On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:41:43 -0400, Nate Nagel , said the following in rec.autos.driving...
Just to satisfy our friend's curiosity, here's the details of the intersection and the traffic conditions that afternoon (a little wordy, but needed to give a complete detail of what happened that day):
GA25-Spur: 4 lane highway with emergency lanes on the right running from I-95 to US17-GA25 (hence the designation of "Spur.") seperated by 25ft (appx.) median with turn pockets at all intersections. All intersections are controlled by traffic lights with left turn arrows (and right turn arrows at most intersections) for traffic exiting the highway. Distance between intersections is anywhere from 1-2 mile to 2+ miles. There are no business or residential driveways intersecting this road. Posted Speed Limits are 50MPH to 45MPH.
GA303: suburban highway with 4 lanes seperated by a center left turn lane many business driveways intersect this road. No left turn arrows for traffic turning left from GA303 to Ga25-Spur. Posted Speed Limit is 45MPH.
SUV attempted pbuttI first posted this story several years ago: I was driving on a narrow, winding road through...
The intersection: These roads do not intersect at 90 degrees. Sightlines are poor on GA25-spur in the southbound lanes on both right and left; especially if there are vehicles waiting in the turn pockets.
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Traffic conditions: Moderate traffic, with vehicles waiting in the left turn pocket to turn from GA25-Spur SB to GA303 NB. No traffic waiting to turn right. Clear weather, dry pavement.
The light had been red for several seconds and traffic on GA 303 was starting to proceed into the intersection when the sherriff's car entered Can't imagine why they would think that it would be safe to enter an
I'll second that: *sigh*
Like I said in the original post: police hypocrisy. Or as Phil Collins sang: "God will take good care of you. Just do as I say, don't do as I do." Subsbreastute Government (or Police) for God and the point is the same. FWIW, the Sheriff in McIntosh County goes by the name Charles "Chunk," Jones. Care to guess what kind of department this is? ;-)
Had the deputy exercised any semblance of caution entering the intersection and used the lights-siren (even if he turned them off after exiting the intersection) I probablly would not have even thought twice about it, much less done a rant here. But his blatent disregard for public safety was what brought me to comment on it.
Also, I have observed the Brunswick Police and Glynn County Police (their juristiction) vehicles on many occaisions. and every time I have seen them have to go through a red light, they always used lights and-or siren and always used due care (slowing down and making sure cross traffic stops first) when entering the intersection. So, jaybird, before you take this as an indictment of all police, I am merely commenting on what I saw this particular deputy do and, heaven forbid, this is a driving forum and this was a driving related situation...
Only certain criminals.
