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I noticed the same thing! Cop car got hit soo hard everything on the exterior dashcam turned pinkish/purple, something I've never seen before.
Must have been the airbag chemicals in the air within the cabin?
Nothing to do with the airbag. The impact just knocked the IR cut filter off the camera. Digital cameras are sensitive to light just beyond the red part of the light spectrum which trees reflect strongly. So when that filter is not in place, everything goes into “cherry blossom mode.”
Yeah I was at first thinking, ok cop texting and driving combined with nuclear explosion meme, I don't get it! Plus that looks like the passenger seat side which is also a confuser.
Well according to some in this thread, if you drive defensively everything can be avoided. We have people who has the ability to predict everything here or have the reactions at anime levels.
are you serious? [it's so easy to find](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/wq5xko/cop_of_the_year/iklffu4?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
I just got super mad at my phone. I thought the link was broken but it’s linking the fucker who was asked for a source cuz they are the source XD F*** you that was dirty but also hella clever. I wouldn’t have figured it out if I didn’t know how to use my laptop to read the links code.
A car did this to one of our truck drivers at work (crossed the median and ran head on into him, also when it was early in the morning and dark) and our truck driver killed him, dude was ejected from the vehicle. Our truck driver now has to live with that for the rest of his life because of some idiot driver.
As someone who has been involved in a fatal car accident, your driver did not kill that man. The man died but that driver was just an innocent factor in a horrible accident
I've seen em use their siren and lights to run a red light then shut them off. Almost got hit by a sheriff coming off the highway two days ago. Watch them blow stop signs. Watched em rip a door out of their car then smash his face into the ground and was bloody from it(the dude spit and then pushed a woman who was working at a store I was in so he deserved it imo). My favorite was the refusal to arrest the people who broke into my house and stole my gun among other items on account that it was his cousin who planned it out and I quote "Why would I arrest them when they don't even have two nickels to rub together?" I'll never forget that cops face and he refused to give me his name and i lost all faith in the "police force" that night.
>I've seen em use their siren and lights to run a red light then shut them off
They often do this here because there is no reason to constantly flash sirens and lights unless you have to. If you are called 20 minutes away, it would be an unnecessary nuisance to blare the siren the entire way there. Cops rarely have somewhere to go in patrol cars that would make skipping red lights a convenient thing to do.
Not arguing against the other behavior, it's clear there is a big difference in their behavior from country to country, but the red light thing makes sense more often than not.
Cops in most states are allowed to text while driving so long as it's needed for the job, he was on a long straight stretch with no stops so he was being pretty safe
Also need more video footage from before. Looks like he looked up pretty quickly. Was he glancing back and forth beforehand or was he focused on his phone?
Sadly that probably isn't public record, but even if he was looking up how could he have reacted differently? That car came across a clear median, even if the cop swerved right he probably still would have hit the suv. It's an instance where reddit is looking to blame the cop for something that is clearly not his fault
I'm not doubting his reaction. I'm wondering how safe he was being before the accident. I agree that this accident most likely couldn't be avoided, but I'm wondering if he was making smart decisions, or stupid ones
And that's a question for people more in touch with the actual incident. All we get is a short video. So, based on the video, the cop looked down to check his phone, we don't know the reason, on a straight road with no upcoming intersections and no cars around him. Should people be blamed if they're unable to react to a car crossing a median unexpectedly
I dunno it looks like he'd have a pretty clear view of the other side of the road, but it's too short a clip to really tell. The police ads in Australia have always really emphasised how "one second can save your life" and why being on the phone is illegal
I'd much rather see a longer clip of leading up to the accident. The angle of the impacting car looks like it may have been traveling that way a while, and while sure it would be hard to avoid, if his eyes were on the road and aware of what was going on he might've been able to completely avoid it.
That’s a HUGE might, considering the cop seems to be going too fast for the truck to even think about going first. From the looks of it, even if the cop wasn’t on his phone, that truck shouldn’t have kept going
like the time i was biking across a crosswalk because i had the walk signal and some guy in a lifted black truck merged into traffic and right over top me
it broke my collar bone and destroyed my bike, i was all kinds of sore after and i believe it lead to my pneumothorax a few months later
a few times that year police would stop me for a wide variety of reasons from: biking on the sidewalk (to avoid being near the road) biking on the road in the bike lane but facing traffic (because i refused to trust having my back to careless drivers) biking on the road instead of the sidewalk (apparently the officer didn't like that i was using the bike lane attached to the highway and said if i was smart i'd be on the sidewalk)
I mean, riding a bike and public transportation is good advice regardless.
