Driver Attempts to Pass highway Patrol (CHP OFFICER) traffic stop.

Driver attempts to Pass California highway patrol traffic stop (traffic break).

What are you supposed to do when you see a patrol car doing a traffic break ahead?

Slow Down and Stay Back! Assume we know something you don't about the roadway up ahead. DO NOT drive on the shoulder and DO NOT attempt to pass the highway patrol traffic stop.
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[TheRoute.]

Why is there a CHP patrol car going back and forth across the freeway?!
A CHP officer is performing a "traffic break". Officers use this driving technique in order to slow/or stop all Lanes Lanes of traffic for one of many possible reasons. These reasons include, but are not limited to; debris in the road ahead, a traffic collision ahead, people standing in Lanes ahead, a stalled car blocking Lanes, a fire, Police activity etc

What are you supposed to do when you see a patrol car doing a traffic break?
Slow down and stay back! Assume CHP knows something you don't know about the roadway up ahead. DO NOT DRIVE in the shoulder and Don't attempt to pass the patrol car with emergency lights flashing. Be prepared to come to a complete stop and stay in your vehicle. CHP has mentioned these warnings because drivers make those mistakes time and time again.

Remember you can be cited if you fail to stay 300 ft behind and emergency vehicle when it's lights and siren are activated. California vehicle code 21706

[kbking]

During my time as a CHP Officer in the Los Angeles Area, I had to perform this maneuver many times. One of my most memorable experiences was in the rain, similar to the video above. About 3 minutes into the slowing down process a dispatcher made an announcement: Attention all units, attention all units. We have a drunk CHP Officer southbound 605 freeway at the Whittier Off-Ramp using all lanes.

[danevannett]

Driver of the truck: ima squeeze by real quick.

CHP : if I have to get out in this rain you're definitely getting a coupon to appear!

[davidswank]

For those of you who explained this, thank you. Being from Idaho I've never seen this. Kind of figured that's what he was doing...

[chpman]

For the uninitiated or those who never lived a day in CA in their lives, what this officer is doing is running a traffic break. It is a method of intentionally slowing down traffic down to a crawl and eventually a stop for a number of reasons: a traffic accident, a lane obstruction, a felony traffic stop, an ongoing danger, etc. So, please, before you let your sausage fingers write checks your a$$ can't cash, it would be beneficial to look up what this specific action is and why it is utilized.

[jons]

This technique is most commonly used to stop traffic, so that the officer can pick up debris from the road (i.e. large roadkill, cones, ladders, and other junk that fall out of people’s trunks). In this instance, the traffic break was used to move the vehicles from the median, where it’s more dangerous, to the right shoulder lane, where it’s a lot safer. I believe traffic breaks are also used to control the flow of traffic as well.

[timh]

yes the me first mentality. This is the same type of guy who will race to the end of a merge lane and force himself in, just because he is special and not capable of waiting his turn 😠

[hangarnut]

Hey if an Officer/deputy is weaving in the street, especially on the highway he is clearly letting you know to slow down and there maybe danger up ahead.. I've seen drivers roll off damaged bridges because they wanted to be smart and pass up my shop with red and blues on. Some people just want to go against the grain. Common sense isn't common.

[MojoPup]

Driven all over the country and never seen this but if a cop starting going back and forth across the highway like this, I'm not going to try to get around him.

[JeffHochberg]

Even for someone living in a big city - this may be standard operating procedure for California, but it’s very odd. That said - you typically follow what everyone else is doing. In this case, nobody was trying to get past the cop.

[tomsmith]

I only saw this once. I was on the 405 on my way to LAX when I saw a CHP officer weaving setting up a rolling road block. When we got to the 105, the CHP officer stopped all traffic. Fortunately, that was where I was getting off. I later found out there was a bad accident up ahead, and they wanted to get a block in so they could land a helicopter.

[darlenelipuma]

I'm more interested in why the CHP was driving with his trunk open! ???

[blueeyedlady]

Even if people ARE too ignorant to understand what’s actually happening, it’s pretty easy to understand that A) That’s a cop and B) It doesn’t look like I should pass him. If drivers can’t even understand that, they have no business driving. 🤦‍♀️

[LadyAnuB]

I've been behind a couple of traffic breaks in my life. On 101 in Redwood City, there was debris on the road and this got cleaned up. Another time the break didn't come to a stop but it slowed us down until the officer ended the traffic break.

[joeyork]

True story the first officer who performed this maneuver was really a drunk and to get out of trouble he said he did it for safety 🤣

[delanorrosey]

They don't do this in my state. Usually, they'll have several police vehicles with their lights on. And you might be allowed to continue through slowly if the cop waving traffic allows it. If not, you're directed to the nearest offramp.

[Daniel-ostb]

For a officer to go that far can be a number of reasons. Usually accidents or preventing accidents. Just listen and follow directions. They usually don’t last long.

[joninwm]

I assumed he was blocking the far left lane while they did something with the 2 cars on that side. In states I have driven through they do this and as extra officers arrive they feed the traffic in the left lane into the next lane to their right so traffic continues to flow, slower but still moves.

[lorigirl]

I've seen this before when I lived in CA. The traffic had to be stopped and re-routed because there was an accident with several fatalities on the I-10.

[johndough]

This was common sense back in the 50's. CHP performs this maneuver routinely as a safety measure, but some drivers failed to study the CA drivers handbook as carefully as they should've & seem unfamiliar with this tactic.