• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Dude, police flashers are criminally bright now. I had a cop blow past me a couple weeks ago with his flashers on, and he lit up the road for a 1/4 mile in all directions.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Cop pulled the guy right behind me over 2 weeks ago. It was cloudy and had rained like an hour before so there was a little water on the ground, early morning (730ish)

      It blinded me a little off of the reflections in the water. Why are they that bright

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        9 months ago

        Because they only care about protecting cop lives. If it reduces the chance of them being hit by a car 1%, but increases the chance of a blinded driver causing an accident that hurts someone else by 50%, that’s a tradeoff they’re willing to make.

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          9 months ago

          Okay but I literally can’t see, they’ve significantly increased the chances of me plowing into them.