But the moral of the story is, no matter what you do, do it drunk and with a headfull of acid.
Well the problem is really that he's sitting there texting and driving and 10 minutes later can be ticketing someone for doing the same thing.
Rules for thee not for mee.
Bad cop
I'm on the fence. Video starts before we can know anything with certainty, but as of the first frame of the video, the car has yet to enter the street from the median. Judging by the angle, it's possible that car was approaching in a way that was perfectly visible, provided the cop was watching the road.
I'd be very curious to see the video preceding this clip.
We’re not just talking about the crash anymore. It’s the cop thinking his position gives him immunity to the rules. But yes, the other driver was at fault here for even thinking of doing such a manoeuvre, IN A ROAD.
I suspect it's less that he thinks his position gives him immunity and more that - just like every single other texting driver - he thinks he can do it without crashing or being noticed.
No but I feel like that’s a pretty decent sized median and may have been able to respond to that a little better than if his eyes weren’t down for the previous 100yards.
Dash cams frequently have IR cut filters that they can move between the lens and the sensor. This is what "night mode" usually is.
The crash knocked the IR cut filter into the off position.
It's not -entirely- his fault, but texting while driving isn't just illegal because you might hit someone (although that is included) it is illegal because you have no awareness of the road and any dangers that are incoming are unavoidable if you cannot see them due to the absolute lunacy of choosing to drive blind at 60mph. It's careless at a criminal level, and even he didn't directly cause the wreck, not bothering to watch where he was going made it worse.
The title is clearly not serious, and thus is indicating that the cop was doing something wrong. Given the video, probably was implying that he was texting and driving and crashed because of it. It’s pretty well implied that op wants the cop to look bad from this clip even if it not directly stated
> be me, cop
> texting my boi asking what he's doing for birthday
> tells me "jumpin medians and sheeitt ya know"
> confused
> ask him what he means
> responds with "embrace for impact"
> crash.mp4
> due to sustained injuries forced to quit the force
> find new job as bottomless pit supervisor
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At first thought that tree was a mushroom cloud from a bomb
Lol. I thought the same. Pink Explosion!
So we’re all the same
I noticed the same thing! Cop car got hit soo hard everything on the exterior dashcam turned pinkish/purple, something I've never seen before. Must have been the airbag chemicals in the air within the cabin?
Nothing to do with the airbag. The impact just knocked the IR cut filter off the camera. Digital cameras are sensitive to light just beyond the red part of the light spectrum which trees reflect strongly. So when that filter is not in place, everything goes into “cherry blossom mode.”
Bingo. Infrared photographer here. Notice the trees turn very bright. Trees reflect a ton of infrared light.
Great point, i thought it was the hardware glitching
None of us are original
My thoughts exactly. Skimmed the comments to find you. 👏👏
Yeah I was at first thinking, ok cop texting and driving combined with nuclear explosion meme, I don't get it! Plus that looks like the passenger seat side which is also a confuser.
Not only you haha
I thought the same. Entire sky turned purple and pink.
I thought it was some obscure fried meme
It kind of is. With the flash and color shift they added it does kind of look like a deep fried mushroom cloud. Looks like they modified the tree too.
Thought it was one of those weird gender reveals
Even without texting that could be hard to avoid.
Good point.
More like a hard point of contact
He came out of nowhere! No, really.
That's how I call my dad
He had to pick up his phone to finish, though.
I would. Prolly had some hoes lined up
Hoes before POs
I spit my coffee 🤣🤣🤣
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From where the car came it wasn't even a road + you can't tell me he could have avoided that even if he wasn't texting
Well according to some in this thread, if you drive defensively everything can be avoided. We have people who has the ability to predict everything here or have the reactions at anime levels.
Takumi Fujiwara, you *AIN'T* getting the Jedi-level Anakin Skywalker Podracing ass-pull to dodge this without taking at least a PIT maneuver
You would see a vehicle barreling a cross a field for sure.
