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Originally Posted by Supermans
Your suppose to drive defensively and not anticipate what the other guy is doing
It doesn't look like in the video they even tried to slow to turn. It's almost like they weren't looking at all. I'm not trying to judge because I wasn't there ,but I'm going off of what I see in the video and that's all any of us have to go off of.
The cop clearly has blame also ,but I think not most of it.
From what I read on this forum I think if it would have been some joe in a camaro on not a cop, a lot more people on here would have put the blame on the kids for turning in front of him.
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You say the cop clearly has the blame, but not most of it? I don't get the "clearly" and then the "But not most of it" part of that sentence... Please explain how any part of this involves the two teenagers doing anything wrong? Cop A breaking the speed limit by over 20mph...Cop B flies by presumably breaking the speed limit by 40mph or more and hits the teenagers. Both cops lost the "right of way" the moment the speed limit was broken.[/QUOTE]
I guess I didn't chose my words correctly. To me it's no different then if someone stepped off the curb and got hit. No matter how fast the car that hits them is going you don't step in front of one. you look both ways and when it's clear then you cross the street. I in way am defending what the cops where doing. I'm greatly against street racing as I have had friends get killed while racing. But, I believe from the way the video looks to me, the kids in the car were not looking when then turn or they thought they could beat the car that was coming. I don't know how you couldn't see a car racing down the road on a well lit street with it's head lights on with other cars coming also and not at least slow down to make sure nothing was coming before you turn.