Well, guess what?

[A//// Guy]

^ Agreed. You could have also taken the next exit as well. It does sound a bit dumb, but they are really cracking down on people who dont move over a lane, no matter what.

[cmspaz]

Doesn't his computer show up with what kind of car it is when you type in the plates... or when he looks at your insurance....
He didn't take my insurance, just my license. And why he couldn't have pulled it out of the system, who knows.

[hellomynameis]

You admitted that you were capable of slowing down and moving all the way over. Suck it up and pay the consequences. Next time, follow the law and keep the officer safe.

[curt_gendron]

I'd fight this ticket. You obviously knew the cop was there and took precautions not to hit him. That is what matters.

This law is so damn retarded. The whole point of the law is to prevent cops from getting hit when they have someone pulled over. But its the drivers who are not paying attention who are the ones that are moving into the shoulder and hit cops and vehicles on the shoulder. Having a law on the books to move over one lane is not going to make people pay attention. A dumbass who isn't paying attention, isn't suddenly going to pay attention because there is a law on the books to move over one lane.

They should just come up with more severe penalties for those who do hit people and vehicles on the shoulder. Making an attentive driver change lanes, which has its own dangers, is not the answer.

Okay, I'm done ranting.........

[A//// Guy]

^ I agree with that. Also cops seem to pull people over in the worst spots sometimes.

[96GST16g]

wow i can't believe the cop didn't get the car right i hate cops they are a criminal with the right to do wrong and are stupid... yes they do serve a perpose but the super cops are a joke. There is a cop around here if you have window tint will scratch it so you take it off. He will pull you over for doin one over the limit even tho he is doing 5 over. You see the point

[hellomynameis]

They should just come up with more severe penalties for those who do hit people and vehicles on the shoulder. Making an attentive driver change lanes, which has its own dangers, is not the answer.


Yes! Wonderful idea, lets not bother to be proactive...let's wait until people get injured or killed. Last I checked merging into another lane is much safer than driving within a few feet of a person. Also, I'll go out on a limb and assume spaz did not signal his partial lane move, which is far more dangerous and confusing to other drivers on the road than signaling, moving over, signaling, moving back.


Also cops seem to pull people over in the worst spots sometimes.

No, people who get pulled over stop in the worst spots. Acknowledging the officer and pulling over in a safe spot is your responsibility.

[Kracka]

No, people who get pulled over stop in the worst spots. Acknowledging the officer and pulling over in a safe spot is your responsibility.
I got screamed at for doing this once by a Plymouth cop. I was on Rockford Rd in the busy 45mph section (no shoulder) when the cop threw his lights on. I immediately put on my turn signal and gave him a little wave out the window to acknowledge I saw him. I then proceeded to slow down and turn onto a side road that did have a shoulder about 3 blocks from where his lights went on. He came running up to my car screaming that when a cop flips his lights on you are to pull over immediately or it's considered running.

That was the last time I ever tried to do the "right" thing by keeping the officer safer and allowing traffic to flow smoothly. Also to note, this was not a serious violation; I cut it a little close and the yellow light turned to red as I was going through the intersection.

[A//// Guy]

^ Yup what Hughes said. If you keep driving... good luck not getting a gun pulled on you when you stop. lol

[polishmafia]

x2 on what Kracka said. I got pulled over on the exit ramp off 494 onto 62. I put my turn signal on, and just wanted to go around the corner to a frontage road. I put my hand out the window and pointed where I was going, about 20 feet later he said "Pull over NOW" over his PA system. I thought, eh fuck it, if he wants to put his life in danger right here I'll let him. Completely stupid.