On Tuesday, June 19th, my son and I were crossing Lindsay Road on Broadway, heading west. We had the green light and when we reached half way, a squad car was approaching the intersection, heading southbound, with four more squad cars following behind, all with lights and sirens blaring. While most traffic did stop, for some reason, traffic heading east found no reason to stop, causing the squad cars to stop. Officers had their sirens on and beeping their horns, but to no avail. One officer had to make a quick right turn to avoid hitting one of the those cars that wouldn’t stop. Another officer had to swerve to avoid hitting another car and almost t-boned an eastbound car.
What is wrong with people? I’m quite sure if those folks needed police assistance, they would not want any traffic delays, but there they were, causing delays. What they did could cost so many innocent people, let alone an officer, their lives.
Is that one-tenth of a second they saved by going through that green light really worth a life? Take the Bluetooth and/or iPod ear plugs out of your ears and pay attention, people. What if someone was stopped (as they should be) and you rear-ended them, pushing them in the path of one of those officers? Is that one-tenth of a second really worth it? Think about it folks, for all our sakes.
Judi Augustine
Mesa
VofReason posted at 1:24 pm on Thu, Jun 28, 2012.
Answer is simple. There is a certain segment of the population that (to be kind) aren't as smart as the rest. These are the people that you drive by on the freeway who are text messaging on their steering wheel. These are people steeling oxygen from the rest of the population and are likely to be the ones who will cause someone else's death. Sad thing is that they likely have nothing really to say, but are risking their and your life texting it to someone.
mrconservative posted at 10:25 am on Thu, Jun 28, 2012.
If you hear a siren, you are supposed to stop, regardless where it's coming from. That's the law.
Arizona Willie posted at 8:57 am on Wed, Jun 27, 2012.
Why don't people follow the law and pull over?
Well, laws don't seem to mean much in this country.
They seem to be only SUGGESTIONS.
We have 20 million or so invading aliens with whom our Federal Government can't be bothered enforcing our immigration laws .
We see Legislators receiving gifts and tickets and nothing happens to them. Laws do not apply to Legislators apparently.
One of our biggest TV shows features a polygamous familly with a man and 4 wives and umpteen children living in several $750,000 homes and writing books and going to New York to appear on TV shows and THEY DON'T GET ARRESTED for bigamy.
Employers openly advertise for help and require speaking Spanish -- in violation of employment laws.
People figure if laws don't apply to other people, why should they bother complying with anything that inconveniences them?