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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy ⎊✺🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I saw this coming
Date: 01/10/26 2:22 PM
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As such, LEOs are taught to NOT place themselves in the path of a maneuvering vehicle and to not shoot at a moving vehicle.

Which makes enormous sense. Haven't seen the video, but this is just basic physics. If you shoot the driver of a moving vehicle, it almost certainly will keep moving. If you're standing in front of it, you'll get run over. Get out of the bleepin' way. Even if you somehow manage to shoot out the engine, the vehicle still won't suddenly stop.

As an aside, and this may be way out of date now, but it is my understanding that you do not have to answer any questions, nor get out of the vehicle unless you're being detained/arrested (in which case they have to inform you of that before ordering you out of the vehicle). You still don't have to answer questions, but I believe you do have to exit the vehicle if the LEO informs you he/she is placing you under arrest.

I learned that decades ago. May be out of date. I have had very little interaction with LEOs in my life, fortunately.
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