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Originally Posted by Nate4641
1. He is breaking the law by holding the camera/phone while driving. I'm pretty sure he wasn't watching the road as much as the recording device.
2. He was following too close to the cop, which would piss anybody off. Yes the cop might have been in the wrong for driving slowly in the left lane.
3. Not once in the video does he show what speed he is doing while stuck behind the officer. The cop could have been doing the speed limit for all we know, its hard to judge speed by just the camera.
4. He jumped over 2 lanes to pass on the right.
5. He accelerated quite quickly and was more than likely going over the speed limit. While the cop was out of his jurisdiction, the guy recording was driving in excess of the speed limit, while displaying road rage and the cop has a duty to protect people and this guy wasn't being safe on the road.
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What are you talking about.
1; No it's not illegal to have your phone in your hand.
2; He wasn't that close
3; Yes it does he was going between 50-60 behind the cop.
4; So what? And he didn't swerve over, he changed lanes at a normal pace.
5; So what?
It's just as illegal to sit in the left lane without passing as it is to speed, both are moving violations and carry points, only one of them are well known to both cause traffic and road rage. (speeding is not the same thing as aggressive driving, though they sometimes go hand in hand)
Blocking the left lane is well known to not only cause congestion, but more importantly sudden changes in traffic speed, which is a leading cause of accident.