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Originally Posted by m1tankr
There are 2 types of drivers, those that have crashed and those that will crash.
It's fairly dumb to say you hate traffic cops. There are very few pure traffic cops. Most are local cops that work traffic sometimes or as requested by your neighbors who apparently disagree with you on your danger assessment, Mr. "I don't speed when when I feel it's to dangerous." Guess what the most common complaint about crime is? People speeding in this neighborhood. What people really mean when they say they hate traffic cops is, they hate being caught. BTW Just to throw some cold water on your other theory, the majority of drug, warrant, felony arrests, are made from traffic stops. Most cops I know and work with aren't traffic hounds. I find that most people that complain like you have an inordinate amount of violations and are mostly just whiners because they got caught. BTW To throw some more cold water on your other complaint. If you call 911 for a fire or medical emergency, you're going to get an officer there well before fire or EMT. Odds are it's gonna be one like me and I'll be working on your child, wife, parent trying to save them for a few minutes before EMT or Fire get there. By the time you call and it gets dispatched, and fire gets there, you're well past that 6 minute brain damage window. So far, just this year, our dept has 2 saves w/defibs and CPR. Think before you speak. People like you never need our help...until you need our help and your phone ends up helping more than your .45
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People who hate traffic cops are usually the most reckless drivers because they always feel they have to prove how awesome they are; hence they're the ones usually racing somebody. We've had 3 major accidents in the past 6 months near an intersection where I live and 2 fatalities because of people who drive with their egos and THINK they are the most awesome drivers in the world. It never occurs to them that regular drivers who pull out onto a roadway with a speed limit of 50 are NOT EXPECTING traffic moving at over 100 mph so they don't allow for speed-to-distance closing speeds of cars moving that fast. So when Mr. Awesome Driver has a regular unsuspecting driver pull out in front of him he only has enough time to move his foot from gas to brake pedal before impact and BLAM.
I can't see the intersection from my house but I can sure hear it. The sounds of engines racing, gear shifts, and then the sudden change to tires screaming and in less than 2 seconds from tire scream you hear a huge metallic impact. And I sit there thinking "dear god; not another one". It's terribly sad to leave for work and see a pile of flowers at the edge of the intersection where somebody died and know you heard the moment of their death. And why? Because of dumb asses racing.
Traffic cops are not a problem; idiot drivers are. Traffic cops are doing what we the people hired them to do. You wanna race? Take your car to a track where it's legal and safe to do so and THEN I'll consider you a responsible driver, regardless of your age. You wanna drive at 176, 146 or whatever high speed at night you think is cool because you think you're fast and furious? I'll be one of those calling a traffic cop on your dumb ass; and hopefully they'll get to you before you kill somebody.