Driving home I came up on a police car who had someone stopped. He had a spotlight aimed down the road right in your face, then his strobes on. As I went to go around here is this dumb azz in a black uniform standing on the blacktop near the center of the lane . I barely saw him.
Had I hit him it would have been my fault. Not that he was standing in the center of the lane, nor the fact that his actions destroyed my night vision. My fault entirely and him a "Hero".
Last edited by Armednfree; 06/03/17.
The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
Similar happened to me. Cops had all their spot lights aimed at and beyond the car they had pulled over. I'm way blinded as with those behind me I presume. Cop in dark blue/black uniform standing in the raod. I slowed from 55 down to about 30 mph. Missed him by inches. I did't see him till he was beside my window. Scared the heck out of me.
They should be wearing reflective gear and shoud NOT blind on-coming traffic with their damn lights. They ain't the only ones that want to go home safe every night.
iirc in Texas you are to drop to below the speed limit by 15 mph.
Pat, what say you, and are cops ever informed about the possibility of blinding other drivers with the spotlight. I realize if a cop senses danger he will have the light on the perp. Id have it on everyone at night, but i be standing in tha ditch.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
Being out on the road at night is dangerous business, you really have to keep your head on a swivel. I was in the traffic unit for 10 years and had many close calls, even got clipped by rear view mirrors a couple of times. One time I was in a traffic jam on foot working some kind of accident, when a mirror hit my gun butt. I spun around to yell something, and saw the driver was a Catholic priest with a white collar around his neck and a very chagrined look on his face. I could see right off that he felt worse about it than I did.
These new LED lights that you can see from a mile away seem too bright to me, I can hardly stand to look at them at night. Maybe that's a good idea on the highway, but it seems a bit much in town.
We often forget driving privileges come with great responsibility. Whenever your vision is impaired, you need to slow down to the point that you can safely navigate the road. Whether it be a deer crossing the road in heavy fog, a cop with his lights on or whatever, you as driver of the vehicle are responsible and need to adapt your driving for the conditions at hand.
Being out on the road at night is dangerous business, you really have to keep your head on a swivel. I was in the traffic unit for 10 years and had many close calls, even got clipped by rear view mirrors a couple of times. One time I was in a traffic jam on foot working some kind of accident, when a mirror hit my gun butt. I spun around to yell something, and saw the driver was a Catholic priest with a white collar around his neck and a very chagrined look on his face. I could see right off that he felt worse about it than I did.
These new LED lights that you can see from a mile away seem too bright to me, I can hardly stand to look at them at night. Maybe that's a good idea on the highway, but it seems a bit much in town.
That's the point. Ya cant see schit when the police have a strobe going off, a big azz spot in your face, and you are driving towards them.
Seems beyond stupid.
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the spot into oncoming traffic is stupid, but it happens.tunnel vision on the stop causes lack of considering what the effect could be on oncoming drivers . glad you were just frightened and hope the LEO was also and learned from the experience. if you had hit him you might have no longer been Armedndfree!
Being out on the road at night is dangerous business, you really have to keep your head on a swivel. I was in the traffic unit for 10 years and had many close calls, even got clipped by rear view mirrors a couple of times. One time I was in a traffic jam on foot working some kind of accident, when a mirror hit my gun butt. I spun around to yell something, and saw the driver was a Catholic priest with a white collar around his neck and a very chagrined look on his face. I could see right off that he felt worse about it than I did.
These new LED lights that you can see from a mile away seem too bright to me, I can hardly stand to look at them at night. Maybe that's a good idea on the highway, but it seems a bit much in town.
That's the point. Ya cant see schit when the police have a strobe going off, a big azz spot in your face, and you are driving towards them.
Seems beyond stupid.
Yeah, it's almost as if they are intentionally attempting to 'blind' drivers in hope that they will slow down to a crawl or stop. Thankfully many can still drive 30mph without seeing.
Hahaha exactly. However most people are so discombobulated by the lights and then the swerving to miss the cop that they can't properly yell "PIG!!" out the window at them, which is unfortunate. So it has to be done later on internet forums.
