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Old 08-19-2011, 01:45 PM
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Default Do you throw a moving vehicle into park ?

What made this cop think that putting a moving vehicle in park would stop it ?

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Old 08-19-2011, 02:12 PM
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Im pretty sure all that would do is break the park pin in the trans ,wouldnt be likely to stop it.
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Old 08-19-2011, 02:49 PM
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Cops aren't mechanics or scientists... seems like you hear a lot of "a cop once told me" things about driving safety that are way off-the-wall crazy and obviously false. (not saying cops can't be smart about the subject, just that police-training does not necessarily go into Newton's laws, thermal-dynamics, or mechanics)

"Park" would do nothing in that situation... The emergency-brake might have helped, but if he was using that prior to what you see in the video, he may have overheated the rear brakes making that useless as well. Or it may have not been operational to begin with, which is not uncommon in the flat-land parts of the rust-belt.
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:32 PM
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His best bet would have been to take it out of gear and aim for the shoulder of the road or turn off the ignition.
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:40 PM
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My thoughts were why didn't the cop get in front of him and use his vehicle to slow it down ?
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:51 PM
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Hell,Fred Flintstone could stop a car with his bare feet.What was the problem with this dude and his boots?
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