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.
“We do not want to write you tickets...”
BS.
“We will do it all day long.”
We have quotas to fill, and we go for the low hanging fruit.
I almost hit a cop once who came flying out of a private driveway with no warning, no lights, no siren. The driveway was well hidden with trees and shrubs on a 2-lane country road, and it was impossible for anyone going the direction I was going to see the cop waiting there. A safe driver would have slowly crept out so they could gain visibility themselves and to become visible to oncoming traffic.
The cop was running a vascar speed trap. It’s one of their favorite places to hide.
If I did what that cop did, and a cop saw me do it, I would surely have gotten a ticket and I would have deserved it.