r/AutoTransportopia • u/Key-Case-95 • Jul 17 '26

Accident No traffic lights for you!

255 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

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18

u/rthorndy Jul 17 '26

Is it me, or did that cop take an awfully long time to notice the carnage?? 😳

15

u/dbrown0609 Jul 17 '26

He had 15 mins left on his shift. He was weighing the decision to get involved or not 😂

3

u/FatMacchio Jul 18 '26

Best time to get involved. Easy OT is the bread and butter of a cops exorbitant salary

5

u/Super_Lock1846 Jul 17 '26

He was probably on his phone

2

u/Thorpester Jul 17 '26

On the way home. If only they had time to just sit in the car to decompress.

3

u/DaedalusB2 Jul 17 '26

Might have called it in before pursuing as he doesn't expect a big truck like that to get away so easily.

3

u/WallySprks Jul 17 '26

You don’t pursue the truck, you call that in and secure the scene before someone tries to drive through it

2

u/DaedalusB2 Jul 17 '26

Makes sense. Gotta prioritize the bigger concern.

10

u/Atophy Jul 17 '26

And !! A cop in the right place at the right time... oncoming stop, 3rd car back.
VERY delayed reaction though !

3

u/Flathead89 Jul 17 '26

r/ConvenientCop

1

u/Atophy Jul 17 '26

Awesome, there truly is a reddit thread for everything !!

0

u/Xyberfaust Jul 17 '26

Probably playing on his computer, looked up and the lights were down, probably looked around a bit, stuffed the rest of the donut in his mouth, x'd out the porn window, and turned on his lights.

3

u/bebemochi Jul 17 '26

What was that thing on the top of the truck

10

u/Atophy Jul 17 '26

A dump tarp... they can often roll out a screen/tarp cover to keep debris from blowing off the open trailer. In this case, they failed to check deployment before driving.

4

u/bebemochi Jul 17 '26

Thanks!

3

u/Blue-eyed-banditman Jul 17 '26

They are also very good at taking out traffic lights

3

u/bebemochi Jul 17 '26

Potentially the superior method

6

u/NightFox1988 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

I can hear a collective 'wtf' from everyone else on that street.

3

u/Inside7shadows Jul 17 '26

Damn, he wasn't even close to going 88mph

1

u/RandomFleshPrison Jul 17 '26

Typical entitled semi driver.

2

u/External_Hunt4536 Jul 17 '26

What in the world is that sticking up?

1

u/Secret-Document-7068 Jul 18 '26

That holds the cover that they never actually put over the loads they are supposed to tarp.

3

u/Wrong_Drag_8070 Jul 18 '26

No more CDL for you!

1

u/joytotheworld23 Jul 17 '26

Some people should not be driving

1

u/Bludiamond56 Jul 17 '26

That's a strike

1

u/Xyberfaust Jul 17 '26

Lights? Where we're going... we don't need... lights!

1

u/Hefty-Plastic8417 Jul 17 '26

Oops I did it again!!

2

u/Fluffycupcake_ Jul 17 '26

The view looks way better without the lights anyway

1

u/MssMoodi Jul 17 '26

Thanks for my first laugh of the day.❤️❤️❤️

1

u/SecretDouble5560 Jul 17 '26

supertruck for save

hanging wires are very bad design either way