer ever choose to get out of his car and walk on the side of a highway?
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This brought me to the implementing of florida's recent pull over law. This law states, that if you are coming up on a policeman, trooper,sheriff or deputy, that has pulled someone over on the highway, you must move over one lane, or slow to 25 mph. Think about this for a moment. You are traveling between 55 and 70 mph, depending on which road, you must now maneuver into the next left lane, who is going to slow down to let you do this? Ok lets say you cant get over, so you hit your brakes. What does the guy behind you who doesnt see the cop , nor expect you to rapidly decrease from 70 mph to 25 mph do ?
Now to the lets be safe law. Assuming that both traffic offender and policeman are going the same way, lets look for a safer, "get a cop home alive law." Make a law, that allows the offender and officer to PROCEED TO THE NEXT EXIT, pull off to a safe area, conduct your business and get everyone on the road saely home. No cars wissing by at 70 mph, no one not paying attention and running into the back of the cruiser. No one causing road rage while cutting someone off while changing lanes. No one scaring the person behind you with a sudden decrease in speed. The police cars have megaphones, pull the offender over, tell him to proceed to the next safest spot and be on your way.
The point of this article, is to put the safety of the officer in his hands proactively, rather than trusting other people to make the right judgement reactively. With all the texting, using the cell phone, drunk driving , reading while driving, eating while driving that goes on, why would a police officer ever choose to get out of his car and walk on the side of a highway?
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I agree! I have actually pulled off of the interstate onto an exit after being pulled over, because it was night time. I like your idea better...get off the highway!
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That was inspiring,
I would have just got out and walked, i cannot stand traffic jams...
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Sometimes you wonder, that the person making laws have an IQ of a kid, I don't think anybody for any reason should be allowed to pull over on a highway, unless off course they don,t want that person to live.
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Maybe they thought that the offender might not stop at the exit and would just ride on, but that is not enough reason to put the life of an officer in jeopardy.
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The people who are responsible for making such a law, should be made to stand in place of the officer and the people who are driving on the highway, maybe then they will understand the impracticality of their decision.
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Put the safety of the officer in his hands proactively, rather than trusting other people to make the right judgement reactively. Then possible Ride free and live free
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I like your idea. I've been in a lot of driving situations where I can't get over into the next lane because a police car has pulled someone over. I don't want to put the trooper at risk, but sometimes it's difficult to do that.
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