Three Driving Tips
May 19, 2021 08:23:31 #
1. Get a dash cam, preferably front and rear.
2. Look!
3. Avoid being on the right side of tractor trailers.
I watched some crash videos on YouTube last night, and those three things stood out to me.
Also, be careful if you're in Arkansas. For some reason, the state has allowed video of police chases to be put online. Chasing cars at over 100 mph doesn't seem to be uncommon. In doing a PIT maneuver at 109 mph, both the police car and the car it hit were totaled. Someone died, but it didn't say who. Another chase began when a woman stole a pack of paper towels and energy drinks from a Dollar Store. The chase continued for many miles, with half a dozen state and local cop cars doing 129 mph. A PIT maneuver sent the perp's car into the woods, and at least one of the four people in the car was killed.
Obey the law! Drive safely!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arkansas+police+chases
2. Look!
3. Avoid being on the right side of tractor trailers.
I watched some crash videos on YouTube last night, and those three things stood out to me.
Also, be careful if you're in Arkansas. For some reason, the state has allowed video of police chases to be put online. Chasing cars at over 100 mph doesn't seem to be uncommon. In doing a PIT maneuver at 109 mph, both the police car and the car it hit were totaled. Someone died, but it didn't say who. Another chase began when a woman stole a pack of paper towels and energy drinks from a Dollar Store. The chase continued for many miles, with half a dozen state and local cop cars doing 129 mph. A PIT maneuver sent the perp's car into the woods, and at least one of the four people in the car was killed.
Obey the law! Drive safely!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arkansas+police+chases
May 19, 2021 08:37:39 #
May 19, 2021 08:45:05 #
May 19, 2021 08:46:07 #
jerryc41 wrote:
1. Get a dash cam, preferably front and rear. br ... (show quote)
4. Have your lights on at all times when driving. This does make your vehicle a bit more visible, even in the bright sunshine.
May 19, 2021 08:47:50 #
May 19, 2021 08:48:36 #
Reminds me of the 60s when the Ohio Highway patrol grisly films were part of driver’s training. Eye openers, for sure.
May 19, 2021 08:49:07 #
Jerry as a retired semi driver I pretty much lived in the right lane, and now my wife and I travel a good bit with our pretty large 5th wheel and again I pretty much live in the right lane. This keeps folks out of the right side blind spot. I very rarely have to pass anyone, with the exception of trucks climbing hills.
May 19, 2021 08:50:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
1. Get a dash cam, preferably front and rear. br ... (show quote)
Asinine to do a chase like that over paper towels and energy drinks.
May 19, 2021 09:01:57 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
Jerry,
Good to see you back! 👍🙂👍
Let me add:
5. If you are a tourist, don't drive in Thailand! It has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the world. Seriously!
Cheers,
Don
Bangkok
Good to see you back! 👍🙂👍
Let me add:
5. If you are a tourist, don't drive in Thailand! It has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the world. Seriously!
Cheers,
Don
Bangkok
May 19, 2021 09:06:15 #
May 19, 2021 09:48:30 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
SteveR wrote:
Asinine to do a chase like that over paper towels and energy drinks.
Exactly! Deadly force and actions should only be used in the direst of circumstances.
Stan
May 19, 2021 09:51:39 #
tradio wrote:
Don't run from the Po Po.
You can’t outrun the radio, we used to say. We were not allowed to do high speed pursuits, but there are other ways to get the bad guy.
May 19, 2021 10:43:58 #
Stephan G wrote:
4. Have your lights on at all times when driving. This does make your vehicle a bit more visible, even in the bright sunshine.
Both of our cars have DRL, so that's covered.
May 19, 2021 15:19:22 #
jerryc41 wrote:
1. Get a dash cam, preferably front and rear. br ... (show quote)
A PIT maneuver at the speeds you mentioned seems more like deliberate punishment rather than stopping the chase.
May 19, 2021 15:23:18 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
You can’t outrun the radio, we used to say. We were not allowed to do high speed pursuits, but there are other ways to get the bad guy.
I retired from police work in the late '70s and the higher ups had just passed a law that we could not engage in a high pursuit unless a felony was involved and then only for a certain distance.
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