Completely agreed. She died in what was unequivocally THE safest car in the world, because she didn’t put her seatbelt on. Sad.

Saw a video of big SUV rolling with passengers thrown part way out, including through the sunroof, getting crushed as it rolled over them. They obviously weren’t wearing seatbelts but also didn’t get “thrown clear”, which anti-seatbelt people love to mention as if it’s a good thing; they would have died from head…

I wonder how many people have been killed by standing at the dangerous location to assemble a memorial to the dangers of the dangerous area.

Seems like they’re single-handedly making the case for raising the driving age.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find these road side memorials kind of creepy?   I get that a tragedy happened in that location, but putting things along side of the road where it happens is just odd to me.

Wait I’m sorry; did I read right this right that the reason they were in the one dude’s car is that the person who was supposed to give them a ride home also crashed?

This is why you put your seat belt on. The seat belt will prevent you from being thrown from your car in an accident and save your life. The first thing I do when I get in my car is put my seat belt on.

First things first: Never, EVER, take legal advice from a cop.
Secondly: I always suspected the checkpoints were BS. They never put them near actual high traffic party areas, and they usually shutdown by 10pm, at least in the Los Angeles area. Sure they’re going to get arrests in a major metropolitan area, plenty of…

Also while I understand the theory behind "control presence" ie basically being an asshole robot to control the situation that's why my uncle quit training to be a cop as he couldn't act like that. Now he's a gym teacher for special needs kids so it makes sense.

And why would police unions try to get rid of any but non-paying members, exactly? Each time they succeed at getting some scummy pig their job back, they’ve flexed their power at the public & shown them how easily concerns are pushed aside when the power of the cop union’s behind you. They have no good reason to ever…

I do not disagree with this take, nor do I disagree with Pit Pat’s attempt to bring nuance to my previous statement, which I understand could be viewed as hyperbolic or narrow in focus. Cheers to you both - it was not my intent to come off as confrontational, and I think we all agree that people can suck and be…

And that includes “Do you know why I pulled you over?”, a question for which the only answer is “no.”

I’m sure that officer went down the road to another juris-my-diction and got a job there.

Sure let me just get myself arrested on false charges and let you know how it goes.

I respect your point of view, but I would argue that cops are a ways off from being “just bureaucrats” hustling for a paycheck. Most of us engage in some level of bureaucracy in our everyday work lives without causing others undue harm. And most of us lack the power to ruin or end another person’s life, and be shielded…

“I would have” - the easiest most meaningless set of words in the English language

“apparent” or “appears” is used until the action is proven in court. For example, Donald Trump is an apparent tax evader...

My understanding is to absolutely not take any sort of field sobriety test whatsoever as they are hugely subjective. Say nothing, since they intend to arrest you anyways. Get the breathalyzer and blood draw, sue them later. Take advice from the Pot Bros at Law and their Shut The Fuck Up Fridays.

the transporting officer appears to turn off the body camera, even though policy requires it stay on during the ride

You never have to answer any cops questions, you’re answers are likely to be used against you.  Tell them you want your attorney and shut your mouth, it’s your right.