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Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
laughing in tysons
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Date: January 30, 2014 02:30PM
Fairfax creates a new police team in Tysons. It is just a spin on what patrol officers have been doing for years. By putting a label on it, somebody is probably going to get promoted. So they put a video out on it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7tFABYBZs
Check out the 1:20 mark where the Fairfax County Police supervisor driving his marked cruiser rolls through a stop sign. Rolling stops are not allowed in Virginia and many people have received tickets for it. He did not completely stop. So is Internal Affairs going to give the police officer a ticket for it? It is on video. You know who it is. It is Riddle's Sergeant who is driving the police car. How embarrassing- when the Police Department puts out a video showing it's own officers violating the traffic laws.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7tFABYBZs
Check out the 1:20 mark where the Fairfax County Police supervisor driving his marked cruiser rolls through a stop sign. Rolling stops are not allowed in Virginia and many people have received tickets for it. He did not completely stop. So is Internal Affairs going to give the police officer a ticket for it? It is on video. You know who it is. It is Riddle's Sergeant who is driving the police car. How embarrassing- when the Police Department puts out a video showing it's own officers violating the traffic laws.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
write em up
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Date: January 30, 2014 02:45PM
VA State Code says STOP, not roll through.
ยง 46.2-821. Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way.
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection on a highway controlled by a stop sign shall, immediately before entering such intersection, stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, in the absence of a stop line, stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, in the absence of a marked crosswalk, stop at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. Before proceeding, he shall yield the right-of-way to the driver of any vehicle approaching on such other highway from either direction.
So if the police say it is acceptable, why did my brother get a ticket for doing the same thing years ago? That supervisor needs to be held accountable.
ยง 46.2-821. Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way.
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection on a highway controlled by a stop sign shall, immediately before entering such intersection, stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, in the absence of a stop line, stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, in the absence of a marked crosswalk, stop at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. Before proceeding, he shall yield the right-of-way to the driver of any vehicle approaching on such other highway from either direction.
So if the police say it is acceptable, why did my brother get a ticket for doing the same thing years ago? That supervisor needs to be held accountable.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
Citizens arrest
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Date: January 30, 2014 07:05PM
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
Private property
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Date: January 30, 2014 09:09PM
If that sign is on private property, you don't have to stop. So basically all those cute little stop signs in mall and shopping center parking lots are nothing more than suggestions.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
If You Dont Stop
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Date: January 30, 2014 09:20PM
You hit some one even on private property that can go against you in a civil lawsuit. Sign says Stop. So Stop. Pretty simple
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
Private property
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Date: January 30, 2014 09:43PM
^ You're right; however they are not subject to police enforcement so you do not have to stop. Plain and simple. Civil and criminal courts and procedures are totally different.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
write em up
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Date: January 31, 2014 08:57AM
Still...not the kind of example you want to portray on a Department issued video.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
Ticket
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Date: January 31, 2014 10:40AM
Trust me if I did that I would get ticket from FCPD.
Re: Fairfax County Police Officer runs stop sign
Posted by:
Driving Test
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Date: January 31, 2014 10:50AM
I took my driving road test at the Franconia DMV; I had been tipped off that the toughest tester was this Indian guy, and I got him for my test -- but I knew his trick. After you've done your little roll around Beulah and Franconia, and are literally back in the DMV parking lot, he directs you to the back of the lot -- where's there's a stop sign right at the back. I know he failed at least one person for not coming to a full stop there. I stopped COMPLETELY, paused, and continued on to park. I passed.