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Cops Don't Like to Be Honked At in Colorado

submitted by Mordhaus

8 years 5 months ago

***3:10 if you get bored easily***

DENVER -- A motorcyclist caught a confrontation with what he thought was a distracted driver. It turns out, it was a Denver police officer behind the wheel.

The motorcyclist's helmet camera captured the nearly seven-minute exchange with the officer.

Devin Jones said he started recording all his rides because of how often he comes across distracted drivers. He said he never expected it to be handled like it was.

Out for a morning ride around West 48th Avenue and Zuni Street in Denver on Wednesday morning, Jones said he got behind a car stopped at a roundabout. He said the driver, distracted by his cellphone, was impeding traffic.

So he honked.

“Put the *** phone down," Jones is heard on the recording saying to the driver. That's when the driver, a Denver police officer in uniform, got out to confront him.

Officer: “That’s road rage,”

Jones: "No, I was honking because you were on the phone and I needed you to get off so we could travel smooth.”

Officer: “Sometimes I’m required to be on my phone.”

Jones: “All I could see was this” (motions his hands to put phone down).

Officer: “That’s none of your business.”

Officer: “Honking a horn at a vehicle is road rage.”

"He was extremely aggressive, his body language, everything he was doing is what I would classify as road rage," Jones said of how the officer acted toward him.

For nearly seven minutes, the exchange continued.

Officer: “Why don’t you pull over your bike and we’ll write you a ticket.”

Meanwhile, traffic on the one-lane roundabout was at a halt behind them.

Jones: “I’m used to seeing drivers on their phone and it causes quite a few …”

Officer: Hold on (officer motioned to honking traffic backed up behind them).

A Denver police spokesman said the department is unaware of a complaint regarding the officer in the video, so it is not investigating the situation. Police also said it is not considered road rage to use your horn in Colorado.

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I was always under the impression that, barring calls for personal issues, officers have a radio to use for police business. Colorado doesn't appear to have a law like Austin that prohibits adults from using cell phones to call while driving, just texting, but they also don't have a law that says using your horn to notify a distracted driver is road rage.