Motor officer gets clobbered

[FJR_pig]

About the same time last year a local cop was stopped at a red light at a four way major intersection. Lady plowed into him from his 6 o'clock...he had to take a week off but ATTGATT saved him.
In the video, the officer says he pulled the guy over for "failure to maintain". What is that and why would it be ironic? From the officer's tome I infer he thought it ironic....

He meant failure to maintain lane of travel. It's ironic since that is what happened with the vehicle that smashed into him and the car he originally stopped.

Failing to maintain minimum speed is known around here as impeding traffic. Tough to articulate that one at times, often is situational - unless you're on US 101 in the summer, stuck behind motor homes... :angry:

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

On our way back from Reno Thursday, on I-80, I spotted a motor officer going the opposite direction, possibly NHP, with a white full-face helmet on. That was a first for me.

Local motocops here in Roseburg where white Nolan's.

 

[FJR_pig]

On our way back from Reno Thursday, on I-80, I spotted a motor officer going the opposite direction, possibly NHP, with a white full-face helmet on. That was a first for me.

Really? Wow, our guys have had them since 1997. We still had our 3/4 that we used on occasion, but we switched to Shoei Syncrotecs way back then. We were fortunate to have a front office that recognized the merits of good gear.

Bit of trivia for you, too. The Oregon State Police worked with Aerostitch to design the Police Roadcrafter you see on lots of motorcops today. We were also the first to run police BMWs in the states. Okay, I'm done bragging...

 

[AethonFJR]

I believe several states have gone to approaching stopped vehicles on the passenger side to protect their officers. I am sure that there are probably several reason that officers prefer to go to the drivers side, not the least of which is to be able to better observe the driver and possible smell their breath.

With so many people “packing” any more, with and without a permit, I can understand an officer when first approaching a stopped vehicle would want the vantage point to their best advantage, but seeing video like this one and other I have seen…….. very scary place to be.

 

[AethonFJR]

https://www.kgw.com/video/video-index.html?nvid=227246

They ave a video of the hit in slow motion as well.

See above link

 

[LDRydr]

I remember this one. Wasn't that out near King City in Tigard? What was a Hillsboro officer doing there?

 

[drew231506]

I wonder if the "violator" still received a ticket?

I would have asked him to atleast lower the speed before I called 911.

j/k of course...

 

[FJR_pig]

I remember this one. Wasn't that out near King City in Tigard? What was a Hillsboro officer doing there?

Various Washington County agencies make up a once a month traffic team - they target different areas each month. I suspect that day was one of them and they were focusing on 99W. Guess it needed it...

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

I remember this one. Wasn't that out near King City in Tigard? What was a Hillsboro officer doing there?

Various Washington County agencies make up a once a month traffic team - they target different areas each month. I suspect that day was one of them and they were focusing on 99W. Guess it needed it...

I don't suppose you could give us a heads up when and where LEO's will be congregating so we can avoid them.......... thought not.

 

[Ed_Grant]

Texas has had a law on the books for a year or so requiring traffic to slow 20 mph below the speed limit if in the right lane when passing an emergency vehicle that is on the right shoulder. It's OK to maintain speed if you can change into a lane farther left. Seems to be working around here.

My first accident was just east of Hillsboro back in 1964 on a Vespa scooter. I grew up in Forest Grove and went to Jr. College in Portland. The traffic there is the worst I've seen.

 

[HotRodZilla]

I believe several states have gone to approaching stopped vehicles on the passenger side to protect their officers. I am sure that there are probably several reason that officers prefer to go to the drivers side, not the least of which is to be able to better observe the driver and possible smell their breath.
With so many people “packing” any more, with and without a permit, I can understand an officer when first approaching a stopped vehicle would want the vantage point to their best advantage, but seeing video like this one and other I have seen…….. very scary place to be.

Actually, being on the passenger side is more tactically advantageous than approaching on the driver's side. The biggest reason is that people don't expect to see us at the passenger window, so we can stop at the back of the car and watch what is going on before we get close enough to talk. Breath issues aren't that big of deal, cuz the whole car will reek. If there is a passenger, that makes it harder since it's hard to determine whose breath we are actually smelling. But if we have suspicions, we can still pull the driver out of the car. Most guys I know, me included, do passenger side approaches on the freeway, just because of drivers like the one that hit this guy. In this case though, I probably would have also approached on the driver's side because of the guard-rail on the right. We try to never place ourselves where we are trapped between a car and another immobile object. I'm sure if the officer had been able to control the first driver he would have had him stop where there was no guardrail, but not everyone thinks like we do. Best defense in that situation would have been to stop farther back from the stopped car so that there was a larger cushion area between the bike with lights and the stopped car. Most people will hit the vehicle with all the lights.