Near miss in my own driveway

CinciPrius · 02-23-2006, 10:15 PM

My Prius was almost hit by a police car tonight - while it was sitting in my driveway.

I'm sitting in my dining room finishing dinner when I start hearing multiple police sirens approaching - all of a sudden, the sirens stop moving and it sounds like they're stopped right in front of my house. I get up and open the front door and *surprise* - there's not one but *two* cop cars sitting in my front yard with lights and sirens running. and no cops in sight.

Turns out they were involved in chasing a stolen vehicle that wrecked into a tree about three houses up the road. The driver took off after the wreck.

It looks like the lead car of the two cops stopped quickly (just onto my curb) when he saw the truck wreck and the 2nd cop had to swerve into my yard to avoid a rear end collision.

The 2nd cop did a nice job controlling his car - he came to a stop about two feet from a large tree in front of him, three feet from my Prius on his left and 3 feet from a pole lamp on his right. No damage other than some torn up grass! *whew*

Don't know if they got the driver of the stolen truck but they did tell me that they got the passenger.

huskers · 02-23-2006, 10:27 PM

Sounds like "COPS" TV show. It might be time to find a safer location.

galaxee · 02-23-2006, 11:04 PM

whew! that's some after-dinner entertainment!

Frank Hudon · 02-23-2006, 11:34 PM

so are they fixing your lawn or will there be a chain gang show up with shovels and rakes?

CinciPrius · 02-24-2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by Frank Hudon@Feb 23 2006, 11:34 PM
so are they fixing your lawn or will there be a chain gang show up with shovels and rakes?

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I took another look this morning - the 2nd cop did a fantastic job avoiding the various obstacles - he also avoided a good sized curbside tree before he got to my driveway.

I pushed the grass back into place - one wheel peeled off about 2 feet of sod - easy fix.

02-23-2006, 10:15 PM	#1
CinciPrius Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 107 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My Prius was almost hit by a police car tonight - while it was sitting in my driveway. I'm sitting in my dining room finishing dinner when I start hearing multiple police sirens approaching - all of a sudden, the sirens stop moving and it sounds like they're stopped right in front of my house. I get up and open the front door and surprise - there's not one but two cop cars sitting in my front yard with lights and sirens running. and no cops in sight. Turns out they were involved in chasing a stolen vehicle that wrecked into a tree about three houses up the road. The driver took off after the wreck. It looks like the lead car of the two cops stopped quickly (just onto my curb) when he saw the truck wreck and the 2nd cop had to swerve into my yard to avoid a rear end collision. The 2nd cop did a nice job controlling his car - he came to a stop about two feet from a large tree in front of him, three feet from my Prius on his left and 3 feet from a pole lamp on his right. No damage other than some torn up grass! whew Don't know if they got the driver of the stolen truck but they did tell me that they got the passenger. __________________ Alan Cincinnati OH 2005 Salsa Red package 3 Turn Signal DRLs\|3M Invisible Bra\|BT Tech Stiffening Brace\|Dice iPod Adaptor\|Engine Block Heater

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02-23-2006, 10:27 PM	#2
huskers Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 608 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Sounds like "COPS" TV show. It might be time to find a safer location.

02-23-2006, 11:04 PM	#3
galaxee running WOT until out of fuel Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: central NC/ western WI Posts: 9,033 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 5 Times in 3 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 21	whew! that's some after-dinner entertainment!

02-23-2006, 11:34 PM	#4
Frank Hudon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,144 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	so are they fixing your lawn or will there be a chain gang show up with shovels and rakes?