TEXTING while ...

challenger · Jul 1, 2013

It is bad enough that someone would "text and drive'' ... but to "text and ride" ... and then to be a COP ... and to be on an ST1300!! Oh the humanity!

http://bikerspost.com/forums/topic/731/motorcycle-cop-photographed-text

vinny · Jul 1, 2013

I'm sure that this was a major embarrassment to the Tempe Police dept. No doubt the officer was "retrained"...

el gato · Jul 2, 2013

GAK!!!

"Protect and Serve" ???

Be afraid, be very afraid.

El Gato

STurgisSTeele · Jul 2, 2013

So was the driver of the cage admitting to driving over 80 mph then??

ST1100Y · Jul 3, 2013

vinny said:
I'm sure that this was a major embarrassment to the Tempe Police dept...

Not the proper role model as one should expect to see from a public servant...

Geoff · Jul 3, 2013

http://www.news-press.com/article/20130611/NEWS01/130611018/Report-FHP-trooper-distracted-by-his-car-laptop-cited-deadly-75-crash?nclick_check=1

unfortunately its becoming more common. In this case the trooper was off duty, on vacation, driving an unmarked car to a security job. Reading his email and ran into the car from behind. They calculated his speed at 88 mph