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Police in the carpool lane.
Are cops allowed to drive in the carpool lane by themselves in non-emergency situtations? I seen alot of LASD doing it. Kinda like cops talking on cell phones while driving patrol cars. WTF?
Just curious on the rules. |
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Cellphone- the law allows peace officers to talk on the cellphone while on duty.
Carpool lane- just because an officer does not have lights and sirens does not meen he is not responding to a call. Peace officers are allowed to violate certain laws to perform their duties. For example, how do you catch up to a speeder, you violate the speed limit law to catch up to the speeder. |
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I've never seen a specific exemption for carpool lanes, like there is for cell phones. Keep in mind that just because the lights are not on on the car doesn't necessarily mean that they are not responding to some type of priority call. I can only speak for myself but if I had to get on the freeway to go to a call I shut everything down. It tended to be easier to get by traffic if you don't have people in a panic over what to do when they see red lights in the mirror.
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Its a sorry excuse - and its also one of the reasons so many people don't have a lot of respect sometimes for cops. Personally I'd have more respect if you'd just come out and say "we're exempt from following the common man's laws" - at least then we wouldn't have to pretend that I believe your tired lies. Quit making excuses and just man up about it. You do it because you can get away with it. |
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IBTL It always happens.....
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Asked, and answered, and starting to deteriorate, so closed.
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