gridlore: Hand-held Stop sign raised against the sky (Stop Sign)
[personal profile] gridlore
This morning was magical. I go on duty at 0730 and ten minutes later two motorcycle units pull up at the opposite curb, and the LIDAR guns come out. Within 30 seconds each of them had a speeder lit up.

Lather, rinse, repeat. Easily a dozen stops for each of them in the hour-plus they were there. Call it an hour fifteen, as they both left just as I was getting ready to go off-shift.

The best part is they nailed one of my chronic stop sign runners. This dude barely taps the brakes if he thinks he can make it across Scott Blvd. Today, one of the officers watched him the whole way. Had him lit up before he made it all the way across.

What was funny is I saw the Waze Effect from an outside observer's standpoint. Normally, northbound traffic on Scott races at that hour. Forget the school zone limit, these morons can barely keep it below the posted 35 mph limit. But about ten minutes after the officers are on scene, suddenly, all the traffic on Scott is meeking motoring along at the limit. Somebody must have tagged the cops on Waze, and enough people use it to cause a slowdown.

I wish I could have them every day.

Date: 19 Nov 2019 11:49 (UTC)
claidheamhmor: (Default)
From: [personal profile] claidheamhmor
I wish we had that here. Our cops could make a fortune from cars driving on the wrong side of the road past stationary traffic.

Waze and means?

Date: 19 Nov 2019 13:11 (UTC)
elderwitty: (fear & self-loathing in vegas)
From: [personal profile] elderwitty
Maybe you could report cop presence to Waze on days when you anticipate their arrival (possibly in error)? :D

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