What qualifies Police Officers to drive fast?

[meme]

Maybe I should just shut up considering my license in Maryland is suspended for having to many speeding tickets.

 

[BuddyLee]

you stated your belief that speeding causes accidents.

in and of itself speeding does not cause accidents. like OZ said other factors allow the accident to happen.

i'm not argueing wether or not a cop should be allowed to speed.

but just because excessive speeding is against the law does deem it a cause of accidents.

I speed ALL the time. You probably do to. Going one MPH over the speed limit is a violation of the law. Therefore you would be speeding just like the rest of us and according to your theory, you would have caused a bunch of accidents by now.

Speeding is probably one cause of accidents but not the single cause. There are many variables that could certainly cause an accident. However, in most cases the slower you are going the more time you will have to react (braking). The faster you go the slower your reaction time.

 

[meme]

I agree BL....

I guess the whole point I was trying to make and obviously didn't do a good job...is that it's against the law. And if I am going to get a ticket for speeding then these cops who find it necessary to do the same should also get a ticket. But it's a lost cause...so I'll just stay here in Florida where I am still allowed to drive. At least for the time being.

 

[dustin]

Speeding is probably one cause of accidents but not the single cause. There are many variables that could certainly cause an accident. However, in most cases the slower you are going the more time you will have to react (braking). The faster you go the slower your reaction time.

That's why I only go over the speed limit when i know i have enough time to react to a sudden situation ahead on the road. Never drive/ride past your limits of sight and/or reaction time.

 

[BuddyLee]

I agree BL....

I guess the whole point I was trying to make and obviously didn't do a good job...is that it's against the law. And if I am going to get a ticket for speeding then these cops who find it necessary to do the same should also get a ticket. But it's a lost cause...so I'll just stay here in Florida where I am still allowed to drive. At least for the time being.

I don't see a problem with the fuzz speeding if they're doing their job. If they're just lolly gagging and speeding around just for the heck of it then they should be dealt with by a higher ranking officer. $hit rolls down hill.

 

[dustin]

I don't see a problem with the fuzz speeding if they're doing their job. If they're just lolly gagging and speeding around just for the heck of it then they should be dealt with by a higher ranking officer. $hit rolls down hill.

pretty much sums up my opinion...

 

[Arcane360]

Lights on then....off?!?!

I have had cops pull up behind me, flash their lights, and make me pull over. Well its the law to pull over, but anyways. After the cop pulls past me, he/she shuts their lights off! Continues drving on! Probably speeding, otherwise he could wait since its not an emergency situation. Also if they dont have their lights flashing because they dont want to be noticed, then dont speed either. Lights = emergency situation. Plain and simple. Also cops have quotas for speeding tickets, which gets me angry.....
The speed limits on the roads, really need to be revamped, because it seems they are using rules from the 50's, and cars of today handle a lot better now then the cars of the 50's. I will shut up now...

 

[Cptl Punishment]

I have had cops pull up behind me, flash their lights, and make me pull over. Well its the law to pull over, but anyways. After the cop pulls past me, he/she shuts their lights off! Continues drving on! Probably speeding, otherwise he could wait since its not an emergency situation. Also if they dont have their lights flashing because they dont want to be noticed, then dont speed either. Lights = emergency situation. Plain and simple. Also cops have quotas for speeding tickets, which gets me angry.....
The speed limits on the roads, really need to be revamped, because it seems they are using rules from the 50's, and cars of today handle a lot better now then the cars of the 50's. I will shut up now...

Cops DONT have quota's for speeding tickets. They are, however, encouraged to give out at least a few traffic tickets during their shift. Giving out only a few traffic tickets is INCREDIBLY easy, as theyre all over the place. I bet you about 40% of cars on the road in maryland can be pulled over right off the bat for something like a burnt out light, modified exhaust, not using headlights properly, etc. And that isn't even counting moving violations such as speeding (In which case, the percentage would be more like, 99%).

 

[smcop]

You obviously don't understand the question. My question is:
What level of high performance driving instruction do local police officers have? By what I witnessed yesterday, I would say they have had no instruction. I am hoping that a Police Officer roaming these boards can answer this.

There is an emergency vehicle operations course that all Maryland Certified Police Officers are required to pass. The officers may not have been following the practices they learned, however we are trained to handle vehicles at high speeds. I hope this answers your question.

 

[PAgirl76]

I don't care about the speeding, I hate when I have been sitting at the red light forever and here comes the po po and turns on their lights and right through the light they go and I am still sitting there. Oh well, guess thats why they are cops, if I could hop my fat behind over the fence and do push ups and sit ups I might be one too, oh yeah, but I hate guns!!

 

[ChumpChange]

I don't care about the speeding, I hate when I have been sitting at the red light forever and here comes the po po and turns on their lights and right through the light they go and I am still sitting there. Oh well, guess thats why they are cops, if I could hop my fat behind over the fence and do push ups and sit ups I might be one too, oh yeah, but I hate guns!!

Guns are you're freind.

 

[Seraphin]

Twice this week, I've had cops pass me doing 80. I don't think they should be allowed to drive that way unless they are on their way to an emergency. I know they take special driving classes but I think they mainly drive that way because they can

 

[Richard Cranium]

That's especially true near the end of a shift.

 

[ChumpChange]

That's especially true near the end of a shift.

Are you retarded? Or do you just play that on the intraweb?

 

[DooDoo1402]

Hmmmm

Are you retarded? Or do you just play that on the intraweb?

And what is exactly your point Chump?

 

[Richard Cranium]

Are you retarded? Or do you just play that on the intraweb?

I know I'm a jackass....what's your excuse? :####yourmother:

 

[princess73]

Ummm hello!!!

There is a big difference between getting a free brake job because your a mechanic and being able to speed because your a cop. Speeding is DANGEROUS! Speeding causes accidents!

so would not having brakes...

 

[Magnum]

I was going down 5 by SOMD hospital a few months ago. A state trooper passed me lights flashing, I was doing 65 he was doing around 75 to 80. A car tried to get to the left to get out of his way cutting him off. the cop cut the wheel, to the left, over corrected slide sideways across traffic into the woods on the right side of the road. Rolled the car. I got out to help pull him out of the car. Thinking back I should have follwed the car that cut him off and got the plate

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Are you retarded? Or do you just play that on the intraweb?

Richard Cranium is retarded.

 

[RoseRed]

Richard Cranium is retarded.