did it leave any scratch on the bumper?

“…and straight into a fuel station.” I pictured the officer sending your car crashing into the pumps after giving you a helping hand. I know that’s not what you meant, but my misinterpretation made me laugh.

@@TomatoTomato911 probably did.. but better a few scratches than someone crashing into the back of your car at 70mph..

@@TomatoTomato911 Scratches are Better than being rear ended and die or getting someone else killed.

@@rerun626 😂😂😂😂

I believe you 'cause I've done it myself, I think in the Carquinez Straits area many years ago, over a bridge...worked perfectly but I did get lucky with the off-ramp, gas station, and lack of traffic. It was all very smooth, if not a bit slow.

There is a hill in Oceanside Ca. you are describing. Highway 101. I used to work there when I was younger. You would be surprised how many people ran out of gas coming down that hill and stopped and pulled over and walked down that hill to get a can of gas instead of doing what you did. I would ask them why didn't you just coast down? Just saying.

This exact thing happened to me too, at the top of a steep hill on the freeway. I had a 200+ pound friend in the passenger seat which I think helped us coast downhill, off the ramp, thru a green light and directly at a pump. He was amazed when I managed to switch from the fast lane to the slow lane and throw my car in neutral.

Did the same thing, it was so satisfying 😂

I have done that so many times it’s scary. Just more affirmation that God is helping .

As long as the vehicles in the front of each lane know what to do, everyone behind them wont have a choice. Education is what makes this happen

​@@reccemdownI mean. When an officer is blocking every lane like that who would try to pass? I wonder if there were any fender benders in the back of the crowd. In any case, that was a boss move by the officer how he pushed one car, kept traffic stopped, and guided the other one to safety

He was like Arturo Toscanini that day!

@@reccemdown You obviously haven't been to Ohio. The land where everyone thinks they know how to drive, everyone is entitled, and yet only a few are actually competent enough in situational awareness, especially in a situation like this video.

@@dubz5149 driving comes down to one thing only and thats awareness. If nurtured properly then you can know how to drive and not be entitled at the same time

Standard operating procedure. I have seen it many times. I am sure every CHP (california version of state trooper) is taught this maneuver and uses it often.

​@@mckenziekeith7434congratulations

cops doing their job, HA!@@mckenziekeith7434

@@mckenziekeith7434 Yep. Literally all the time. It's simply meant to spread out traffic when its highly congested and make accidents that would make traffic even worse less likely.

It is totally routine in California. They will do it to get debris off the road, somebody broken down like here or for a tow truck. Everyone waits and stops are as brief as possible. It may be for an accident ahead or something else unseen but they never waste time. Go CHP. Anybody who wants to work with great police, be a pro, help and respect all drivers they are hiring!

They do that all the time in California to slow down the traffic when it is very light and people are flying at 90mph plus.

It happened to me before. I was off a major freeway at night, and he helped pushed me off the on ramp up a hill with he’s vehicle

5 lanes

@@darrena4163 thanks for the correction.

Especially since there had already been one accident because of them being stopped.

Just one? 😂

That one person can be arrested or cited.

There is the one biker.

Too much debris on the shoulder for the bmw.

@@anyone150 This...I know from experience because I'm not from SoCal so I wasn't familiar with it. I was in the far right lane when he started going back and forth but I didn't get it and kept going. Pulled over, no ticket, but he was pissed!

Once, on the main intersection in town while they were doing maintenance on the lights. A cop went and stood in the middle and directed traffic with hand signals. Even had special gloves with colors on them. Was really cool seeing the cars start and stop with a wave of a hand.

​@danwoo101 you can do the same thing with a group of kindergarteners and the words "red light" and "green light". Its quite a fascinating phenomenon.

@@coachmcguirk6297 Well, yes. But the scale is quite different. I understand that it's simply red light green light on the road, with a person instead of the actual lights. And that not everyone will find it interesting. But at the time, I guess it just struck me as really cool to see so many people working together and traffic flowing so well. And when I think back on it, it's still a cool memory.

I imagine him like Magneto, and the cars slowly stop before him.

I think it takes real courage and strong inner confidence to achieve this. You have to believe people will respond and obey. It takes more than just the uniform.

There are more of this type of officer than bad. Like any occupation

@@lindamichigan5471 no. false. the police system in the united states cannot foster "good" policemen.

​@@tpminty9142 nO fAlSe. You're lying. Anyone who is actually from America and doesn't have a political line to sell knows you're full of it. Your preprogrammed opinion isn't fact and your feelings don't matter.

