Why do cops here insist on parking in the middle of the road?

[LooseTooth]

Please tell me. I've seen it a number of times now in my 3 months here. A couple of examples:

I'm coming around a blind corner on Pegg road and there they sit, with someone pulled over. They need to tell the people to proceed to the next side street instead of risking a pile up.

Today I'm going down Great Mills road and there are 2 patrol cars stopped in the middle of the road to talk to a prostitute. Now I don't have a problem with them doing this, as I often take the time to do it myself. BUT I pull off of the main road. Can't they do this? Why not just pull up onto the sidewalk?

 

[meangirl]

Today I'm going down Great Mills road and there are 2 patrol cars stopped in the middle of the road to talk to a prostitute. Now I don't have a problem with them doing this, as I often take the time to do it myself. BUT I pull off of the main road. Can't they do this? Why not just pull up onto the sidewalk?

Uh huh.

 

[LooseTooth]

Uh huh.

Just to shoot the breeze, you know. Most of them are only looking for someone to talk to.

 

[FromTexas]

Next time you see them pulled over like that, I think you should walk over there and tell them they need to move their cars. If they don't move them right away, make sure to write a complaint letter stating your full name and address.

 

[LooseTooth]

Next time you see them pulled over like that, I think you should walk over there and tell them they need to move their cars. If they don't move them right away, make sure to write a complaint letter stating your full name and address.

Thanks, I think I just may do this...

 

[meangirl]

Thanks, I think I just may do this...

Even better, use someone elses name and address!

 

[FromTexas]

Thanks, I think I just may do this...

Good. Don't forget to remind them how you pay their salary with your taxes, either.

 

[tomchamp]

Please tell me. I've seen it a number of times now in my 3 months here. A couple of examples:

I'm coming around a blind corner on Pegg road and there they sit, with someone pulled over. They need to tell the people to proceed to the next side street instead of risking a pile up.

Today I'm going down Great Mills road and there are 2 patrol cars stopped in the middle of the road to talk to a prostitute. Now I don't have a problem with them doing this, as I often take the time to do it myself. BUT I pull off of the main road. Can't they do this? Why not just pull up onto the sidewalk?

Hey LT! What where there names? I may know them!

 

[meangirl]

Hey LT! What where there names? I may know them!

The cops or the prostitutes?

 

[aps45819]

Why do cops here insist on parking in the middle of the road?

Because they can

 

[tomchamp]

The cops or the prostitutes?

See what's high lighted! But I probably know the cops too!

 

[LooseTooth]

Hey LT! What where there names? I may know them!

Well let's see... there's Trixie and Sugar, two of the finest conversationalists ever to set foot on the sidewalks of Great Mills Rd. Then there's a few others, but I can't understand much of what they say, including their names. Maybe something to do with the missing teeth?

 

[LooseTooth]

Because they can

The most rational explanation thus far, but what can I do about it?

Let me guess....

Nothing

 

[aps45819]

The most rational explanation thus far, but what can I do about it?
Let me guess....
Nothing

Pretty much. :shrug:

 

[Kain99]

I've lived here my whole life and I have never seen this. I must live on the decent end of the county.

 

[LooseTooth]

I've lived here my whole life and I have never seen this. I must live on the decent end of the county.

Uh-uh - no she didn't - no she DIDN'T!!!

 

[BuddyLee]

I've lived here my whole life and I have never seen this. I must live on the decent end of the county.

The fuzz don't like venturing off into the country version of the Bermuda Triangle.

 

[gumbo]

Because they can

The same analogy of why the Dog licks himself