Indiana trooper and truck collision

The irony of it all in this is that ISP switched the paint job on their cars about 10 years ago to white from dark colors to avoid accidents like this.

 

They should paint them lime green and safety orange with lots of reflective tape like the squid bike jockeys.

 

They SHOULD be black and white, just like God intended cop cars to be!

 

I like the garish colors so they can't hide.

 

Great. Only a matter of time before we have to give cops on the shoulder TWO lanes of room to strut around in, and thank them for their service as we crawl by.

 

Didn't MI have a pretty light blue color for their cars. I think Criminey Jade's idea is a perfect color for the cars.

 

The annoying part is troopers these states like Indiana, Massachusetts, and others who have the "move over" laws also have a tendency to pull vehicles over around blind curves, even doing level 1 inspections on the shoulder, even sitting beyond curves and hilltops without lights going. Sure it's the responsibility for people to pay attention and get over or slow down for them, but it doesn't excuse LEO's pulling crap like that. These dates also need to restrict their DOT troopers from doing level 1&2 inspections on the shoulder of the highway, instead do those inspections in rest/ parking areas or weigh stations.

 

I agree. Just because of the move over law doesn't mean that they can assume that they own the road. The blame doesn't always have to be the trucks fault.

 

Hell, it as much of an officer safety issue as anything else. They either are poorly trained and dumb, or just plain dumb. CYA on roadside stops, just like on everything else.