Hellbent
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I often get peeved when I see cops not using their signals or speeding without lights flashing. If it's unsafe for me to drive 20-30mph faster than the rest of traffic, it's unsafe for the cop, too. When I bring this up to friends, they just reply, "well, he's a cop." One of these days I should flash a cop down and see if I can convince him that he should write himself up a ticket.
I stumbled upon this rather frightening article after reading the people arrested for feeding hungry homeless article; there really is something fishy about the state of Florida: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...0,3890782.story and below an excerpt:
•One out of every 44 crashes in Florida — or an average of nearly 7,400 a year — involved a law-enforcement vehicle.
•Most cop crashes happen while officers are simply driving — not while they're chasing someone or racing to an emergency with lights and sirens deployed.
•Many officers crash repeatedly. In fact, 26 officers had tallied four or more crashes in that time period.
•The associated costs are staggering. During the five-year period, crashes involving officers caused more than $126 million in property damage. That doesn't include medical expenses or legal claims paid to people who were hurt or the families of those killed.
In 2008, a Palm Beach County deputy fell asleep while driving 73 mph in a 50-mph zone, crossed into oncoming traffic and killed a man on his way to work. The deputy was not ticketed or charged.
A Pensacola officer in 2009 tased a 17-year-old boy on a bicycle from his moving patrol car, trying to stop him, then ran over and killed the teen after he tumbled to the ground. That officer was not ticketed or charged.
For 20 years, FBI analyst Chuck Miller has studied what kills cops in the line of duty. When he started, the No. 1 killer was criminals. For the past 15 years, it has been motor vehicles.
"Now," he said, "it's more dangerous to give an officer a car than a gun."
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