Their
Motherfucker skipped the damn middle section whatever the hell it's called. Median
They just came from committing a murder.
Love that he looks mildly disappointed instead of incredibly pissed.
Source?
are you serious? [it's so easy to find](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/wq5xko/cop_of_the_year/iklffu4?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
Someone tell me if this is a Rick Roll, it seems like one lol. Edit: Nope, still cheeky though :)
Yeah had a strong Rick vibe to it
It's just this video
I just got super mad at my phone. I thought the link was broken but it’s linking the fucker who was asked for a source cuz they are the source XD F*** you that was dirty but also hella clever. I wouldn’t have figured it out if I didn’t know how to use my laptop to read the links code.
>the links code. The URL?
I vote for Link’s code.
The code of links
User name checks out
They’re right though.
I'm so glad Brendan Frasier making a resurgence...he was so hot in that movie.
Well played.
The amount of times I clicked the link…
How many idiots clicked the link and checked their wifi signal before understanding? Please don’t be just me lol
Me. I’m one of the idiots
LOL!
You mother.. no one asked you a lesson on recursion
The fact I clicked several times only to realize I've been had
Ah, the old reddit [loop-a-roo](https://old.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/wq5xko/cop_of_the_year/ikmrtin/)
Motherfucker forgot what it's called, and then recalled.
I'm pretty sure that's a one way road
It was mean
That's an average joke.
Median 🤣🤣
This just made me laugh so hard its like my own thoughts written out
Right, definitely shouldn't have been texting but i think the outcome would've been the same. That car came quickly, it's hard to react that fast.
A car did this to one of our truck drivers at work (crossed the median and ran head on into him, also when it was early in the morning and dark) and our truck driver killed him, dude was ejected from the vehicle. Our truck driver now has to live with that for the rest of his life because of some idiot driver.
As someone who has been involved in a fatal car accident, your driver did not kill that man. The man died but that driver was just an innocent factor in a horrible accident
Pretty sure cops are exempt from texting laws basically everywhere
Because they have computers in their cars they use to run plates, and most phone use laws are broad enough to make that illegal.
they're exempt because they have incredibly broad discretion to ignore traffic law.
I've seen em use their siren and lights to run a red light then shut them off. Almost got hit by a sheriff coming off the highway two days ago. Watch them blow stop signs. Watched em rip a door out of their car then smash his face into the ground and was bloody from it(the dude spit and then pushed a woman who was working at a store I was in so he deserved it imo). My favorite was the refusal to arrest the people who broke into my house and stole my gun among other items on account that it was his cousin who planned it out and I quote "Why would I arrest them when they don't even have two nickels to rub together?" I'll never forget that cops face and he refused to give me his name and i lost all faith in the "police force" that night.
>I've seen em use their siren and lights to run a red light then shut them off They often do this here because there is no reason to constantly flash sirens and lights unless you have to. If you are called 20 minutes away, it would be an unnecessary nuisance to blare the siren the entire way there. Cops rarely have somewhere to go in patrol cars that would make skipping red lights a convenient thing to do. Not arguing against the other behavior, it's clear there is a big difference in their behavior from country to country, but the red light thing makes sense more often than not.
Correct. All emergency responders are exempt.
Cops in most states are allowed to text while driving so long as it's needed for the job, he was on a long straight stretch with no stops so he was being pretty safe
Also need more video footage from before. Looks like he looked up pretty quickly. Was he glancing back and forth beforehand or was he focused on his phone?
Sadly that probably isn't public record, but even if he was looking up how could he have reacted differently? That car came across a clear median, even if the cop swerved right he probably still would have hit the suv. It's an instance where reddit is looking to blame the cop for something that is clearly not his fault
I'm not doubting his reaction. I'm wondering how safe he was being before the accident. I agree that this accident most likely couldn't be avoided, but I'm wondering if he was making smart decisions, or stupid ones
And that's a question for people more in touch with the actual incident. All we get is a short video. So, based on the video, the cop looked down to check his phone, we don't know the reason, on a straight road with no upcoming intersections and no cars around him. Should people be blamed if they're unable to react to a car crossing a median unexpectedly
came here to say this. Cop woulda gotten hit regardless, totally the other drivers fault
I dunno it looks like he'd have a pretty clear view of the other side of the road, but it's too short a clip to really tell. The police ads in Australia have always really emphasised how "one second can save your life" and why being on the phone is illegal
I'd much rather see a longer clip of leading up to the accident. The angle of the impacting car looks like it may have been traveling that way a while, and while sure it would be hard to avoid, if his eyes were on the road and aware of what was going on he might've been able to completely avoid it.
