Was browsing the local news this morning and saw this. A cop supposedly in the process of making a traffic stop runs into a car, which clearly is a 3rd gen TL, and also looks like it has aftermarket rims.

I hope the person is fine, must have been damn scary...

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dall...ml?nvid=413491

 

That is not a TL. That is a Mitsubishi Galant. But look at the back half of the car is not shaped like a TL at all.

 

i thought it was a tl too...

 

lol i just looked at my tv and it was on. right when i opened this.

 

Galant? Are you sure? I swear it looks just like a TL

 

Again, look at the car. No side marker lights.

 

Ouch. I hope nobody was hurt.

Is it just me or did it seem like the cop was going a little too fast? I hate to question the judgement of an officer but either he was flying or that van was going stupid slow.

 

heh, ya thats a galant.
and wtf, stopping in oncoming traffic lanes. why...

 

looks like the cop was going pretty fast, but why did the other car stop? if they would have just continued with the turn this probably wouldn't have happened.

 

As long as the cop has his siren on, which he did, he can go as fast as he needs too. He actually isn't going as fast as I have seen them go, judging by the way he pasted the other car.

 

cops cant travel at whatever speed they desire just because their sirens on turned on.

I blame the driver of the other car for failing to yield to the officer.

The driver was obviously not paying attention to traffic coming from his/her left.

also, maybe its my audio but i didnt hear any sirens going off.

 

Oh dang I didn't realize he had his lights and sirens on (I was playing the video muted while listening to music).

Well in that case, it's the Galant's fault.

 

ya, that's not a TL

 

I am sorry but that is not true. If they get called to respond to a call and they have their sirens on, yes THEY CAN travel faster and run red lights. I asked a friend just a few minutes ago about this which is a cop for Sugarland Police Dept in Houston, TX.

 

who cares how fast hes going. still not his fault. doesnt even look like hes going that fast anyway

 

Sugar Land, Texas Represent!

 

They can run red lights but need to approach intersections with caution even if their sirens are on. If this isnt what your friend does. Then he's endangering the public and shouldnt be a cop.

 

doesnt seem fast either when your in a vehicle traveling at 120mph.

 

Dude, you obviously have no clue. Yes obviously they slow down when going through RED lights, and use caution, but they still go through them. You were saying they can't speed, when they can and go as fast as they need too.

 

That video of the guy driving was going no where near 120 mph. He looks to be going only 10mph over what the other car (white van) he passed was going.

 

Here is exactly what he said. He sent it to me from his BlackBerry.

"With us, if you're running hot (lights and siren), enroute to a call where you're permitted to run hot, and not being reckless about it...the officer is in the clear.

Even when I'm running hot I still need to stop at intersections and clear them before running through it. "

 

"Even when I'm running hot I still need to stop at intersections and clear them before running through it."


maybe i didnt explain it accurately but, thats what i meant.

I was being sarcastic with the 120mph remark, DUDE.

 

the cop fault , sirens were off

 

I don't believe the Sirens were off as you can't even hear the car itself. It was most likely muted for a reason during that time.

 

http://www.asylum.co.uk/2010/03/24/d...cop-car-crash/ More info.

A US police officer was trying to catch a speeding driver when he slammed into another car that pulled out in front of him. And it was all caught on the officer's dash-board camera.

Dallas police officer Luis Ceron's car flew off the road into a wooded area. It clipped several trees before coming to a stop.

"It looked like a bumpy ride at the end of it," said Doug Sisk, spokesman for the Police.

Sisk says the officer is out of the hospital but is still recovering from his injuries. The other motorist was uninjured.

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Investigators in the Duncanville area of Dallas say from the looks of it, their officer followed proper protocol but that doesn't make the footage any less dramati

 

And more.

Video has been released of a car accident between a Duncanville police officer and a motorist during a traffic stop.

Duncanville, Texas (WiredPRNews.com) – Video footage of an accident between a Duncanville police officer and a motorist during a traffic stop has been released. As reported by CBS 11 News, the Duncanville Police Department released the video Monday as they and the Dallas Police Department investigate the incident.

