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Originally Posted by Partick
How can you say for sure the teens weren't paying attention? The only thing we know for sure is the patrol car was moving at high rate of speed (more than double the limit). Lets seperate fact from speculation...also lets not forget they were 'teens' most likely with a lot less experience in sight distance judgement (especially at high rates of closure) as those of us who have many years of driving experience.
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Actually a very good point. So even if they made a mistake (debateable) it wouldn't have been a fatal mistake without the officers bigger mistake.
Difference. The officer sped on purpose in premeditated defiance of the law. The kids was instantanious. The speeding driver had over 2 minutes to slow down. The kid had less than a fraction of a second to fix his presumed mistake.