[Undecided 2012]

This is my perception, when I lived in Philly a few years back my neighbor 2 doors down was old and deaf. When he came home with groceries my sons knew as I was taught, to run out and help him carry them in. There were never words exchanged because he could not hear. Communication between him and us was simply a wave a smile and hand motions of I got this I’m here to help.
I can fully understand a deaf person not hearing a siren behind them and continuing to drive not paying attention to what is behind them.
It’s a shame when he did learn that a cop was behind him to stop, put it in park and put your hands at 10 and 2 on the wheel.
Jumping out was not a good reaction

[COBOL2Java]

It’s a shame when he did learn that a cop was behind him to stop, put it in park and put your hands at 10 and 2 on the wheel.

Jumping out was not a good reaction

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On that I can agree with you. Getting out of the car was a BIG mistake. Sad that no one taught him the "10 and 2" as you say. Things would most likely have turned out much better.

[Blue Jays]

A police officer once pulled behind me so close that I could not even see his flashing lights and I exited my car all without ever having seen him because I reached my destination within 50 meters of him flipping on his lights.

It all ended fine, yet the officer in my situation was also WAY too excitable for the situation.
Plus I was wearing a bicycle helmet, wearing full lycra kit, with a bicycle on the roof of my vehicle, and pulled into a bicycle shop parking lot. So my exiting the vehicle made perfect sense to ANY observer.