[meyer]

...heres one for you....i didn’t make a right on red fast enough for the car behind me..(cars were approching from the left in the right hand lane) so he began blowing his horn at me and then when i made the turn he tried to run me off the road....got description of his car and tag number...called the fhp and county sheriffs office...was told by both that there was nothing they could do since they didn’t see it happen and the owner of the car may not have been the one driving....hmmmm...my response to both was ok then maybe next time he’ll kill someone and then we’ll get him....

Problem is, they probably can't give a citation based on your testimony. It's essentially your word against his and he's innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. But what they could have done was pull him over and give him a lecture for 10 minutes.

[Republic of Texas]

What if the person that called the cops was a nut and lying? Are they still supposed to pull someone over and “lecture” them? The whole reason that people blocking the left lane is a problem is that certain people think it is their job, no, their MANDATE to enforce the law as they see it. They usually seek this anonymous sort of power because they feel worthless in some other part of their life.

Why not just be courteous to other people as best we can and leave it at that?

[tatsinfla]

i brought that up also...(the pulling over and talking to) even asked if they kept any kind of record of complaints against drivers doing this so they could maybe see a pattern repeating....nothing at all....he was free to do what he was doing until they caught him or he caused an accident and God forbide killed or maimed someone....

but yet if you run a red light they can take a picture of the car and send the owner of the car a ticket to pay even if he wasn’t driving it at the time of the infraction....