@@CrawDad1131 Yo that's cool and all but you sound racist 💀 keep bootlicking the big men who keep the scary icky brown people away from you, just don't get mad when your son & daughter get gunned down in kindergarten and they don't even try to help them 😁😁🤞

His "authority" lol

Got it, that's what it looked like but not obvious ! And what about the 2nd stop?

@@hugopelland told the Prius to get to the right side of the road.

Thanks. Interesting way to be late for something instead of I had car problems it’s someone else had car problems Either way that driver pissed off a ton of people

No MAGDUMP? Lame

Doesn't explain why he still wanted traffic halted even after the car had been removed from the lanes.

Quick but that wave of traffic will probably travel down the road for miles lol

@@Ih8nine vs someone potentially getting killed? Yeah. I can see where your drive is way more important than someone getting hit

@@Ih8nine lol. Ok

​@@Ih8nine Pushing a car with another car is not something you rush. On top of that, only two seconds into the video you see a car swerve to avoid the stopped car, only to hit another. They probably stopped just off camera on the left, which is why the cop stopped there. He stopped traffic to get those vehicles over to the right.

@@Ih8nine you're absolutely right, he should've left that car sitting in the middle of a busy highway for people to crash into

did the hour include tea, or is that extra ?

Damn idiots in the UK

@@lylestavast7652 Most of the hour is spent discussing exactly where they will go to have the cup of tea. 5 minutes to call the towing service, 55 minutes to talk about tea...

This is a VERY common move in the western US. Our cities are built on big highways like this, and have been for over 60 years. I commute about 20 minutes on the highway each day for work (each way) and I see cops doing this somewhat regularly. Usually it's a disabled vehicle needing to get to the shoulder or a suicidal person on an overpass

CHP officers aren't perfect but they are among the best trained in the U.S.

To be fair, if you didn't stop, you would have hit the trooper. lol

they might have been half expecting a shoot out

Hats off for being normal people? The bar is so low for you lol

I'm surprised that a few idiots didn't just go around and keep going without stopping.

Why? Ruined everyone’s day because some idiot doesn’t know how to maintain a car or keep fuel in it?

😂😂😂😂😂😂I can't imagine the shock..

I thought the same thing 😂

"I thought the cop was drunk or someone stole the patrol car and was having fun with it." You shouldn't have a license to drive. Fool.

I don't think it's taught in drivers ed still. I guess it's effective enough that it doesn't need to be taught to drivers.

@@ericsw03 it should be though 🤷🏽‍♂

Yeah thats GREAT and everything. What does it have to do with stopping traffic for a stalled car? You dont stop busy freeway traffic for that. You shut down the lane the car is in and all lanes to the right of them. Push the car as he did, then at MOST keep the right lane closed till the car is removed. But nobody is going to shut down even the far right lane for a stalled car unless they are a tyrant. This tyrant shut down the whole freeway. Also, what was he gonna do? Leave the car in the road and start chasing people down who ignored his rolling powertrip? Even if it WAS the emergency it wasnt. What coukd he do? Abandon the injured or sick driver to chase down the pizza guy in the far lef5 lane who really wants that effing tip?

@@natecloe8535 he did exactly what he was supposed to do. Tyrant? Go to bed kid.

I was about to mention emergency up ahead as well.

@@natecloe8535 you’re replying to a retired cop, and now you’re hearing from a guy who spent many years doing maintenance and responding to incidents on the freeway in large US city. When you don’t get cars (and debris) out of traffic more crashes happen. Entitled people that treat the public roads like a right and a playground injure and kill people every day because they fail to recognize the risks they are taking.

I remember seeing a cop in front of us do this at night coming home from Santa Monica maybe 10-11 years ago. I didn’t really comprehend what was going on since I was 10ish so thanks for the insight! Does this also happen for maintenance work for the freeway? I don’t remember what I saw exactly but I just remember there was a lot of lights towards the median but no accident was visible (according to my parents).

Hiccup? Thd right front wheel broke z ball joint or tiered end very lucky they didn't get killed from that breaking.

@@bigred1247 I meant by hiccup that he got the cars aside without any other uninvolved vehicles getting damaged or anyone else hurt. That is all I meant by hiccup. What happened is terrible. All accidents are terrifying. I was not at all belittling the event. I was just surprised and proud of the officer. That is hard to do by yourself, to control the situation and keep people safe. I meant no harm at all. None.

