The maneuver that is illegal when driving in Texas, even though it seems “fun”

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As if it were a game or a joke, a van caused alarm on the road Dallas North Tollway, in Texas, when days ago He chased other vehicles with red and blue emergency lights on, similar to those used by police patrols. The incident was reported to the security forces.

The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, when a truck White Chevrolet Silverado was reported to the police after having chased another car for several kilometers, pretending to be a patrol car, since it had its emergency lights on.

As indicated Univisionin the police reports it is detailed that the truck -which had a batman decal on the back– had a set of blue and red lights installed on the grill. It was seen by several drivers when He was driving at high speed, overtaking other cars.on the Dallas North Tollway.

A section of the road where the incident occurredWeb: ntta.org

In addition to having those lights on — an action prohibited by Texas law for any vehicle other than an emergency or law enforcement vehicle — the Silverado pickup truck He chased a car for several kilometershence His driver, worried, called 911 and alerted the authorities about what was happening.

A driver alerted 911 about a truck pretending to be a patrol car in TexasTwitter: @cityofplanotx

Despite the complaint, the driver in violation He managed to escape without being arrestedsince he changed his route and managed to evade the patrols of the Plano Police Department. Thus, when authorities arrived at the scene, they were only able to interview the driver who reported the chase and write a report on the incident.

Plano, Texas, police are looking for a driver who pretended to drive a patrol carTwitter: @PlanoPoliceDept

This is not the first time that such events have occurred in Texas. In February, a 42-year-old man was arrested by police after driving with lights similar to those used by patrol cars and chasing other vehiclesin Parker County.

The man, who was identified as Luciano Amador Velazquezwas arrested by the police and admitted the facts. According to Univisionexplained to the authorities that he was carrying those lights and He pretended to be a police officer “so that people would drive better.”

The Parker County Sheriff’s Office said that the man had installed a set of lights on the dashboard of Velázquez’s blue Dodge pickup truck that could be mistaken for those of a patrol car.

The move backfired on Velazquez. He was arrested and held in Parker County Jail. accused of imitating a public servant. In addition, the Justice set him a bail of 15 thousand dollars.

“The victim in this case did the right thing by immediately calling law enforcement“We are not doing this for the first time,” County Sheriff Authier said in a statement. He recommended that drivers who encounter a similar situation should call 911 or the authorities to report it.

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