Posted by WDM (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 7:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Isn't Griffin's truck a Dodge?<s>

Posted by elvis2 (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey you may be on to something WDM . Probably rushing to get there first to assist in the stop . Hope the person intended for the stop realizes how close he was to getting assaulted.

Posted by DarrylDavis (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I have personally watched these "State Troopers" act like the "Dukes of Hazzard" and achieve speeds of better than 100 mph to run down someone going maybe 5 mph over the speed limit. They will do "U" turns in the highway and cut through medians over something so minute. I think for the most part these ticket dispensers are nothing more than predators on the highway. All that I see here is revenue generation. The Dodge truck involved in this wreck with the State Trooper will get no help from the State with the repairs to his vehicle and as a matter of fact may be charged with obstruction of justice ( a felony charge) because he hindered the Trooper from making the traffic stop. I read about a similar event about a year ago in Saint Clair County where a log truck T-boned a Pell City Police car who went thru a red light in hot persuit and the officer was killed. The officer had a memorial put up in his honor in Pell City as a hero and the truck driver is being charged with man slaughter if my memory serves me correctly.. There are way too many police on the highway.

Posted by oldhog (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey, don't those trooper's have on board cameras?

Posted by lovetohunt (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I know for a fact the trooper was going down 231 south at atleast 80, no lights when he left troy, I was behind him.. Troopers are not supposed to be speeding unless their lights are on. There have been numerous times I have been tailgated by troopers on 231 when I have my 3 year old with me. I never get tailgated by one without my daughter with me. The day I do the trooper will eat the back end of my tahoe and that is a fact.

Posted by olerooster (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just because he turned his lights on does not mean that he is not responsible for the safety of the other motorists on the highway. That truck was so loaded down with sweet potatoes, it probably was not as easy to stop as the trooper might have thought when he pulled the u-turn in front of him. I am no traffic accident investigator, but for the truck to have hit the trooper car directly between the front and rear doors, i think the trooper might not have seen the truck.

Posted by blessed (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 1:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I have personally seen state troopers reach high speeds on Hwy 231 also, but i'm sure that they are highly trained to doso. Besides i am almost certain that its necessary in order to catch up with the many drivers i always see speeding on that highway each day. They are always working accidents on that road. I just hope and pray that when the next one happens, Mr. anonymous won't be the one who suffers from a perminent injury from someone without any insurance. The troopers are just doing their job man.

Posted by Jack_Bauer (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 1:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I was @ scene and overheard the following...

There's no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I'm gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth!

Posted by heartofdixie (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

DarrylDavis, you should get your facts straight before you make your comments. Your memory is either really bad or you weren't paying attention to the mulitiple stories on the Pell City police officer that was killed. That police officer was my cousin and his name was Greg Surles. He was on a routine patrol (not in hot pursuit) and it was the log truck driver that ran the red light and hit Greg. He left behind a wife, a 4-year old, an 11-week old that will never get to know their father...who was a wonderful man by the way. He may not be a hero in your book, but in his children's eyes, and in the eyes of all who knew him, he is a hero. For all those "too many" police on the highway that you talk about, I bet you would certainly want one around if you were in trouble or if you were in an accident. Don't say harsh things or make comments when you don't know what you are talking about.

Posted by TU08 (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Some mighty BIG talking folks on here today.

Posted by elvis2 (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Bet they don't talk that way face to face with a trooper . Sounds like they all have been stopped before and this gives them the chance to mouth off as an unknown.

Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 8:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

WDM....I had a BIG chuckle from your post! LOL Thanks!

Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on November 17, 2009 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If a police car is in pursuit...the lights are supposed to be on. Lights on or lights off.....I should think the police are subject to the general rules of the road.

If someone is coming in the opposite direction....and they see the lights they need to slow down and allow the officer to turn....but if the officer turned in front of the truck...and the truck was too close to stop...I should think that the truck driver would not be at fault.

Posted by oldhog (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 7:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The only people I know of that think we have to many cops/troopers are the bad guys.

Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good point oldhog <s>

Posted by momof3 (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 11:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What good does it do to speculate about what happened here and who was at fault? Unless you personally witnessed this accident and know the facts, why would you bad mouth the state trooper. He has a very dangerous job and I'm sure he was just trying to do what we pay him to do. Just be thankful no one was killed and call it what it was - an accident. And no I'm not married to a state trooper and don't even know one personally. I do know I have never been stopped and given a ticket when I didn't deserve it.

Posted by elvis2 (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

momof3 , you summed it up nicely .

Posted by oldhog (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 8:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

FoX, U might be on to something. My suggestion is you get you a good looking blonde blow up doll. Trooper pulls you over, just swap seats. Who wants to argue with a woman!

Posted by twobytwo (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 8:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If you have not been in the shoes you can't know the walk.

Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 11:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh geeeez oldhog LOL

Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on November 18, 2009 at 11:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I have never gotten a ticket...but last year I thought my luck had run out.

I was coming back from Dothan after visiting my mother in a Hospice facility. I did not even realize how fast I was going because I just wanted to get back home.

Lo and behold I saw lights in my rear view mirror. I pulled over and the officer came to my window. He said "do you know how fast you were going?"

I said..."no sir not exactly but I have a funny feeling you're gonna tell me!"

He laughed. Then told me I was going 82. I said..."Officer if you say I was going 82 then I was going 82."

I apologized for speeding......he smiled and told tme to slow it down. I thanked him and i was on my way.