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Originally Posted by bumblebee
So, are they immune if they cause a crash while speeding or running a red light and someone gets hurt or killed?
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Never. Cops only have sovereign immunity when their emergency lights and siren are turned on, AND they still drive "reasonable and prudent for conditions". Running redlights at max warp speed is never allowed under any conditions. Govts pay out millions of dollars every year to victims of cop crashes. Cops still must slow down and look both ways before running redlights. They are never allowed to do that off-duty.
Cops kill 500 people in USA every year in high speed chases, including 1/3rd innocent bystanders. That don't count off-duty cop crashes, which also kill a lot of people.
I nearly got killed when a cop ran a redlight in downtown Johnson City TN. He T-boned the car in front of me, knocking it 200 feet sideways. Looked like he was doing 100 mph in a 30 mph zone. I didn't stick around to see who was killed.