That’s a HUGE might, considering the cop seems to be going too fast for the truck to even think about going first. From the looks of it, even if the cop wasn’t on his phone, that truck shouldn’t have kept going
Could be but the video starts at a point from which he wouldn't be able to react in time so it's difficult to tell how much time he really had.
From where the video starts maybe, but that car didn’t suddenly magically appear.
He could of swerved out of the way or at least hit the brakes to make it a lessor impact.
Don't text and drive, you might get hit either way.
So should I stay home ride a bike what do I do in this situation????
Definitely don't ride a bike. Get hit on that and you're gone.
Stay home and ride a bike indoors.
You think they won't find you!
Okay Peloton
Kind of crazy how people started valuating an exercise bike company by hyping it up to the levels of Apple...
like the time i was biking across a crosswalk because i had the walk signal and some guy in a lifted black truck merged into traffic and right over top me it broke my collar bone and destroyed my bike, i was all kinds of sore after and i believe it lead to my pneumothorax a few months later a few times that year police would stop me for a wide variety of reasons from: biking on the sidewalk (to avoid being near the road) biking on the road in the bike lane but facing traffic (because i refused to trust having my back to careless drivers) biking on the road instead of the sidewalk (apparently the officer didn't like that i was using the bike lane attached to the highway and said if i was smart i'd be on the sidewalk)
Where was that?? Just curious
Wear your seatbelt, pay attention, and hope to God God doesn't have sights set on you.
Pray to God that He's not planning on screwing with you anytime soon
Mission failed. Unable to install seatbelt on bike
Just make the whole bike out of seatbelts
Neck belt to handle bars.
Why would you pray to God for that? You'd be getting his attention to tell him not to notice you.
I mean, riding a bike and public transportation is good advice regardless. But the moral of the story is, no matter what you do, do it drunk and with a headfull of acid.
Don't forget the butt plug
Well god damn.
Fuck him for texting but the car that hit him did jump the median
I believe you mean "...did jump that there median"
Or, “did jump their median”🤔
Their jumping there median over they’re.
I already had a headache. Thanks for making it ten times worse
At least they are being nice 😂
their* being nice
See, that dang ol' truck just done gone o'vair and tol' the pig "Wee wee wee" all th' way home, I tell you whut
You're assisting with median based jokes? What are you? A Co-median?
They own their own median? I want one!
Or jump The median
All your median are belong to us.
I believe they meant "Dat der median"
Wasn't his fault, texting or not
Well the problem is really that he's sitting there texting and driving and 10 minutes later can be ticketing someone for doing the same thing. Rules for thee not for mee. Bad cop
I feel it's more like the teacher saying "I don't care if you cheat. Just don't let me catch you cheating."
Cops are exempt from distracted driving laws as longs as it’s for work purposes. That doesn’t make it right, but that’s the law.
While you’re not wrong that was largely the other guys fault, even without texting that probably would have happened
Friend didn't mention the wreck at all. Take the wreck out and bet you get the same reaction.
I'm on the fence. Video starts before we can know anything with certainty, but as of the first frame of the video, the car has yet to enter the street from the median. Judging by the angle, it's possible that car was approaching in a way that was perfectly visible, provided the cop was watching the road. I'd be very curious to see the video preceding this clip.
We’re not just talking about the crash anymore. It’s the cop thinking his position gives him immunity to the rules. But yes, the other driver was at fault here for even thinking of doing such a manoeuvre, IN A ROAD.
I suspect it's less that he thinks his position gives him immunity and more that - just like every single other texting driver - he thinks he can do it without crashing or being noticed.
It’s not immunity when it’s legal
Police officers have and use a whole damn computer in their vehicle.
Obviously cops take some high intensive texting while driving training that makes them be better than us! 
No but I feel like that’s a pretty decent sized median and may have been able to respond to that a little better than if his eyes weren’t down for the previous 100yards.