​@@YahRiYah_Ahava777 right. This would never work in my state. I wonder if he just came up with that on the fly, or if it was trained.

@@nameless-og I wondered the same thing!!!

​@@nameless-og They are trained to do this in CA. CHP does it all the time to clear debris or an accident or to give Caltrans time to do quick road repairs.

The quotation marks suggest sarcasm jsyk

​@kingti85 well yea, he created 2 more accidents down the road. I hope it was sarcasm

It's the rule of the road when the squads are doing that that means there's something wrong ahead

very common in California from what I've heard. Traffic break is what it's called; there are entire compilations on KZfaq of them.

If that was FL....everyone would be flying by

@@Mnkypd So I've heard......

@@Mnkypd alaska too lmao doesn't matter if the road is icy either

more like "protect and swerve" heh?

You got that right, Dodge City.

100%

That’s their job to protect those who need help and also to prevent crime but when it comes to crime it can’t be how they want it to be their suppose to do their job of how they’re department wants them to do their job nothing else.

Give em a raise for doing his job? Lmao shit I need a fkn raise then too

I’ve seen cops do this is in LA. I go visit sometimes. It’s pretty common I guess. Most people know what’s going on. I didn’t but everyone else did lol

This section of the freeway is about a 5ish minute drive from the CHP Office for this particular area. Most likely someone called 911 when the first car became disabled and they dispatched someone to go take care of it before it got worse.

This is actually a very dangerous maneuver. I live in LA and have seen this done many times. It causes accidents all the time further down the freeway where people can't see the cop car swerve. You're driving 70 and all of a sudden the traffic is at a complete stand still. Lots of hard braking and rear ending happening. I've been rear ended twice personally

@@hustla818 Nobody said it wasn't dangerous. However, your reasoning is wrong; the maneuver is not the cause of the collisions in those cases. Unsafe driving practices and prolific inattention are the causes of those collisions. If people actually paid attention while driving and drove with respect for the destructive power of ~2 tons of vehicle moving at highway speeds those collisions would not occur. People simply do not leave enough room in front of them to recognize that the drivers in front of them are stopping and come to a halt themselves. Leaving enough room to safely stop is routinely taught in all driver's ed courses and DMV materials, people just don't do it most of the time.

@@hustla818 I used to live in la. It’s not dangerous. People wouldnt get in wrecks if everyone out there wasn’t an insane driver. The tailgating bro. Almost made me move by itself. You can’t rear end someone if your paying attention, not speeding. And not tailgating. Tied with Miami for worst drivers.

Still probably a 4 mile back up. Every 30 seconds is another quarter mile

fr everyone in the front got to keep moving but traffic was fucked for hours

@@dustinlerch9272How long do you think the traffic would be backed up if this wasn’t done and an accident happened? Some things can’t be helped, lesser of 2 evils and so on.

Could've blocked only a few lanes, but decided to completely stop traffic. Aren't yall the same ones always huffing and puffing when stop oil blocks the road, but literally doing nothing when a pig does it?

@@MaximillionBucks Protest in the street = Illegal, pointless, and dumb. Cop stopping traffic to move 2 vehicles off of the highway = Safe, clear road, and smart decision. There were 2 cars stopped on the highway. He quickly moved them to the side so everyone could carry on with their day. Blocking all the lanes was the best option considering the middle lane and fast lane had cars stopped in them. Do you want the tow truck to play frogger in traffic to go get them? How much traffic do you think that would cause? Comparing this to people blocking the road for a protest, is incredibly stupid.

It sounds like you and your family had a harrowing experience on the highway, but the swift and skilled response from law enforcement helped prevent a potentially catastrophic situation. The maneuver you mentioned, commonly referred to as a "rolling roadblock" or "snake maneuver," is a technique used by law enforcement to slow down or stop traffic in order to create a safer environment for other motorists and responders. In this case, the officers' quick thinking and coordinated actions likely played a crucial role in ensuring the safety of your family and preventing a more serious accident. It's a testament to the training and dedication of these officers to respond effectively in high-stress situations and make split-second decisions to protect lives. It's fortunate that you and your family were able to emerge from this incident safely, thanks to the actions of law enforcement. Experiences like this highlight the importance of skilled and responsive emergency services in keeping our roads and highways safe.

​@@ChatGPt2001chatgpt bot?

