Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights

Angela Macy · 05-08-2008, 07:32 PM

I agree the law should protect anyone who is on the side of the road, whether it be a police officer, parametic, transportation worker, tow truck driver or Joe Blow Citizen. But b*tching about it on ClassRacer.com isn't going to get that law changed. My thoughts are if the law already exists, it wouldn't be too difficult to get it expanded to cover anyone on the side of the road, maybe I'm wrong through. Contact your local representatives, congressman - whoever you need to and ask them to have the law changed to protect us when we're on the shoulder too. Unless you contact the appropriate people and make an effort to get a law changed then you can't complain about not having rights.

And by the way, a few weeks ago I was driving home and on the other side of Hwy 220 a woman had a flat tire. A Trooper had stopped to help her - he had her stand up on the hill away from traffic - she looked to be about 7-8 months pregnant - while he was on the drivers side changing her tire. Sounds like Troopers are real bad guys, eh?? Rolling my eyes (why don't we have smilies here??) - like any profession, there are going to be bad ones, but in my opinion there are far more good ones.

05-08-2008, 07:32 PM	#11
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights I agree the law should protect anyone who is on the side of the road, whether it be a police officer, parametic, transportation worker, tow truck driver or Joe Blow Citizen. But b*tching about it on ClassRacer.com isn't going to get that law changed. My thoughts are if the law already exists, it wouldn't be too difficult to get it expanded to cover anyone on the side of the road, maybe I'm wrong through. Contact your local representatives, congressman - whoever you need to and ask them to have the law changed to protect us when we're on the shoulder too. Unless you contact the appropriate people and make an effort to get a law changed then you can't complain about not having rights. And by the way, a few weeks ago I was driving home and on the other side of Hwy 220 a woman had a flat tire. A Trooper had stopped to help her - he had her stand up on the hill away from traffic - she looked to be about 7-8 months pregnant - while he was on the drivers side changing her tire. Sounds like Troopers are real bad guys, eh?? Rolling my eyes (why don't we have smilies here??) - like any profession, there are going to be bad ones, but in my opinion there are far more good ones.