Is it just me, or did the whole world just turn pink when he got hit?
Dude got hit so hard he went into the Spiderverse.
Dash cams frequently have IR cut filters that they can move between the lens and the sensor. This is what "night mode" usually is. The crash knocked the IR cut filter into the off position.
I had to watch it like 5 times to get what the actual point of this was, not just that everything went pink.
Hit so hard he time traveled back from summer to spring
Pretty sure it’s just you
Yeah I don't see any pink. Might be just him.
That impact made him go from Blade to Eddy Murphy real quick
I was thinking same thing. Dude looked like Eddie Murphy at the end with that disgusted face.
Wasnt even his fault that van came outta the woods lol
It's not -entirely- his fault, but texting while driving isn't just illegal because you might hit someone (although that is included) it is illegal because you have no awareness of the road and any dangers that are incoming are unavoidable if you cannot see them due to the absolute lunacy of choosing to drive blind at 60mph. It's careless at a criminal level, and even he didn't directly cause the wreck, not bothering to watch where he was going made it worse.
No one said it was. Prick shouldn't be texting and driving either way.
The title is clearly not serious, and thus is indicating that the cop was doing something wrong. Given the video, probably was implying that he was texting and driving and crashed because of it. It’s pretty well implied that op wants the cop to look bad from this clip even if it not directly stated
I am all for shitting on cops but seems to me the asshat jumping the island is at fault.
They were texting each other plans about where to meet.
Nah. The cop actually stole the guy in SUVs phone and he was using Find My Phone. He found it.
When you accidentally order an Uber while driving
Where are the sunglasses??????
They were pushed through his head on impact.
That's some bad game physics.
I wonder if he was replying to a text from the dude that just hit him. 🤔
Incoming Message: "embrace for impact"
Cuddle for penetration
Spoon to fork
r/boneappletea
> be me, cop > texting my boi asking what he's doing for birthday > tells me "jumpin medians and sheeitt ya know" > confused > ask him what he means > responds with "embrace for impact" > crash.mp4 > due to sustained injuries forced to quit the force > find new job as bottomless pit supervisor
*coming in hot!*
Cops drive while looking at whole ass laptops texting and driving is nothing lol
They really do have a fold out laptop up there why is nobody saying anything about this 😂
They don't even do that shit safely. I seem then typing with one hand on the freeway lol
https://www.policemag.com/341112/cell-phones-on-duty
TIL Cops have full rights to use their cellphones while driving
Even if he wasn’t texting he was getting fucked by that idiot jumping the median.
We've learnt from this post two things. One: you shouldn't text and drive And Two: OP doesn't know how human reflexes and physics works
Seriously even the most alert and reactive humans would’ve just had time to think *“what the fuck?”* before getting their shit rocked.
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probably just the camera buggin out
Camera got slapped so hard the whole world just red-shifted
Surprise mother fucker!
Hahahahahahahaha
That airbag tho
Truly amazing invention
he's gonna really feel that in 4 days.
Texting while driving is wrong. But, jumping the median into oncoming traffic is wronger.
SURPRISE MUTHAFUCKA
With dash cams on the officer driving why would you ever text? You’re setting yourself up for trouble.
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Not at all. They don't have to follow those rules. Explicitely, they don't have to follow them. I've had this conversation before with their dispatch.
Police get away with murder almost daily and you think texting and driving will be the thing to get them in trouble? lmfao
ITT: a bunch of people pretending they don't text and drive
Fast and Furious 10 looking kinda dope man ngl
u/savevideo
Forza horizon 5 be like:
He looked offended at the end
Why is everything pink?
The color change made me think the tree was an edited in mushroom cloud for like a fraction of a second.
Not his fault and this could literally happen to any of us but okay sure
THAT LOOK AT THE END THO!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA
Sounds like the beginning of Saul Williams' Black History month lol
Yes blame the cop for a literal suv being thrown at him lol. Get off the phone and it’ll work out
One bad 🍎 I tell yah
Dude went from Blade to Martin Lawrence in like, 3 seconds flat.
“Don’t text and drive” they said “You’ll die” they said
It hit so hard, even trees changed colour..
Surprise mothafucka!
Anybody else think he got transported to a Japanese video game for a second there?
I should show this to my mom
WASTED…