Originally Posted by
BadBoy10
This is why smart guy:
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/201...ket-officers/2
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_...broward-county
http://www.southfloridainjuryattorne...d_sheriff.html
You are wrongly assuming I was in the middle of the right lane. I wasn't. I was in the bike lane WHICH shares the far right lane with cars and in Florida--the bike lanes are extremely narrow. Basically, you can touch the car. There is no distance.
I don't get your hostility --Get a clue, just like in every other governmental career --everyone in law enforcement should not be wearing a badge nor protecting/serving. There are some quite nasty egomaniacs wearing the badge. Wrong is wrong. To scare the **** out of someone just because you can and have a badge and a siren is not cool. You might think it is--I don't.
Every time someone says something about a police officer--does not mean we are picking on law enforcement. Umm, no, I respect and appreciate what my tax money pays for--however--stop the b.s.--my town is having serious issues with law enforcement blowing red lights, turning on sirens, killing people and repeatedly--there was no reason because they were not responding to a call.
Clearly, this isn't an issue in your city. Good for you.
Maybe you should re-read your own posts - all of them.
As for this last one:
"This is why smart guy.."
"You are wrongly assuming ....."
"Get a clue...."
"There are some quite nasty egomaniacs wearing the badge......"
"stop the b.s..."
And lets not forget "I don't get your hostility --"
Funny - I'm not seeing all the hostility in my posting - yours on the other hand I have some doubts about.
I read all those links you posted. Sorry - somehow that just don't seem to back up your claim that: "-my town is having serious issues with law enforcement blowing red lights, turning on sirens, killing people and repeatedly--there was no reason because they were not responding to a call."
Course people tend to see what they want to see and you and I may be looking for different things anyway.
If ALL motorists were given citations based on their actual driving rather than just the times they were caught - 99% of the population in the USA would lose their permit within a week. Why pick out cops?
But I am curious - how exactly did you manage to confirm that they were not actually responding to a call? Or is that just an assumption?
What I posted was:
"you were blocking their way. They would have done the same thing if you were driving a motorcycle, car or semi-trailer."
That has absolutely nothing to do with wheither you were in a bike lane sharing their lane or not. In fact, can't see any real issues with my original post. Personally I've put the car on the sidewalk to let emergency vehicles pass. Maybe they were just going for coffee or maybe they were responding to something serious like that shooting you just had in Colorado.
I don't make it my business to police the police. Just managing my own life seems to be a full time job - wouldn't want the extra responsibility.