Doesn't seem right.......

[chp2morrow]

How you doing? I was curious to know what the heck is up with BPD (Bakersfield, Ca) running the freeways me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....) and I always see BPD on the freeways pulling people over (IMHO trying to be someone they can't be) just last night 10-8-08 i seen 3 BPD on the freeway about midnight early morning impounding a vehicle but it was ok a couple days earlier I seen a CHP pulled some one over in front of the Chain & Younger building the City cops didn't drive around them too happy just thought maybe you had some insight.

[iakona]

I was curious to know what the heck is up with BPD (Bakersfield, Ca) running the freeways me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....) and I always see BPD on the freeways pulling people over...

Is there something wrong with that? :noidea: Afterall, they do have peace officer powers just like CHP or any other law enforcement. Just because it's the freeway, doesn't mean they don't have the ability to enforce the law. How many times do you see CHP making stops in the city? :tape: Oooops! The cat is out of the bag now.

[Fifty150]

The freeway is within the city limits of Bakersfield. Although its not their primary jurisdiction, I'm sure BPD uses the freeways to get from one part of the city to the other because its faster than driving surface streets. If they see a violation they take action on it. If they were impounding a car, then they must have either been taking someone to jail or the driver was unlicensed and there is one less unlicensed driver on the street. At O dark thirty when everyone is sleeping in Bakersfield and they decide to jump on the freeway and stop someone, good for them.

There are more than enough people breaking the law for anyone to worry about which PD, Sheriff, CHP unit is taking enforcement action in your city. Just be glad they are there.

[FutureSDPDcop]

I think the real crime here is the spelling and grammar.

[Clutch-n-Throttle]

... me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....
Am I the only one that finds this a little odd?

[PapaBear]

How you doing? I was curious to know what the heck is up with BPD (Bakersfield, Ca) running the freeways me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....) and I always see BPD on the freeways pulling people over (IMHO trying to be someone they can't be) just last night 10-8-08 i seen 3 BPD on the freeway about midnight early morning impounding a vehicle but it was ok a couple days earlier I seen a CHP pulled some one over in front of the Chain & Younger building the City cops didn't drive around them too happy just thought maybe you had some insight.

My question would be this: Why did you send this exact post to me in a PM? It seems that each of the responses thusfar have reflected exactly what I responded to you.

If you, chp2morrow, are going to PM someone with a question, don't post the same query in a thread! :mad:

[22348(b)]

They may well be working the freeways at night, or making a stop on an observed violation while enroute to a low-priority call. Either way, good for them. I make stops when I observe violations on city streets that are not in my primary jurisdiction. In Fresno, where I work, there are numerous county pockets throughout the city, and it is necessary for the CHP, Sheriff, and Police Department to travel through other jurisdictions to reach our calls. Pretty much any officer that observes a violation issues a citation, regardless of whether it is city or county. We each take our calls in our respective areas, but help each other to provide better enforcement. Lastly, the police officer may have observed the violation on a city street, but may have not got into position to stop the violator until he was on the freeway.

The only problem I see with this is that some city police officers are used to making stops on city streets, where speeds are low, and room is often plentiful. I often see them park in the roadway (traffic lanes) and approach the vehicle on the left, sometimes in the roadway (traffic lanes). It makes me fear for their safety, I don't want to see them get hit by an errant driver.

[goinforthetrifacta]

Am I the only one that finds this a little odd?

X2 :think:

[David]

I think the real crime here is the spelling and grammar. Agreed. :hitwall:

[CTCI08Wife]

I would like to think it was one "brother" helping another "brother" out. Too many times there is animosity between jurisdictions. Sounds like a nice change of pace. IMO.:noidea:

[Dragon Slayer]

This guy probably drives around with an amber lightbar on his Geo Metro. :doh:

Nobody needs you trolling around on the freeway and/or city streets looking for stranded motorists. That is what AAA and other automobile services are for. If it is an immediate traffic hazard the responsible law enforcement agency will respond.

IMHO trying to be someone they can't be.

Take a look in the mirror.

:doh::doh::doh::doh:

[rs]

How you doing?

