if two cars were speeding on the far left lane of a highway (one in the front and the other going the same speed behind him) would a cop pull over the one in the front or the one in the back?
2006-12-02 20:29:21 · 10 answers · asked by bob888 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
at like 2am....with no traffic.
2006-12-02 20:48:33 · update #1
It depends on where I am when I radar the two vehicles. If I'm ahead of the vehicles, I'll get the front, because that's the one the radar would lock on. If I'm pacing the two cars, I'll pull over the rear one, that's the one I can testify to in court.
Hope that helps.
2006-12-02 20:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha Ha. I hate to break it to you, but there is no agency that I know of that has any kind of department policy about pulling over vehicles. It's really just at the officers discretion. However, here's some pointers to keep in mind:
1) On the open road (Highways, Interstates, and main roads far from the nearest town) you will mostly encounter State Troopers. These are officers who deal primarily with traffic offenses and if they stop you, you are just about guarenteed a ticket.
2)In metropolitan areas you will mostly encounter city police officers. They are usually trying their best just to keep with the 911 calls that are going out in their district and in many cases they don't really want to take the time to write a ticket. Pay attention here. If you have a valid license, insurance, and registration, then BE NICE TO THESE GUYS. They will probably not write you a ticket, unless you tick them off, because they have other calls to get to.
3)Now this is the tricky part. If an officer pulls you over and he has no intention of writing you a ticket (he plans to just give you a verbal warning, so that he can get back to his calls), you will talk yourself into a ticket if you argue with him. Here's the reason. When you argue with an officer, you give the officer reason to believe that you may call his station and complain on him. If you call and complain after he wrote you a ticket, then it looks like you're complaining because you got a ticket (this is normal). If you call and complain and he has no ticket to show for the traffic stop then he has no evidence of why he stopped you and it may look like he stopped you without any reason (this can land him in internal affairs).
So, to answer your question, cops are human beings. There's no way to tell if he's going to pull over the faster car, or the closest car, or the most expensive car. However, if there are twenty cars speeding in front of an officer, he is going to pull over a car because pulling over one car will usually slow down a lot of passing cars.
2006-12-03 05:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is a judgment call. It would depend on upcoming road conditions, traffic and what the officer could do. In most cases the lead vehicle would be the one to stop due to court decisions. (radar stops require that the measured vehicle be out front and alone so that there is little chance of error.)
2006-12-03 11:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would, and have stopped both vehicles, but it's dangerous. It's a matter of protecting the others on the road. Late at night, a lot of highways are being used by long-distance haulers and they deserve to be safe also.
2006-12-03 10:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the officer completely. Myself, I would tag the one in back just because I would not want to have to try to separate them. More dangerous to surrounding traffic.
2006-12-03 04:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Rich B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been pulled over in both situations. There's no one "Right" answer. It's usually the guy in the back tho.
2006-12-03 04:41:21 · answer #6 · answered by Austin M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Reality is ,you can catch only one, whoever stops first gets caught, the other one gets away. It is not fair, but that is the way things work out.
2006-12-03 06:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop the second car, radio ahead and have someone else stop the first one.
2006-12-03 09:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally the one in the back, they will pass him him, and he will stop the first one he catches.
2006-12-03 12:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one in the back...
itsthe first one they will come too
2006-12-03 04:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by __MeTa__ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