yeah I know you did not ask!
You are sitting in your vehicular mode of transportation. You are at a traffic light. The traffic light is red. You are second in line. The vehicle in front of you is a Dodge Durango. It is a Chesterfield police cruiser.
The light changes from red to green. The member of Chesterfield’s Police Department driving the SUV must be involved with his cell phone, his on board computer, daydreaming… who knows. He does not move.
My question is to you is, do you give this Chesterfield’s finest a little toot of your horn to alert him to the change in the status of the traffic light, or do you just sit there, gnashing your teeth, impatiently drumming your fingers on the steering wheel, ruing the day you were born, waiting for him to come back down to earth?
I once followed a Chesterfield police cruiser going the same direction as me. We made three left turns with him making a final left as I turned right. He never once used his turn signal. I guarantee (as my Cajun coworker use to say,,,drawing the word out) I was diligently using my factory installed method of indicating a change in direction in order to be courteous and safe… and to avoid any possible ticket.
Can you make a citizen’s arrest for traffic violations?
And so it goes.