Good, thanks for asking.

me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....)

So you're the one calling in those phantom 11-26s and 11-83s eh...

I hope you're FSP...other wise..creepyyy...

[graver]

93308?

[MC15327]

Daleian?

[jrg]

For those who find it odd that he rides on the freeways looking for people to assist, I believe I read somewhere that he is a tow truck driver.
It makes sense to me if I am correct.


Back to your question, why should they not be allowed to pull someone over on the freeway.
Like many others have stated, it is well within the city limits.

[Mac]

...Back to your question, why should they not be allowed to pull someone over on the freeway.
Like many others have stated, it is well within the city limits.
I couldn't care less if it's within city limits, in the county, or in another galaxy.....as far as I'm concerned, the more black and whites (or whatever color an agency's car happens to be) we have out there, the better!

[jrg]

I couldn't care less if it's within city limits, in the county, or in another galaxy.....as far as I'm concerned, the more black and whites (or whatever color an agency's car happens to be) we have out there, the better!

Exactly, the more the better.

[Bosco]

No FSP in Bakersfield...

[bcjack]

If he/she is a tow truck driver and is "Trolling" the freeway at night "Looking for stalled vehicles" I think he is in violation of the following:

22513. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the owner or operator of a tow truck who complies with the requirements of this code relating to tow trucks may stop or park the tow truck upon a highway for the purpose of rendering assistance to a disabled vehicle.
(b) It is a misdemeanor for the owner or operator of a tow truck to stop at the scene of an accident or near a disabled vehicle for the purpose of soliciting an engagement for towing services, either directly or indirectly, or to furnish any towing services, unless summoned to the scene, requested to stop, or flagged down by the owner or operator of a disabled vehicle or requested to perform the service by a law enforcement officer or public agency pursuant to that agency's procedures.
(c) It is a misdemeanor for the owner or operator of a tow truck to move any vehicle from a highway, street, or public property without the express authorization of the owner or operator of the
vehicle or a law enforcement officer or public agency pursuant to that agency's procedures, when the vehicle has been left unattended or when there is an injury as the result of an accident.
(d) This section shall not apply to the following:
(1) A vehicle owned or operated by, or under contract to, a motor club, as defined by Section 12142 of the Insurance Code, which stops to provide services for which compensation is neither requested nor received, provided that those services may not include towing other than that which may be necessary to remove the vehicle to the nearest safe shoulder. The owner or operator of such a vehicle may contact a law enforcement agency or other public agency on behalf of a motorist, but may not refer a motorist to a tow truck owner or operator, unless the motorist is a member of the motor club, the motorist is referred to a tow truck owner or operator under contract to the motor club, and, if there is a dispatch facility which services the area and is owned or operated by the motor club, the referral is made through that dispatch facility.
(2) A tow truck operator employed by a law enforcement agency or other public agency.
(3) A tow truck owner or operator acting under contract with a law enforcement or other public agency to abate abandoned vehicles, or to provide towing service or emergency road service to motorists while involved in freeway service patrol operations, to the extent authorized by law.

[LadyVol@330]

:popcorn:

[ExplorerSGT]

No FSP in Bakersfield... If this guy is a civilian doing that then theres some issues. :think: creepy

[jrg]

I have recently found out he isn't a tow truck driver.

That being said, I do not know what he is. Trolling the freeways like that is different to say the least.

[Eagl5]

If this guy is a civilian doing that then theres some issues. :think: creepy

Seems to me like an old episode of CHiPs, the one where Bonnie crashes talking to the kid on the CB radio while driving? But seriously, chp2morrow, other then all the attention you seem to be getting, how about you stop driving the freeways helping people, your not trained how to do it properly, safely, so just stop.

[ExplorerSGT]

Seems to me like an old episode of CHiPs, the one where Bonnie crashes talking to the kid on the CB radio while driving? But seriously, chp2morrow, other then all the attention you seem to be getting, how about you stop driving the freeways helping people, your not trained how to do it properly, safely, so just stop.
Theres nothing to do in Bako so cut him some slack,lol:badgrin:

[Eagl5]

Theres nothing to do in Bako so cut him some slack,lol:badgrin:

If that was your sister/wife/mom and they were broken down, and some guy who is not FSP, not a tow truck called by her and not a CHP/Police Officer would you want some guy who no one knows anything about helping them? I dont care if there is nothing to do in Bako, its not right and like others have posted downright creepy.

