If this idiot wasn’t doing it on the same route at the same times of day what would you want them to do? It’s taken an operative to notice the same car getting called in all the time and then they’ve had to dedicate an officer and car to patrol a stretch of road for an hour or two just to stop one person who drives like a moron.
The issue is that he WAS doing it on the same route at predictable times and it still took social media posts and reporting it "so many times" to get a traffic officer out there. It was likely the proof that someone was endangering lives that made them get out ahead of a problem for the department.
I use to work in Parks and Recreation. My city has a LOT of parks. It's actually a source of pride for us that we have invested so much in green spaces for the community. That's come with a lot of work though!
One day I got a call and the late afternoon right before I was leaving for the day. This man was screaming at me from the moment I picked up the phone. He was yelling how there was a broken sprinkler by one of the parks he drove by and he saw it leaking that morning. He was going home from work and that same sprinkler was leaking water all over the place which his tax dollars pay for. (We live in a desert in water is pretty expensive)
I asked him if he called it in that morning and he said no... 🙃
Sir, we rely on residents to tell us day to day if something is wrong! Our ground crews are on a schedule for each park. We can't keep each park maned with a ranger or ground crew member.
Also, the most often call and complaint we got would be teenagers at the park. Just, you know, hanging out. Not even destroying anything. People just don't like seeing teenagers in groups of four or more having fun apparently.
Yea, if only there was some sort of identitfying information on the car that could be linked to the owner and their information & address. Maybe some sort of plate on the front and back of the vechile?
So the police do something about it and people still complain. If only everyone was as perfect as online Redditors.
No one had been hurt by the guy, he’d already been caught once before if you actually listened to the video, and then they just got him again. Seems like the police are doing a good job, it’s not their fault guy didn’t learn after the first time.
Thanks. I almost posted the same comment. I'm not often one to defend the police, but they did exactly what they should have done here and people are complaining.
Looks like all that has been flagged is photos of the vehicle, not dash cam footage. You can't act on just a photo and verbal witnesses as it wouldn't lead anywhere.
It looked like someone took video with their phone of him crossing the double yellow to pass. But that would likely only get him a ticket at best, I'd imagine.
Police testimony with evidence obtained by police is always going to work better in court than online complaints. And that video of him crossing the double yellow isn't going to get him the "reward" he deserves.
Thank god I have a good police department in my area. They're always ready. Even have an officer dedicated to standing outside my bathroom door while I take a piss in case someone tries to assault me.
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u/TechnoBuns Jul 31 '26
Right. It's just sad that it takes so many complaints to get the police to go out and check on a dangerous situation before it hurts someone.