​@@Lagger625for sure

@@ChatGPt2001 I thought that a "rolling roadblock" is when they have a row of troopers, one in each lane, all of them obeying the speed limit. They used to do that in Maryland a long time ago, then the state police had a wave of layoffs.

Cop = 🐍

I haven't noticed any patience there

@@superwelder24 Like yer stupid and stuff, Contrary Mary.

For what? Stopping and watching?

yes

What city is this in?

@@KeepPrayingCA San Bernardino, Ca. It appears they have since widened the road since I've been there.

I've never seen that maneuver before. I'd obviously stop if I did. Interesting.

Unless you gotta be somewhere

Yea thats San Bernardino on the 215 if im not mistaken. Thats the exit to get to the Inland Center Mall. I was just in California and a CHP did this maneuver to get a big peice of debris off of the travelling lane. Good thing too cause if someone hit that debris they would have definitely had a bad day.

Not Trooper, that was Calif Highway Patrol Officer.

​@@suzannegray840 isn't State Highway Patrol the same thing as a State Trooper?

@@j.f.6072 yes, same thing. Different title.

@@suzannegray840 wikipedia says the titles mean the same thing; and that different states use different names but the role and jurisdiction is the same. Your comment just seemed like a trivial difference to bring up in light of the first guys response.

Officer: “Do you know why I pushed you over?”

I've seen it a few times in the Austin area when a trooper had to remove a big chunk of debris from a collision from the road. Of course being the Austin area, traffic was already crawling along at 25 mph.

What was the car that came from the left side? How? Why?

This is actually a very dangerous maneuver. I live in LA and have seen this done many times. It causes accidents all the time further down the freeway where people can't see the cop car swerve. You're driving 70 and all of a sudden the traffic is at a complete stand still. Lots of hard braking and rear ending happening. I've been rear ended twice personally

​@hustla818 cop almost ran directly into the side of my car doing this. And there was absolutely no reason at all either. There was no emergencies, hazards or anything. It was crazy as hell to witness!

@@positivelynegative9149 i think is the guy that hit the other car in the begining of the video

@@hustla818 In Germany people usually activate their emergency lights when they near a congestion at high speeds to signal to the people behind them that they need to stop. Do people in America not do that?

I don't blame them, it's not like they can read minds, and he does move off the road.

It's almost like they've done this before.

Zero patience in CA 😂

Impatience at it's finest.

disrespectful attitude is the default setting

Agreed, they really need to include things like this at the DMV.

Sounds like you did figure it out though

Once upon a time, they used to. Among other things, the maneuver is called a "Round Robin" I saw a Louisiana State trooper do that maneuver on a causeway when it was raining *very* hard once.

I remember when I first saw that. The cop was behind me doing that. I was like, what the hell is doing? 😂

What did you think was going on, though?

..and a few lives coz both drivers were still in their cars...yikes!!

No he didn't. Those cars were on the road for a long time before the cop arrived, and there was no 10 car pile up.

If the officer didn't stop the traffic before they reached that car, and if he had to double back, they never would have got that car out of the road.

Glad it was helpful!

Would you really not know to not pass the trooper while he was doing this maneuver?

@@willbaack7997 anyone with a brain should be able to figure it out. You think he’s warming up his tires like a NASCAR or something?

@@willbaack7997 , It is the waiting after they were done I did not know about. It is called learning something new. Don't need to sound so rude

Just keep driving. You have no obligation to stop

There was an accident. When the van behind the disabled car tried to go around, another car driving fast behind him had to go left to avoid the van and he hit another car.

You believe in participation trophies don't you? Bootlicker

I like your sarcasm.

This is actually a very dangerous maneuver. I live in LA and have seen this done many times. It causes accidents all the time further down the freeway where people can't see the cop car swerve. You're driving 70 and all of a sudden the traffic is at a complete stand still. Lots of hard braking and rear ending happening. I've been rear ended twice personally

Accurate. I live in SoCal and have seen this maneuver my entire life. I believe that's the 215 North in the Inland Empire. That's the California Highway Patrol.

After moving to SoCal I was confused and terrified the first time I saw this, now I don’t even blink when I see a traffic break 😂

Yeah, they are done for various reasons. Anytime that spreading out traffic would make accidents less likely. Clearing objefts from the road being common. Overly congested high speed traffic or other issues far, far up ahead on the highway can be the cause.

@@er7586 That is the Orangeshow exit on the north bound I 215 right where the I10 east and west interchange to the north I 215 merge. I drive this on a daily bases. It is a dangerous interchange trying to get to the off ramp. Drivers don't like to let you over because they only think of themselves. I drive a truck and they don't want to be behind a truck no matter what.

