Police car rear-ended after sudden stop to avoid crash
(CNS): A marked police car on patrol on Shamrock Road in Bodden Town on Tuesday was rear-ended just before 4:00pm after a White Honda Fit in front of it made “a sudden manoeuvre” while exiting a local shopping centre. The officer driving had to make a sudden stop, causing the vehicle behind the police car to crash into it, the RCIPS said in a release.
The police officer was transported by ambulance to the hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
The male driver of the Honda Fit, who was wearing a green high-visibility shirt, failed to stop as required under the Traffic Act, which may constitute an offence under the same referred legislation, the police said.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2220. Anonymous tips can be provided to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777 or the website. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via the Cayman Crime Stoppers website.
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When I’m driving in Cayman I always worry just as much about getting hit from behind as I am about getting hit from the front and sides for obvious reasons. Its the culture. That will never change.
people these days really don’t know how to drive they act like they’re playing a video Game with everything being virtual outside the windshield, GPS, telephone, etc. all the safety equipment in modern cars has the unintended consequence of making horrible drivers. Remove all safety belts airbags and put a pike pointing at the chest of the driver and let Darwin sort them out.
The guy in the Honda fit probably doesn’t even know as no one looks in their mirror here it seems.
Most of these Jamaican Police drivers don’t appear to have any clue what they are doing or even any clue what lane they should be in. I’ll wager most competent drivers could have avoided this crash. Defensive driving 101.
Please tell me what evidence you have to support your claim? Furthermore, what have you contributed to the development and progress of the Cayman Islands? until you can answer these questions, keep your anecdotal words to yourself.
There comes a point where anecdotal evidence becomes overwhelming. The only RCIPS vehicle I ever see driven competently in the unmarked grey saloon and the FRU Tahoe. The rest invariably drive in the wrong lane, indicate poorly if at all, text whilst driving, can’t position their car properly, speed without sirens, drive excessively slowly… I’ve seen it all, most of them are every bit a menace as the plague of Fits. Without question, the worst piece of police driving I’ve now personally witnessed 3 times is turning left at a roundabout, from the right lane. They couldn’t pass a basic UK driving test, let alone a Police one.
You don’t need to be a colossus of civic society to use your own eyes.
Even if the Honda Fot driver was driving like an a hole, he wasn’t required by law to stop at the scene as he was not involved in the accident.
errrr, you’re completely wrong, but you go right ahead.
As an alleged contributing factor, the driver is involved. That’s as much as I can say, without knowing the circumstances.
That presupposes the car in front had any idea that there even was a crash behind them, or that if the Police driver had been paying attention they wouldn’t have needed to make a sudden stop, or that the car even existed.
I’m confused. Did the vehicle that hit the police car stay behind?
I know the Honda Fit driver is the one they’re looking for, but it doesn’t discount that the vehicle that hit the police vehicle, isn’t a Honda Fit.
The car that made the maneuver, may be blissfully unaware of what happened, as they’re probably terrible at driving. The vehicle behind the police car should be ticketed for careless driving, since they were unable to stop in time.
Shamrock Road has a lot of cameras on it, it shouldn’t be too difficult to trace the driver they’re looking for, with a little bit of detective skills. Alas, that’s not a strong point of RCIPS.
This is another reason that police vehicles should all have dashcams fitted that record all the time. Traffic units in the UK have had them for decades. The technology is now ultra cheap. Is it because it may give the RCIPS some jobs to do, with all the stupidity they would capture? is it because it would also log all the terrible driving from RCIPS officers, too? It’s 2024, fit the cameras!
CNS: It is understood that the car that rear-ended the police car stayed at the scene.
I wonder if the police car dash cam got the license plate of the Honda Fit? I wonder if they even have dash cams…
Traffic cars do, though I think they only record automatically when beacons are activated.
All cruisers should have them as standard.
I doubt it. Dash cams could be used against them. Most RCIPS appear to have the same elite driving skills as the taxi and bus drivers.
Police on patrol won’t ticket themselves for stopping short to beckon-in traffic that don’t have right of way.
garbage comment. the vehicle behind should be staying at a safe braking distance to the car in front in this exact secanrio…rear enders fault…
There was more than just one problem in this accident. If the cop car is slamming on brakes randomly, to let someone in, they are kind of asking for the rear ender too.
Anything can cause a driver to suddenly brake. If you are following too close and collide with the car in front of you, it is your fault. No room for debate. It’s the law.
You’re right, legally it’s always the rear enders fault but in practice the police car might well have caused the crash; if they weren’t paying attention and suddenly had to emergency brake to avoid hitting the car in front. Given the woeful standard of Police driving I’ve witnessed, including texting whilst driving, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the chain of events was started by the police driver.