If you pull in front or another driver

37chief · Oct 28, 2016

If you pull in front of another driver make sure it isn't a police officer. That is what my wife did today. We were driving in town, the wife didn't check oncoming traffic good enough. She said he has his lights on what shall I do? Pull over I said. she got a ticket for unsafe lane change. Not going to crow, but I haven't received a ticket for a lot of years. What about you? Stan

rrlund · Oct 28, 2016

Don't follow another truck through a red light if there's a cop sitting right there waiting for the light to change either. Been there,done that.

David G · Oct 28, 2016

Bad karma saying you have not had ticket......

Eldon (WA) · Oct 28, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:05:41 10/28/16) If you pull in front of another driver make sure it isn't a police officer. That is what my wife did today. We were driving in town, the wife didn't check oncoming traffic good enough. She said he has his lights on what shall I do? Pull over I said. she got a ticket for unsafe lane change. Not going to crow, but I haven't received a ticket for a lot of years. What about you? Stan

My last ticket was in bfe western Nebraska at dawn. I came to a stop sign, saw a vehicle cresting the hill to my left about a quarter mile away, so I rolled the stop sign to get a head start on him....turned out to be the hi-po...got me for rolling thru the stop sign. I didn't argue....I was way overweight with two tractors on my trailer.

RBoots · Oct 28, 2016

At a busy 4 way stoplight intersection in my hometown, north/south traffic had the red light, so I was stopped. I was in high school at the time. Looked across the intersection to see my buddy, he as waving at me with a truck he had just put together with a Chevy 400 SB. So he gave me a thumbs up and brake torqued it until you almost couldn't see him from the smoke. He didn't check his mirror first, there was a cop in the lane to the right of him one car back. He thought me waving and pointing was me encouraging him. I wasn't. I was trying to make him notice the cop whilst he was torching off his tires. He got a pretty good ticket for it too.

farmerwithmutt · Oct 28, 2016

I got picked up by a cute woman cop once and asked her for a date to my surprise a couple days later she called but by that time I had thought it over . Little things got me to wondering the wisdom of such a move things like handcuffs, tasers, batons the list started getting long it might have been fun I sometimes wish I had pursued it maybe i still think about it once in a while.

JimS · Oct 28, 2016

At least she wasn;t topless, drunk on wine, taking a selfie, or at least I assume:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Police-Woman-Rams-Squad-Car-While-Taking-Topless-Selfie-398959291.html#ixzz4OLQqNyqW

old · Oct 28, 2016

Depending on how she did it and if she used her turn signal he could be in the wrong. If she did in fact signal and the cop did not yield right of way he is the one who should write him self a ticket.

Ark68SS · Oct 28, 2016

I was driving my '68 Chevelle SS to a car show, and I always try to take the 2-lane roads instead of the Interstates. Was stuck behind this new bright red Charger that was going about 52mph on a 55mph highway. Right after I passed him the blue lights came on. It was a dang Arkansas State Trooper in an unmarked car!
He was a nice guy, but still wrote a ticket, wound up costing $195.
Moral of story-look very closely at the package shelf for a light bar before you pass the car in front of you. :wink:
BillL

Stephen Newell · Oct 29, 2016

Too many unsafe lane changes going on today. It's like people don't care a bit anymore if they cause an accident. I had four people do this to me yesterday where I narrowly missed hitting them. Then I saw one instance where someone was driving in a center lane and they let an opening in front of them where two cars on each side of them wanted the spot and pulled in from each side and neither would yield. They went for more than 100 yards sharing the same lane inches apart rolling down their window yelling at each other. I've had to start tailgating folks in rush hour traffic to prevent someone from taking the front off my truck.

jimg.allentown · Oct 29, 2016

Using a turn signal does NOT automatically give you right-of-way. Nor does it require the other vehicle to yield to you. You are still responsible for making a SAFE lane change, allowing proper distances between vehicles. That is in the V&T code. Look it up!

Dick2 · Oct 29, 2016

Plenty of unmarked cars in the Phoenix area. Plus, with LED lights the light bars are so slim that it is hard to recognize that it is a cop car. I drive the speed limit and most cars pass me. Those drivers drive those streets regularly in their morning commute and should be fully aware that the town is "revenue enhancing" daily with their radar guns, but they speed anyway.

Mike(NEOhio) · Oct 29, 2016

I travel I 90 to Boston a few times a year and it happens a lot. The lane change signal flashes 3 times. I think it should be 5, but most people move into your lane on the first flash regardless of the clearance. Like the signal gives them right of way.

showcrop · Oct 29, 2016

I drive in NE MA usually one day a week. It is very common for drivers to try to keep someone from changing into their lane ahead of them. I try to keep right except when passing, so that traffic ca flow faster, but now and then I come up behind a slower moving vehicle in my lane, so I will make a SAFE lane change. I start looking for a good opening in the left lane well in advance, and I admit that I will sometimes "play" with the driver a little. I will put my directional on to signal my intended lane change, but not change for a few seconds. The driver of the car coming up behind me will, more than half the time, rather than reduce speed SLIGHTLY to let me in, will instead accelerate aggressively and come quickly up to my bumper and slam on the brakes as if I will think that I just changed lanes without adequate room. It always amazes me to see how many owners of the road there are.

Steve@Advance · Oct 29, 2016

Stephen, I am convinced it's that type behavior that causes rush hour gridlock!

Everyone thinks that at the head of this 5 MPH parade is someone blocking the way. In reality it's the aggressive drivers that won't stay in their lane!

Making quick lane changes, bullying their way into a space that's not big enough for their vehicle, passing on the shoulder, passing in the exit lane...

Then the offended driver reacts in varying ways.

Some react in fear jamb on the brakes, traffic stops.

