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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
The Fairfax County Parkway has become a mini autobahn. The Dulles Toll Road is worse. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | ||
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| Lost, but making good time |
When it’s not your turn to go yet. Bye for a while, guard the fort. - My Dad | |||
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Talk about being in the right place at the wrong time. | |||
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obviously he didn't have time to think it through but if it ever happens again, diving over the barricade is a better move. glad he is ok. very terrifying event. | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Glad the office is OK he was a foot or less from getting crunched. Giving a 17-year-old the keys to an M3 doesn't seem like a good idea. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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Wow... that is one super lucky officer. He missed being dead by 6" | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
120 mph? WTF changed in Virginia? It used to be I wouldn’t DARE drive 3 miles over the posted speed limit lest one of the cops that seemed to be behind every bush and overpass get me and give me a hefty speeding ticket. I noticed last year going to Sandbridge, VA near VA Beach that there seemed to be very few police around like before. | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
 Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
I wouldn’t want to mention a story I know of an individual, who took his father’s sports car, and driving about 95 mph, passed a Virginia State Trooper, on his 17th birthday. And did not even get pulled over. Nearly died of a heart attack, but got away clean. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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How does a 17-year old have a $50k vehicle? Because Fairfax County is one of the wealthiest areas in the country. I wonder if mommy/daddy can buy his way out of it. | |||
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500 miles of freeway and you had to hit the 50' I was using for this traffic stop? From the other side!!!!!! Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Glad the Officer escaped and the parked vehicle driver only had minor injuries. It could've been much worse. Remember the 2021 crash where the rich idiot bought his 17 year old son a Lamborghini SUV, and he sped into a car killing the 32 year old driver. This is what was left of the victim's Lexus sedan:  Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| An investment in knowledge pays the best interest |
Based on the video, I'm willing to bet the teenager rounded the curve and slammed on the brakes as he noted the police cruiser on the other side of the highway. That maneuver combined with the momentum shift in the turn, ultimately led to the car fishtailing and almost taking out the police officer + the citizen in the car he hit. I too am surprised by the comments regarding speeding in VA as it was one of the worst states to drive through w/o being hassled by local yocal sheriffs/deputies seeking to boost a given town's revenue for minor speeding infractions. While this was less frequent in NoVA, the presence of many police cruisers tended to demotivate speedy driving. Much has perhaps changed since the Wuhan virus. | |||
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In Odin we trust |
Videos like this make me glad I am retired. And happy it wasn't this brother's time. The Norns decided it wasn't his fate. _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies" ~ C.S. Lewis | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best |
Good situational awareness on the part of that officer, as well as smart tactics taking the passenger-side approach. And quite a bit of luck. Impressive composure on the radio afterwards and getting right back to work, too. Glad he made it through that uninjured. | |||
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| Coin Sniper |
This isn't a criticism of the officer as he made a split second decision and was in a really bad location given what was coming at him. He made a decision and acted. If he had hesitated even half a second his nickname would have been 'Slim'. Contrary to the article it does appear the nose of the vehicle did tag him and knock him down. But... The city where I worked had 2 major freeways that we were responsible for. We were taught to always have an escape plan at least 90 degrees from the potential threat, if possible 45 degrees up stream. If you can put a barrier between you and the incident all the better. In this officers case the concept would have been turn turn to his right, hopped the barrier, and run 45 degrees away from his cruiser and the car. His escape path put him directly in potential damage path. It is human nature to run away from what is coming at you but sometimes that puts you in a bad place. I made a dive/jump over a freeway barrier more than once. The ones that take you to Pucker 10 are the ones that you hear and don't see. Typically because you're focused on your task or the patient and happen so fast no one has time to even get their mouth open to shout a warning. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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^^^^^^ Sage advice and guidance. Like in NASCAR, go to from where the accident is coming…NOT where it’s gonna be a second from now. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Note the lucky BMW M3 in the still that is the opening of the video. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Been a while since I lived in that area, but I took the whole length of that road daily for years. A reckless driving cite in VA is no joke. It's the same as a DUI, mandatory court appearance and you will have to bring a lawyer. No chance that kid gets off, which means SR22 and then insane insurance rates for years. He's gonna be Uber and Lyft's best customer for 6-12 mos. too. | |||
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