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How far should you pull off highway
My friend asked me to post this video. We may have all seen this routine situation hundreds of times.
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Glad you posted that Al , one of my company’s deals with that kind of stuff every day , I never pull to shoulder unless its a emergency , I always go to off ramp or pullout, if I get a flat tire I get vehicle under control then go slow to pullout or off ramp , to wreck a rim or get killed no brainer I think !!!!!!!
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WOW!
You know the cop car had his lights on and the bus certainly is visible from a long ways away. Texting? sudden illness? something else to distract the driver?
What got my attention first was that as the cop was walking back to his car he wasn’t even looking up at the oncoming traffic.
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I saw that to Jon , I said to my wife that is dangerous when around traffic not to watch what’s coming, it hardly moved the bus, bad deal all around!!!!!!!
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Down here in Texas they passed a law recently about slowing down if you see emergency lights flashing. Even on Road Crews working. Will it make a difference? Probably not. I wouldn’t pull over until I had a place to get completely off road.
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The officer not looking also caught my attention,I am pleased to see how the Prevost faired in this situation as the car looks to be totally destroyed.
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Car vs Prevost not a good match up. You ain’t gonna win that in a car or light truck. Years ago seen an accident invovling a pick up head with a bus down in South Texas. Not good. Bus ran another 1/2 mile with truck stuck in front grill area. 2 people in truck. No Bueno for drug runners. They were running from DPS.
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Actually the law in Texas is to move to the far away lane… you cannot pass a flashing lighted DPS or such in the nearest lane. The car involved in that wreck should have been in the other lane. If it’s a single lane highway you have to slow down. Very good law …may be in other states too as I have noticed how the cars all pull into the other lane when approaching police pull overs.
Shame that driver wasn’t paying attention and the officer was very lucky he wasn’t hit too !! Wow !Diane
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This video was on the net a while back. I also noticed the patrolman looking down. He was holding his head down so his hat wouldn’t blow off. If you look at the grass along the road, it’s really windy outside. Still, it was not safe for him to have his head down.
The old ’86-’87 Chrysler 5th Ave. didn’t have airbags back then. It appears that the damaged went all the way to the back door so there was not a very good chance of survival if someone was in the passenger front seat. You can hear the cop say “Oh my God” when he sees the person in the car. It must have been a terrible sight.
There are just some things in life you don’t want to see.
MM.
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Many years ago i spent time as a policeman while attending school and always was a concern when stopping someone on a divided highway since US Hwy 90 past through our town. You were always aware of the cars passing as trying to keep an eye out and make sure you never positioned yourself close to the roadway or between your patrol car and the car you pulled over for fear of what we just witnessed… Most of these type accidents were impaired drivers…. Back then, the limit was 70 mph with no airbags and few safety features and few if any wore seatbelts. Pulling victums from vehicles still bothers me today and cured my appetite for alcohol at a young age… Luckily, i made a career change!!
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As coach drivers we have an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage we have is because of our high seating position we can see further ahead than most drivers so we should have more time to change lanes or slow down. The disadvantage is we are so long, a lane change is not as easy as in a 16 foot long car so we have to be prepared to react quickly as soon as we see the flashing lights.
One problem I see is with tow truck operators, repair trucks, tire repair men, and highway litter crews for example. Those guys work on the shoulder and in a lot of cases we have no warning in advance and often cannot give them room. It doesn’t help when they are working on the street side of a vehicle or get out of their vehicle without looking.
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In my home town, which I-75 goes right through, there is only one road call service company left. All the others have had employees killed or severely injured and will no longer service Interstate calls.
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Like I said to somebody , that said about no warning,,,,, put the brakes on slowly and safely ,, and slow down if u can not move over!!!!!!!!!
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If I come across someone on the wayside and can’t get to the other lane, I simply put on the Emer flashers and slow down, been given a grateful hand sign several times.
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