Well, no. They will act on a civilian complaint. I've done it before.

Hey, I don't have a Civic.

It's an interesting posting, because I suppose most everybody has had
similar experiences & observations to stew about.

Usually these things become soon forgotten.

Perhaps they come back in bad dreams days later.

What can be done?

Notification of police

License plate memorization/reporting w/notification to police

Post a note to a n.g. about an
un-civic minded sob

and...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Common civilian
car mounted cameras
a la police cars.

In this age & day of digital this 'n that with beaucoup security
cameras a-plenty,

a new market has just opened-up in my humble/oily mind.

Plus a Fox type of viewer vehicle video program, narrated by ...should
it be a comedian or a
sheriff from Arizona or both?

That dump truck that the brick falls-out-of, or that kicks-up a rock to
your peck the windshield--they've happened to yours truly, but I doubt
if a camera ...well, what the helle do I know about technical camera
stuff.

I hope somebody with a mind should read this and run a grandslam 99
yard touchdown with the concept.

Can you share the story?

-- R Flowers

No story to it. Called the Texas DPS about a guy towing a cattle
trailer in an unsafe manner. About 10 minutes later the DPS car in the
opposite lane of I-20 crossed over and pulled him over. Don't know if
he got a ticket, but he got the point.

That's funny because I followed a truckdriver who was obviously very sleepy
from Waco, Tx to south of Belton, Tx on I-35. The driver was going from
shoulder to shoulder and that is not an exaggeration. I began calling 911
from the time I got behind the truck until I got off I-35 in Belton which
spanned a period of at least 30 minutes. I never saw a single state trooper,
county sheriff, or city police for the entire trip. Not sure if the driver
made his destination. What's sad is Temple, Tx usually has a speed trap set
up on I-35 and I notified them at least 10 minutes before we even hit Temple
city limits and still not one officer was spotted. I can only hope the
driver of the truck made it safely without hurting anyone.
Another time, I had a person pass me on the shoulder of the Interstate at
over 70 mph because he could not wait for the person in the fast lane to get
by me. I notified DPS and they told me it wasn't illegal to pass on the
shoulder. I explained that it was on the Interstate and gave them the
description and license plate number of the vehicle. The officer told me
that since he had not observed the behavior, there was nothing he could do
about it. I understood that, but I still don't know why he told me it wasn't
illegal to pass on the shoulder of the Interstate at highway speeds. ??
Color me puzzled.

IIRC, its legal in TX to pass on the right.

~Poorboy~ wrote:
I understood that, but I still don't know why he told me it wasn't


On the Interstate? It's not like traffic was stopped, we were clipping
along at highway speed. The driver was just impatient.

Nope, perfectly legal. TX state driver's handbook, page 6-2

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf

I have been told it is legal (and used often) in the state of Tennessee
also.

Quote from the above handbook:
--------------------------------
PASSING ON THE RIGHT
In Texas and many other states, you may pass on the right only when con-
ditions permit you to do so safely, such as:
1. The road is clear of parked vehicles or other things and is wide enough
for two or more lanes in each direction.
2. You are on a one-way road.
3. You may pass on a paved shoulder when the vehicle you are passing is
slowing or stopped on the main travelled portion of the highway, disabled,
or
preparing to make a left turn.
Do not pass on the right by driving off the paved portion of the highway.
-------------------------- end quote

There are restrictions on when you can pass on the shoulder. I don't know
how it's enforced in Texas, using the shoulder as merely an alternate to
passing on the left does not seem to be covered. Anyway, the original "moron
of the week" was speeding and driving recklessly as well.

-- R Flowers