Cops have harmful jobs, and the risk can come from any route. A daunting video hit the web final week, exhibiting a Virginia officer narrowly escaping loss of life as a rushing automotive slammed into the automobile he had pulled over in a site visitors cease.
Officers say the automotive was touring “properly over 120 mph” earlier than the collision occurred. Fortunately, the Fairfax County officer noticed the 17-year-old driver coming in too sizzling and was in a position to soar out of the way in which on the final second. It additionally helps that the officer was on the passenger facet of the stopped automobile. The teenager’s careening automotive smashed into the stopped automotive, clipped the officer’s leg, and slammed into his cruiser. He was in a position to hop off the highway and radio for assist, saying, “My cruiser was hit, driver was hit, attempting to verify on accidents.”
The younger driver had two different passengers in his 2018 BMW M3, and all three individuals within the offending automotive have been handled for minor accidents. The younger driver was cited for misdemeanor reckless driving, however we hope the wreck and near-death expertise are sufficient to curb his want for pace. On the very least, it’s doubtless his 425-horsepower BMW missile is out of fee completely, one thing that will be onerous to swallow at 17 with out critical monetary backing from a father or mother – although that’s doubtless how the automotive ended up with the irresponsible teen within the first place.
There’s no phrase on how the driving force of the stopped automotive is doing, however the officer mentioned he stopped that automotive for doing 73 in a 50 mph zone. Each numbers appear loopy, given how strict rushing and radar detector legal guidelines are in Virginia. The state expenses individuals with reckless driving for rushing greater than 20 mph over the restrict, so each drivers on this state of affairs may very well be going through a misdemeanor. The state even locked up an automotive journalist a number of years in the past for a nasty rushing infraction, so it’s stunning to see the driving force of the M3 strolling away with out jail time.