09's can take a hit

[Seven9er]

yea we were turning left in a turn lane and there was 2 vans making u-turns in the opposing turn lane. it is offset just enough where you cant see oncoming traffic so we seen a big gap in traffic and we went. If the cop was doing the speed limit we would have made it easily, and on top of that she locked up the brakes and TURNED INTO US. arent they taught defensive driving??

[T/C]

Originally Posted by Seven9er

yea we were turning left in a turn lane and there was 2 vans making u-turns in the opposing turn lane. it is offset just enough where you cant see oncoming traffic so we seen a big gap in traffic and we went. If the cop was doing the speed limit we would have made it easily, and on top of that she locked up the brakes and TURNED INTO US. arent they taught defensive driving??

Ahh it does suck that she was speeding but they are not really in the wrong on this... Even though what she was doing caused some of it you still turned in front of her.. It is kinda like rear ending someone.. And yeah but its still a girl Had to sorry

[72longhornTX]

Originally Posted by Seven9er

yea we were turning left in a turn lane and there was 2 vans making u-turns in the opposing turn lane. it is offset just enough where you cant see oncoming traffic so we seen a big gap in traffic and we went. If the cop was doing the speed limit we would have made it easily, and on top of that she locked up the brakes and TURNED INTO US. arent they taught defensive driving??

Police officers are taught defensive driving but they are also taught that when an accident is going to happen to make it where body injury is to a minimum. Now she may not have done that but if she did I would say she did a good job. Just think if she wouldn't have turned into you she could have hit the rear end spinning you around. At which another car could have hit you or you could have spun into a pole or tree. I know when I went through all the patrol training and traffic training before I worked the road on Ft. Hood we learned all kinds of things about that.

Now as far as her not getting a speeding ticket, I am willing to bet she has an office job now. For at least 6 months. Police departments do not take traffic accidents lightly when it isn't due to a pursuit. Even then they do a lot of investigations into what happened.

In the long run. Glad both of y'all are ok and well. Sucks about the truck.