People Behaving Badly Mountain View Red Light Runners

[Venim85]

You can't really tell if the red light is for people turning, the traffic lights are hanging OVER crosswalk, and there isn't a separate red light for the turn lane.

[emantabrizi]

Are you not allowed to turn right on red at this intersection?

[LeadGuardian]

@emantabrizi Even if you are you still have to make a complete stop before moving on.

[132oink]

people are crazy drivers in mountain view. i live here.

[ExPunkStar]

0:12 - Cop runs a red light without his emergency lights activated and almost collides with an oncoming car at a speed greater than the red car he's perusing.

Ironically today my wife called on her way home to tell me she saw a motorcycle cop, driving on the sidewalk, going in the opposite direction of traffic without his lights on. Welcome to Mountain View, the city of psycho-cops.

[irwinw2010]

Why the fucking signs have people pay asshole fines that I can't afford?!!!

[pianoworm]

The police too nice, just beat the driver, how hard is that?

[mikokat]

@pianoworm We're not in North Korea, dumbass.

[unrealriot]

Wow, that mercedes benz got lucky

[MegaWhitepower88]

at times there's nothing wrong with running red lights because some of them are too long period!

[studpuppy69]

@MegaWhitepower88 Correct. Some states, its ok as long as you come to a complete stop behind the limit line, then proceed if its safe to go. There is a big difference.

[vominator]

this doesn't look like Shoreline and El Camino

[alhazenx]

that is the best looking cop since Lt. Dangle.

[crazylilsucka]

fuck da police

[themountainviewguy]

There are some states where if you are careful you can go through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop. Not sure this is a good idea, but I have gotten one ticket where I know that my car came to a momentary stop and then I continued. I should not have to modify my behavior to the technology that the police use to monitor me or because they are not paying attention or are looking to give out tickets.

[themountainviewguy]

That said, in the Bay Area people drive like maniacs and there is no consistent policing which is why they do it. In Palo Alto I see people regularly go straight through stop signs or ignoring red lights. One day I saw a car full of teens drive from Sunnyvale through Mountain View to Palo Alto blaring loud music, opening their car doors, shouting, throwing items from their car, weaving all over the place and in driving erratically ... for half an hour in broad daylight with no consequences.

[themountainviewguy]

PA & PA Police are generally nice, but I got a ticket one time for my front wheel going into the bike lane late at night with no traffic or bike riders. It was when I was going to make a turn and ended up not turning. These types are tickets are really not fair and not helping the city or the driver to make the system run any better.

I think tickets should have to be on video and the infraction should be analyzed to be in some way dangerous or negligent, not just a minor mistake.

[EuroTrickSki]

wow sucks for her, to be hoenst though I've enver seen anyone stop at this intersection, we just all do the "california stop" =p

[computersmasher]

why not keep the tickets even instead of $281 and $336

[safedriverpro]

nice effort! thanks for still caring!

[vikingscool]

Wow, I was there, when I visiting at California

for cousin house. Holy shit!

[sunv]

Officer seemed courteous

If the city wants people to stop, they should place a stop light more in the line of view of people making the right turn. But those traffic tickets yield more income for the city and police station so they probably want more people to break the law.

[alhazenx]

Wow all I can say about this Officer is GGGGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Kennedale01]

I love it when news crews show people getting busted for traffic violations. It shows just how real and how dangerous bad driving can be.

[temogonzalez]

I think the officer in this video is the bestest and a real go getter! Please continue to keep our streets safe. Ya baby.