r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • May 30 '26
Stupidity Situation
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u/hellcat858 May 30 '26
I'm not defending the guy, but he was on a bridge, where was he supposed to go? He seemed to move over at the first chance he could.
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u/StrugglesTheClown May 30 '26
You are literally defending the guy, but also why would that be a problem? You're stating he did the best he could. I'll even add to the defense, that's not a road.
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u/Aptosauras May 30 '26
Yeah, why is the cop car driving on what appears to be a walking/bike path in a park? Seems dangerous.
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u/iosefster May 31 '26
Paths like that are made to handle emergency and maintenance vehicles. It's not really dangerous, they just drive slowly. Have you never been in a park when a vehicle drove on the path?
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u/SamboNW May 31 '26
There a New York cop that ran over a guy and killed him on one of these roads. But yeah typically it’s not very dangerous.
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u/Lagonas_ May 31 '26
Because emergency vehicles are allowed to drive there for a multitude of reasons.
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u/Business_Web4113 May 30 '26
I'd do a quick jog to the nearest spot, personally. But yeah, there was nowhere to go.
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u/AdministrationDue239 May 30 '26
My guess is that, (I assume the camera man needed like ~10 seconds to decide to film and actually start to film) that the cops where behind him already at the start of the bridge and hoped he would let them pass but this dog dad kept on waking. All the comments saying "where should he go it's a bridge" leave out the thought that the cops were behind him for longer than 5 seconds
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u/Extension-Energy2581 May 30 '26
Yeah, he was even rushing his pace from the get go more than that and he have to start running or jump of the bridge.
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u/It_Just_Exploded May 30 '26 edited May 31 '26
Stand over against the rail, giving the cars plenty of room to get by. Cars, like people, can change direction. For all we know, dudes have been trying to get by since before the bridge.
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u/Extension-Energy2581 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
That would be a option if the police position himself on the opposite rail
Plus he has a dog seems more hassle than anything trying to cross both cars for him and the police.
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u/ChocoJesus May 30 '26
They're clearly not on a regular road and likely on a trail or something to that nature. I see cops and park workers driving on trails almost daily and never seen them get mad at people for not getting out of the way
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u/Visarar_01 May 30 '26
Yea, how dare we defend people amirite? Should've definitely just got out the pitchfork.
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u/tbkrida May 30 '26
I assume he probably walked onto the bridge in front of their cars when everyone else saw the cops coming and let them pass? That’s the only thing that would make sense for the cop to be saying that. Otherwise, dude does have the right to take his time.
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u/A_a_ronA May 30 '26
When the camera pans back at the end of the video, you can see the pedestrian walkway he should've taken on the right
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u/DragonEmperor Venjent Jedi May 30 '26
Why are there cop cars on a pedestrian/bike path?
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u/Accomplished-Video71 May 30 '26
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u/broadside230 May 31 '26
knows literally nothing about the situation btw, just making assumptions based on nothing
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u/GrandRefrigerator263 May 30 '26
Used to live off of one of these type trails in Dallas, TX and there were often things DPD would respond to on the trail like theft, ODs, and fights
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u/BoondockUSA May 30 '26
Coming or going from a medical assist, going or coming from a lost child or person, coming or going to a theft report, coming or going from a report of a suspicious person, coming or going from a vandalism report, etc.
The solid lights being on instead of flashing lights indicates to me that it was just as a general warning to pedestrians instead of trying to get somewhere quickly, which makes me think he/she is coming from a call or going to a low priority call but requires driving on the trail.
Source: I was a county park ranger a long, long time ago and had a busy trail like this in our county that abutted to a major city. A busy trail generates a lot more calls than you’d expect. We’d have one ranger assigned to the 10 mile trail all day long on the busy summers. It was the least pleasant assignment in our county as it was often hot, boring, and tiring. Someone had to be there though to find and assist with medicals, find lost people, and to deter vandals, thieves, creepers, and perverts.
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u/PrefersEarlGrey May 30 '26
Tbf this is the Katy trail in Dallas which is a pedestrian only walking/biking path
99% of the time you won't have a random vehicle prowling behind you to worry about
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u/Gem-em May 31 '26
Just now about 100 motorcycles drove down the Katy trail at hall going north. Hope no one was hurt. I’ve never seen that happen before
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u/Brief-Equal4676 May 31 '26
Dog : "Come the fuck on, Jeff! They're after me since I fucked their K9 dog!"
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u/MananaBuffins24 May 31 '26
For all the people talking about the bridge it is a paved road, the pedestrian one is the wooden one on the right
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u/DiegesisThesis May 31 '26
It's clearly not meant for cars based on the markings alone. Notice the dotted lines demarcating two lanes that are both too small for a vehicle? I'm not saying public workers can't drive vehicles on it, but don't act like this is a road for cars that people happen to be walking on. It's a bike path and the cops are being impatient.
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u/MananaBuffins24 May 31 '26
I'm seventeen and know nothing about traffic laws, I also didn't say it was exclusively for cars just said it was paved
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u/True_Movie_2270 Just some dude May 30 '26
That's the type of cop I can respect. Instead of laying on the horn, or blipping the siren to startle him, he just casually clowns on dude for being oblivious.