No, he wasn't He wanted to speed (probably break the law since he didn't seem to have an urgent need), and wanted that car out of his way.
Cops are not allowed to speed just because they want to. (But they do, and consider is a perk). It is still a moving violation. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tell me you don't slow down a little when you see a cop car right behind you? >> >> And that you would have sped UP to pass the car on the right, just to >> get out of that lane? (and probably gotten a ticket from the cop for >> speeding) >> > > They can't give you ticket for yielding the right-of-way especially to > a police officer! > > FYI, police vehicles have the right-of-way always and drivers are > legally required to give the right of way. If the lights come on > you're even allowed to drive on the shoulder. > > In fact i believe the cop is not legally allowed to turn on his lights > unless he's providing urgent assistance, arresting a suspect, or > clearing a hazard. > > In this case he was clearing a hazard. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