As noted in the report, Officer Luis Ceron can be seen in the video attempting to make a u-turn after seeing a motorist who was allegedly speeding. Officer Doug Sisk, the Public Information Officer for the Duncanville Police Department, is quoted by CBS 11 as stating of the accident, “Everything looked normal for a traffic stop… The car came out from a side street… He (the officer) sustained most of his injuries from where the car was in the trees.”

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Police cars around here only have the dash cam come on when the sirens are on.

 

BINGO!

DALLAS, Texas -- Footage from the squad car of a Duncanville police officer shows what happened Friday night when he clipped another vehicle in Dallas and went careening into the woods.

Officer Luis Ceron made a U-turn on Clark Road at about 6:15 p.m. to try to pull over a speeding driver. Just as he turned his lights on, a vehicle pulled out in front of him near Clarkridge Drive.

Ceron's cruiser can be seen clipping the car before flying off Clark Road and into a wooded area, clipping several trees before coming to a stop.

"It looked like a bumpy ride at the end of it," Duncanville police spokesman Doug Sisk said.

Sisk said Ceron was transported to a hospital and is now recovering from his injuries at home.

"I know he's banged up and bruised up pretty good," Sisk said.

Because the crash happened within Dallas city limits, it's up to Dallas accident investigators to determine if excessive speed played a factor in the incident.

Investigators in Duncanville say it appears that their officer followed proper protocol.

"Everything looked normal as far as a traffic stop and trying to catch up to a car," Sisk said. "It's up to Dallas to figure out the car whose at fault on the accident stuff."
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Looks to me like the guy in the Galant was thinking that the cop would go in front of him so he stopped. Either way... you can calk this up to being in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

^ thats how i feel about it but it still was retarded for the person in the galant to pull out like that in the first place

 

fixed

 

Def a Galant.

 

Umm....
You're about 300 miles away bub...

 

Hey, thanks for informing me

 

So sounds like the cop was speeding following the guy he was trying to catch and only turned his siren/lights on when he saw the car pull out, in which case he was already going pretty damn fast. If this is true, even though the other guy pulling out into the intersection might not have been the smartest thing, maybe he didn't have enough time to know the police was speeding since his lights came on JUST as he came towards the guy. Sooo who's fault would it be? Hmmm


*btw since we have figured out it is not a TL, mod might want to change title from "TL" to "car" :/

 

Looked like the cop was going pretty quick at the time of impact. I would guess the galant panicked and just stopped thinking the cop would go in front while the cop was assuming the galant would keep going and he could go behind.

Cop didn't appear to brake much

 

Hmmm. If he (the cop) were pursuing a motorist, why did he turn on his lights so late? Clearly, when he made the u-turn he knew that he was going to be speeding to catch up to the speeding motorist. In this case, he likely caused more of a traffic hazard than the speeding motorist he was pursuing.

 

So does that mean they leave their sirens on during the whole time they are writing a ticket?

The dashcam is commonly used evidence for recording the conversation between driver and officer issuing the ticket. Rarely is the siren utilized for a simple traffic stop such as speeding, and never used while the infraction is being written up.

 

not the cops fault, but I also can't really blame the galant driver. I mean when going normally and seeing sirens you pull to the side, he was an intersection and panicked, I would of probably done the same I think. In less I saw the cop trying to go behind me then I would slammed on the gas to create a larger gap behind me. IDK.

 

That cop is fucking dipshit who needs to go back to defensive driving school.. what a noob. He was going maybe 10-15 mph more but not only did he misjudge the encroaching vehicle, he locked up his brakes..

He definitely didn't have his siren on.. unless you count some country chick singing in the background a siren. Looks like they'll be paying some $$$ on this one.. also.. police need to obey posted speed laws just like every other citizen, they may cautiously go above posted speed limits if necessary.. but this was obviously unnecessary. Also.. is the guy Asian? sounds Asian..