Lucky deputy!

[gerhard1]

Reminds me of what happened to my brother once in the early 1970's. He was a county mounty and he was clocking a speeder and since he didn't have his emergency lights (beacons) on, he was going around 70 in a 40. This was before radar was widely used and using the beacons would have defeated the purpose. Anyway, a pickup truck pulled out in front of him and he drove the patrol car off into a ditch. Nobody was hurt but the car (a brand new Dodge Polara) was totaled.

Thank goodness radar made clocking unnecessary and a little but after this the county obtained radar equipment. Much safer.

And on case anyone is wondering, he didn't get in trouble for what happened.

 

[TheDoubleD]

In the 70's we were using lots of radar and some VASCAR in Traffic enforcement cars. Maybe a the stop watch in the road deputy car if the state had any marked sections in the area. Early 70's if he driving a Polara. Yep pacing a fast speeder could get hairy real quick.

Beacons, we called them Bubblegums.

Damn it has been 37 years since I last worked the street. I was young and it was fun back then. Scary these days.