This is, it's a procedure called a round Robin. It is taught as part of the evoc training driving school.

It is. Now whether or not they use it, and or-if traffic responds is another story 😁

Seen another video similar to this & the whole comment thread was hating on the officer, calling him an asshole for holding up traffic when there was no apparent accident (in sight). People are disgusting

This standard practice in the UK. They will bring the freeway to a total stop or slow it right down depending on what the situation is.

@@stephparris85 definitely something that should be on the drivers exam!!! though it’s a logical thing. Many don’t function in logic anymore.

This is actually a very dangerous maneuver. I live in LA and have seen this done many times. It causes accidents all the time further down the freeway where people can't see the cop car swerve. You're driving 70 and all of a sudden the traffic is at a complete stand still. Lots of hard braking and rear ending happening. I've been rear ended twice personally

​@@hustla818whaaaaa pay attention huh

@steevee4658 how do I have to pay attention if it's the guy behind me that rear ended me? I paid attention and stopped on time. The dude behind me is the problem. You need to pay attention and actually read what someone said before commenting

@@hustla818 I hear you...getting rearended is nof fun (has happened to me aswell). I guess it´s different from country to country...but, one thing i noticed & liked was when driving in Germany on the Autobahn (som parts of it has suggested speedlimits) & a few times i´ve also experienced sudden trafficjams...which is´nt very fun when/if you´re at 100 miles/h or more (warped my front rotors once due to hitting the brakes because of a full stop ahead). However...what i saw in Germany was that when a sudden stop happened on the Autobahn....all the cars ahead hit their hazard button (flashing turnsignals). Something that wasn´t common practice in my homecountry in Europe). I´ll do this anytime there is a full sudden stop.....just to try avoiding getting rearended.

Sometimes cops will do this to create a break in the traffic to let something like a truck with construction equipment on it get onto the highway. That's probably why you don't see it during rush hour.

Officer: Excuse me, ma’am. Did you know you were going zero in a 65?

The police don’t have a constitutional duty to protect and serve. Only an obligation in some manner to their employer as a contract of their job

This is actually a very dangerous maneuver. I live in LA and have seen this done many times. It causes accidents all the time further down the freeway where people can't see the cop car swerve. You're driving 70 and all of a sudden the traffic is at a complete stand still. Lots of hard braking and rear ending happening. I've been rear ended twice personally

As a tow truck driver I see distracted people every day. My truck has like 50 flashing lights on it and people still don't notice me. Scary.

Truckers have an even better sense of it and unlike police truckers actually USE TURN SIGNALS 😉

@@GreatBirdOfHope I used my turn signals all the time and even wrote a lot of tickets for it. But ironically Police are allowed to break traffic laws unlike when they are in their own vehicles. Personally it was one of the things that drove me crazy so your complaint doesn’t apply to all officers.

@@pierredelecto7069 omg sorry i didnt see you! … did. You. Look?!

@@indiamitchell9833 oh aight!

Because its southern california

they did not follow his direction perfectly.

Are you kidding me, everyone trying to go before he even left the lane, forcing him to quickly go back. You've got bunch of lunatics over there

The 215 in San Bernardino California

How’s he die

​@@heydani6678 he is lying. He has no clue what he is talking about.

​@@guillermoperez2750 And we should take YOUR word instead?

@@lolstalgic9602 no, we should take your word instead because you have a higher IQ

I don't think he is saying he died from what the cop is doing, but rather a car stalled on a freeway and that led to their death. I've seen this tactic used a few times to inform drivers of a huge accident that was ahead. The accidents involved multiple lanes of traffic and had occurred recently.

Lololol Lord xango Where have you been They do that all the time in California It is to say people's lives and to slow people down or when there is an accident they always use that maneuver and they do it very well That's a great job done by the CHPs and also there are sometimes sheriffs on the freeway that when they see something that go wrong they do the same thing and then the CHP arrives and then sometimes you will see both doing it That's California Great job on job well done It's saved a lot of lives

The Z maneuver is used to slow traffic down and avoid dangerous conditions. Sometimes also known as the safety zig zag.

Cops frequently do that. You must still be waiting to be old enough to get a license.

@CooManTunes I've had my license for several years now, I've never seen that where I'm from.

I’m 60 yrs old from Oklahoma - the people here would have likely tried to drive past the cop!