Depends on how tolerant the officers are of the cold and what systems are being used. In my area, very few locals are on speed-enforcement duty (Snow covers VASCAR marks, and the locals hate writing tickets in the cold.) :wink:
Printable View
Depends on how tolerant the officers are of the cold and what systems are being used. In my area, very few locals are on speed-enforcement duty (Snow covers VASCAR marks, and the locals hate writing tickets in the cold.) :wink:
You guys are forgetting a very important point!!
Officer safety. I don't want to pull a guy over in the middle of a snow covered road, give him a ticket, and then get rammed into by an idiot that is blind even though my light bar is on...it happens! we've all seen the vids! :roll:
winter is DONUT - COFFEE time for popo's.
hardly anyone speeds on icy roads anyway.
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by vliou2173
Heck, forget the vids - I've seen enough "near misses" myself, just as an average driver. And I've also heard of enough stories from my LEO friends to know that this kind of stuff is a true worry.
Do LEO's work on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's?
Yeah, I've seen them out.
Sure!
Like any other profession where life-and-death emergencies can strike at a moment's notice, there's always those who must sacrifice friends/family and the holidays in order to make sure that we're safe. :)
Of the handful of friends of mine who are LEOs, some do perform traffic-enforcement on such holidays. Nearly to-a-man, though, they typically focus enforcement on the "truly unreasonable/unsafe" during such times, as they know that everyone is in a slight hurry and slightly frazzled from their holiday plans.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by lordhamster
Does anyone know what kind of effect snow on the ground would have on laser and radar? Would the snow act as a RAM and absorb the radar and cause the laser to reflect off at random angles? Also, a lot of people don't like standing out in the cold brushing the snow off of their vehicles. I do get laser alerts that bounce off of other cars sometimes. What affect would the snow have on that?
Cops don't aim at the ground.... they aim for your car.
Generally the detectors are more sensitve to radar in the colder weather due to the a) lower operating temp of the detector... allows less electrical resistance, and b) the air is a bit more dense, so the radar carries a bit farther.