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At my old department, when I was riding motors (HD's), when running emergency code (lights and siren), traffic is supposed to move to the right (and state law). In real life and stopped traffic it doesn't happen much..
When traffic is backed up (say from the wreck), I can legally ride my cop bike, down the side safety lane, lane split, etc to get to the scene. It should be done as safely as possible.
Should a wreck occur, in most cases, the cage is SUPPOSED TO YIELD the right of way to an EMERGENCY VEHICLE (WHILE IN EMERGENCY mode). The emergency vehicle can be found at fault say if they run a red light at excessive speed without slowing, checking for cross traffic, etc.
I personally, made sure trafiic was stopped before I entered an intersection
as I didn't need a wreck (and was useless if I didn't get there). Never laid down the bike (nor total a cop car in 25 + years).
Normal riding about (patrol), lane splitting, (cop bike or not), is NOT ALLOWED.
Naw, the floor boards are still there. Back then, there were NO balanced engines. In an advanced class I took, we learned the "Iron Cross" and a bunch of other slow speed, full lock, drag the floor boards, turns. Its truly is amazing, at slow speed, (where it counts), what you can do with that beast..You should have seen the parking lot where we practiced, lots of ground up circles in the lot. It was fun but very hot in the summer with no A/C. Find a shade tree to set up under..I really like your contributions (mechanical and social). But, wow, you're saying the motor officers in FL, if not in emergency mode, must just sit in daily backed up freeway traffic lanes. Yes..
Or, do officers get to ride in emergency mode if it's just a normal every-day traffic stand-still condition? You better be going to a wreck with injuries, something life and death, fire, shots fired, etc, or you can count on some counseling, letter in your file, day off, etc..
How can motor officers effectively patrol if they, like everybody else, are stuck in snail pace traffic? Yes, absolutly! Motors were run days, 8-4p, so you really weren't but an hour in the morning, rush hour traffic. It wasn't hard. Find were they love to speed and there's issues(wrecks, etc) and set up radar. I'd give them 15 over before I'd even stop them and they still kept us very busy. Sit at a traffic light, count on at least 1 out of 10 running it, and I don't mean squeeking by..
When you say emergency, is that only lights? Lights and siren.. BTW (off subject), CHP just awarded contract to---do you believe it?---Harley Davidson. It's weird seeing CHP officers back on HD's. Wow, from the 70's, CHP abandoned Harley for Kawasaki, then BMW, but now back on Harleys. Gawd, those police special HD's scrape like crazy. Or, maybe they abandoned those scrap prone floorboards?
Its truly is amazing, at slow speed, (where it counts), what you can do with that beast