U-turning cops - quite common

[bully]

yesterday i was a couple of cars back from a cop, he desides to put on his lights, then instead of doing a u turn he pulls left so we all think cool hes pulling over, then cuts us off and then u turns, we all had to slam our breaks on.
all this for a loaded truck climbing a hill, to put three cars in danger, to catch a truck who was hardley going to do a runna.

what a dick head, the road was real wide too.
this seems all to common, i dont trust thos bastards now.
if your a cop think about the inocent before you go after your quota.
its the 2nd time its happened to me lately.

[Gremlin]

fit bull bars... then wait for him/her to not give you enough room... they are like any other road user unless they have lights on etc...

I do believe the patrol cars have some serious blind spots tho, and this comes from those using them.

[TLMAN]

so we all think cool hes pulling over

Good luck with overtaking a cop car with lights flashing, only a fool would do that

[awayatc]

Yes, quite common for police vehicles to excecute very inapropriate u-turns to catch some minor traffic offenders.....

Like those old wanted posters "dead or alive"

[bully]

he put his lights on. then moved left like he was going to let the cars behind him go past before the u turn. but didnt and cut us off.
its not over taking if hes pulled over. as in off the road line

[duckonin]

Yep saw the same thing happen not more than two weeks back out from Morrinsville we were on the bike and before the idget did his u turn we were about 160 metres behind his car doing 105k's an hour, so we were very close to the mutt when it happened THE LAW..ffs some have no idea, They may be the power but the answer to no one when on the road...

[Gremlin]

Good luck with overtaking a cop car with lights flashing, only a fool would do that

urrr... what if it was a firetruck?

Of course, it was my friend and he was in the country... and the firetruck wasn't going very quickly...

He did feel very guilty...

[mstriumph]

the power goes to some people's heads ........ can't judge all of em by a few lunatics

[ElCoyote]

fit bull bars... then wait for him/her to not give you enough room... they are like any other road user unless they have lights on etc...

I do believe the patrol cars have some serious blind spots tho, and this comes from those using them.

Their only blind spot is between the ears

[scumdog]

Their only blind spot is between the ears

I hope you apply that line of thought to the public too???

[BadCompany]

I do believe the patrol cars have some serious blind spots tho, and this comes from those using them.

That's no excuse. I'm sure if you turn you head like your meant to, you can see your blind spot. Too bad hardly anyone does this.

[McJim]

I hope you apply that line of thought to the public too???

There wouldn't be these blind spot problems if the cops had proper cars eh Scummy? Like Ford Mustangs for all - Yayeee!

[MarkH]

A couple of years ago a cop made a dangerous U-Turn to pull over my mate so that he could tell him off. My mate had broken no laws and there was nothing the cop could charge him with, just pissed the cop off and the cop happily endangered the lives of other motorists to have a wee vent.

BTW
When you wave to a cop you should use 4 fingers, not 1.

[bully]

yer well his guy should have seen us miles before just by looking in his rear view,i allways know if theres someone behind me.

[xwhatsit]

urrr... what if it was a firetruck?

Of course, it was my friend and he was in the country... and the firetruck wasn't going very quickly...

He did feel very guilty...

I think fire engines are limited in speed somewhat. I've passed one on the motorway which had its lights flashing, and I wasn't going very fast either. Didn't feel guilty one bit