Triple Crash Shows Why You Slow Down And Move Over For Cops

In many states, the law is drivers have to slow down and mover over when a cop or any emergency vehicle is stopped with its lights on. Not only is it the law, it’s just a good idea and should be common sense. This video of a crash aftermath getting doubly worse in mere seconds proves why that is.

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The footage opens up with a crashed Chevy Impala sitting sideways across two lanes as the police cruiser’s dashcam records. The officer appears to have parked in both lanes with his emergency lights going as protection while he’s trying to look inside the Chevy.

It also appears the vehicle is stopped on a highway – that’s a dangerous situation for anyone inside the Impala and the police officer.

We don’t know what preceded this. It could have been a chase that ended in a crash, or it could’ve been the cop happened along an accident scene or even saw the collision unfold. It doesn’t appear any other vehicles were involved, or at least none that stuck around.

After the officer walks around to the other side of the Impala, a speeding car comes flying down the lane where the Chevy’s nose is sitting, hitting it at speed. The cop runs away from the sedan as it spins from the impact forces, narrowly missing getting hit by a second car that comes speeding up to the scene.

That second car hits the spinning Impala again, just a split second after the first impact. Like we see in so many accidents on public roads, it unfolds so fast there’s essentially no time to react.

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While this is a great evidence of why you should always be ready for anything, it’s also an excellent reminder why when you see emergency lights you should slow down and move over. This is true not only if the cop, ambulance, fire truck, etc. is on the shoulder but also if it’s stopped in the middle of a highway’s traffic lanes.

We don’t know if anyone was inside the Chevy at the time, but we do know the cop by a miracle wasn’t hit. This situation could’ve been so much worse.

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