Like an action movie, cop jumps from patrol car into truck to deal with erratic driver (video)

Originally published at: Like an action movie, cop jumps from patrol car into truck to deal with erratic driver (video) - Boing Boing

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Glad it worked out, but it seems like there would have been better options available. That police cruiser was a fairly heavy looking vehicle. If it had pulled in front of the truck and slowly braked it probably could have stopped it, since it was only going 5 mph.

But at least nobody got shot.

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Lucky he had the window down!

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But then they wouldn’t look like superheroes.

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Hey, man, beats the hell out of throwing down spike strips and opening fire on him. I can get behind this method of policing!

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Smarter, and much, much, much safer choice. Imagine if she had crawled halfway through and the apparently confused/distressed driver had floored the gas pedal – even accidentally. The cop was very brave, but not smart.

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At least the cop who was driving didn’t smash off his own door so he jump in the passenger side, Keanu-style…

keanu-bus

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Maybe, but someone on autopilot like that might swerve if a car appeared in front of them like that.

Eh - it’s Monday quarterbacking. Probably was some better options, but I’ll give them a pass for making it work and not hurting anyone.

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