1. Cops don’t have to obey speed limits or other traffic laws because no cop will ever cite another cop. Ever heard of a citizen pulling a cop over for speeding? I haven’t, but I have seen cops traveling at dangerously high speeds with no sirens or lights.
2. Speed enforcement is the easiest to do since a cop can just sit somewhere beside the road monitoring his radar/vascar/whatever waiting for a target to come into view. It’s also the most profitable.
3. The most dangerous things drivers do rarely result in citations because the cop has to be right there to see it happen (unless there’s an accident). When the cop is manning a stationary speed trap, he is not out there watching for idiots doing stupid things.
I watched a youtube vidio of a ton of cops pulling people over for not stopping for a stopped bus with flashing lights and a stop sign out. They were waiting for the bus to stop and pulled people over IN FORCE. A lot of posters were giving kudos to the cops for “making it safe” for the kids.
The video was BS and I called the cops on making it MORE dangerous. Here’s why:
It was a wide four lane road with lots of traffic and the fact of the matter is that those (going the opposite direction) passing the school bus were in NO WAY causing a dangerous situation. However, the cops pulling everyone over DID cause a dangerous situation.
And not a single car stopped for the bus. There was no “safety” reason to. It was a money trap.
But here’s the rub. If people were to actually stop for the bus on a road like that one, it would almost certainly cause rear end accidents at a fairly regular rate. Coming to a complete stop on a road like that is asking to get hit.
And if you don’t believe me, just watch the video. Sometimes violating traffic laws is safer than obeying them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YM6ePX8Qg
That video is the epitome of traffic laws doing more harm than good.