Some react in anger, trying to get revenge, more stupid maneuvers, traffic stops.

In either case, a whole line of cars have to get on the brakes to make room for one idiot that has now successfully gained the distance of one car length!

I see it daily, someone comes on the freeway, makes a death defying series of maneuvers to get to their God given place in the left lane... Then as I drive past them in the middle lane, there they sit in the slowest lane of the freeway because it's filled with people just like them!

Stephen Newell · Oct 29, 2016

I agree but it seems to be getting worse every day. It's got me thinking of fabricating bumpers for my truck out of I-beams.

Chuck MA · Oct 29, 2016

Showcrop don't forget that 50% drivers will go by you and switch to your lane too closely and slow down to their original speed and you
wind going around them anyway. Travelled the 495/95/93 area for years and only gotten worse fortunately I don't get out there much
anymore.

farmerwithmutt · Oct 29, 2016

In Wisconsin some cops will drive slow so when you pass them they can check the license tags. If there is even something minor it gives them an excuse to pull you over and then the fun begins. They will check for your driver's license your insurance 2 ways they can get you there is one for no insurance but if you don't have proof you paid it. The list goes on.

oldtanker · Oct 29, 2016

(quoted from post at 20:34:27 10/28/16) Depending on how she did it and if she used her turn signal he could be in the wrong. If she did in fact signal and the cop did not yield right of way he is the one who should write him self a ticket.

OK, let me get this straight. She made a lane change then got a ticket. Just where are you driving where the driver making a lane change has right of way over a vehicle already in that lane?

Rick

37chief · Oct 29, 2016

This was actually while merging into traffic from a side road. I said lane change. I guess I should have been more clear. Cop was coming up a hill on a motorcycle, harder to see. He may even been going too fast who knows. Wife was unfamiliar to the area. What else can I say. Stan

old · Oct 29, 2016

I know the driving laws having a Class A CDL make it so I have to know more then the common Joe does look that one up

37chief · Oct 29, 2016

They do get sneaky sometimes. I was coming home from work 12:30 at night. Not a car in sight.I was going down a hill speed limit was 50. I see a car parked on the side of the road with the trunk lid open. It was a cop. As I went by he takes off the trunk lid closes. He pulled me over and wrights me up for 55 in a 50. Kind of sneaky I thought. Stan

1948CaseVAI · Oct 29, 2016

(quoted from post at 23:34:27 10/28/16) Depending on how she did it and if she used her turn signal he could be in the wrong. If she did in fact signal and the cop did not yield right of way he is the one who should write him self a ticket.

Using your signal does NOT give you right of way. Never.

Steamboat · Oct 29, 2016

Several years ago I had a County Mountie blast through a stop sign on a side road entering a major red-line road. I had to do some very serious braking to prevent a collision. Had I not been wearing a seat belt, I would have been forced against the steering wheel, and my passenger against the windshield. He merely went on his way, with no apology or enquiry whether myself or my passenger were OK. I thought seriously about reporting the incident to the High Sherriff, but did not. What would the cop have done if I was the one who blew through the stop sign?

buickanddeere · Oct 29, 2016

Around here it's standard practice to pull out with your tractor of vehicle immediately in front of on coming traffic and force them to brake hard to avoid a collision. Dawdle along well under the speed limit and then turn without signalling into the next farm or intersection.

ss55 · Oct 29, 2016

Is it ever a good idea ( or safe?) to pull out onto a road right in front of another driver, cop or no cop?

smallercrawler · Oct 29, 2016

The "one flash, here I come" signal is becoming quite prevalent in some areas!

Greg1959 · Oct 29, 2016

Steve@Advance- How traffic jams are created....if you have 50 cars traveling down the road (close together) and the first one taps their baks to slow down 1 mph, then the one behind them taps their brakes to slow down 1 mph, then repeat this 50 times. The last car (#50) is going 49 mph slower than the lead car. Thus, traffic jam.

oldtanker · Oct 29, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:11:12 10/29/16) I know the driving laws having a Class A CDL make it so I have to know more then the common Joe does look that one up

So? I had a CDL with endorsements for a number of years. Doesn't make me an expert in laws. The OP said "lane change", now he's amplifying that she was merging into traffic. In both cases the vehicle moving to another lane or merging has to yield! Just turning your signal on doesn't "give you the right of way"! I've never been in situation where merging traffic has the right of way! If you actually think and drive that way you are part of the reason that the trucking laws have changed so much over the years and give truckers a bad name!! Just because you are driving a bigger unit than a smart car or motor cycle doesn't give you the right of way! No wonder you hate cops so much! They write you tickets for driving like that! Because you have a CDL and[b:8edbe3fd80] think you own the road[/b:8edbe3fd80]! hate to tell you this but a guy with a horse and buggy has [b:8edbe3fd80]JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE ON THE ROAD AS LONG AS THEY ARE LEGAL[/b:8edbe3fd80] Want to know the laws? Basic laws for operating a motor vehicle is the same for large and small vehicles as far as speed limits, lane changes, merging, passing and any other normal operating task!

Now don't get me wrong. I don't like over bearing cops on a power trip any more than anyone else. But when they are simply doing their job I have the utmost respect for them.

Rick

oldtanker · Oct 30, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:57:24 10/29/16)

(quoted from post at 08:11:12 10/29/16) I know the driving laws having a Class A CDL make it so I have to know more then the common Joe does look that one up

Click to expand...

And just to add a little something. All vehicles have to be driven within the law. The extra laws that a CDL holder has to deal with have nothing to do with driving laws in general and deal only with things pertaining to operating a commercial vehicle like vehicle pre trip inspections, weights, log books and other such things that don't affect the laws dealing with speed, lane changes, passing, stop signs and other laws that all driver are supposed to obey.

Rick

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