So that way when a police cruiser suddenly comes barreling toward you at 50 mph while you're going 50 mph with a motor home in the lane to your left and in front of you and a curb to your right, you can slam on your brakes really hard and they will actually work and stop you.
Do you guys think I should call the police department and report this guy? He had lights and sirens on, and there was no way for he and I to see each other until we were in the same lane facing one another, but you're not supposed to turn into a lane you can't see is clear of traffic, ESPECIALLY if you're about to go head on into that lane of traffic. I was about to overtake the motor home on the right (which is legal here) and if I'd been 20 feet forward and next to it we would have hit at full speeds. Maybe he 30 mph and me 50 mph. Still very serious. My brakes are good, my reflexes thankfully good, and my EMT training made it so I generally keep my head in an emergency. Someone with brakes going bad with slower reflexes would have been very badly injured.
It makes me feel very unsafe in my 2001 vehicle. I was a 2008 one now for the safety features.
Luckily no one was hurt, and Piper wasn't with me, I was alone. I shouted a few choice words in my car about the officer, but I haven't done too much since. Should I report his reckless driving, or assume it's part of the job and he just didn't mean it and leave it at that?
On the other hand, now I don't get a new car and a new Madison Regent for Piper.
Wendy
Do you guys think I should call the police department and report this guy? He had lights and sirens on, and there was no way for he and I to see each other until we were in the same lane facing one another, but you're not supposed to turn into a lane you can't see is clear of traffic, ESPECIALLY if you're about to go head on into that lane of traffic. I was about to overtake the motor home on the right (which is legal here) and if I'd been 20 feet forward and next to it we would have hit at full speeds. Maybe he 30 mph and me 50 mph. Still very serious. My brakes are good, my reflexes thankfully good, and my EMT training made it so I generally keep my head in an emergency. Someone with brakes going bad with slower reflexes would have been very badly injured.
It makes me feel very unsafe in my 2001 vehicle. I was a 2008 one now for the safety features.
Luckily no one was hurt, and Piper wasn't with me, I was alone. I shouted a few choice words in my car about the officer, but I haven't done too much since. Should I report his reckless driving, or assume it's part of the job and he just didn't mean it and leave it at that?
On the other hand, now I don't get a new car and a new Madison Regent for Piper.
Wendy