[CHPUSMC]

That being said, I do not know what he is. Trolling the freeways like that is different to say the least.

There are some who do it still.





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For nearly 40 years I have been assisting stranded motorists and accident victims that I have encountered in my travels. I do not charge a fee, but rather, I present my card,which says

"Assisting you has been my pleasure,I ask for no payment other than for you to pass on the favor by helping someone in distress that you encounter."

The card is to be passed on with the "favor"


The beginning of my "mission."
When I was 16, I slid off the highway in a snowstorm late one night. My car NOT this one! plowed into a snowbank and was mostly buried. The only part visible was the back end. After spending several hours in the freezing cold I was beginning to give up hope when a man stopped to help me. His words to me, when I asked what I owed him for his help, are those that now appear on my card.


My therapy
Whenever I can, especially when the weather is really bad, I head out on the highways and back roads looking for folks in trouble.


"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that we cannot sincerely help another without helping ourselves"


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THANKS to Steve @ Nova Electronics for the great "SLULTRAA" & "BULL" LED warning light systems recently contributed

FUEL and communications expenses,

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on Charles Kuralt's "American Portraits" on NBC in 1996,
San Diego Union Tribune article "Angel on the Highway" in July 2002, and
People Magazine article "Hoodfella" in August 2002,
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[jrg]

^ True. Good find. I would say that his intentions are good.
It just seems a little unorthodox, but I could see where his heart is.

[ExplorerSGT]

If that was your sister/wife/mom and they were broken down, and some guy who is not FSP, not a tow truck called by her and not a CHP/Police Officer would you want some guy who no one knows anything about helping them? I dont care if there is nothing to do in Bako, its not right and like others have posted downright creepy.
Yeah, i was only kidding. As a female and having some guy like this approach me on the freeway hed probably get a car door to the groin.

[Imaginethat1]

Am I the only one that finds this a little odd?

I find it VERY ODD!! :think:

[David]

I find it VERY ODD!! :think: I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who found that creepy.

[JJB4CHP]

me I drive the freeways at night (looking for people to assist that are stuck on the freeways flat tires, out of gas, etc....


As A tow operator, I have pulled up to a veh. on the freeway (AAA call) on several occasions and found that a 3rd party was there. A nice thought, but I have had a couple of stranded motorists tell me they were glad I showed up because they were feeling a bit scared. The best advice I can give, if you must continue to drive the freeway at night in an effort to help, would be to call a LEA directly and inform them. They will assess the situation or see to it that the right people do...(CHP, PD, AAA, etc.) I wouldn't recommend calling 911 unless you come across something serious....


I think the real crime here is the spelling and grammar.

Smeoetims you cnat hlep but wdnoer.....

[CHP4LIFE.]

Everyone has a cell phone, so by the time anyone can render assistance a tow should have already been called. Not sure if the Tow Truck driver status has been verified, but if not, how can you afford to drive around with these gas prices?!:shock:

[quaylie]

Is that guy in San Diego that drives the Ghostbuster looking vehicle only one guy?

My friend who was in another vehicle behind us was involved in an accident en route to a car show on a freeway near downtown San Diego and this guy showed up.

If it's only one guy, he sure gets around. Seemed like a very nice guy.

[RottweilerLover]

What happened to the OP??? He never came back.

[rusty57]

I have a friend in the BPD. He normally goes from call to call on his shift. If while driving to a call, he comes across any violations, he will stop the vehicle if appropriate to do so. When I did a ride along last month in Bakersfield with the CHP, there were no officers assigned to cover the freeway (99) that shift. We patrolled in the city and some of the outlaying smaller cities. I have seen the Sheriffs pull vehicles over on the freeway as well. I agree that you shouldn't be out late at night trolling the highways for any reason unless its in your job description. Stay safe.