I remember the first time I saw CHP do this on the freeway in L.A., I was driving a school bus from the Central Valley on a field trip to universal studios with high school students on board. I immediately turned on my hazard lights and proceeded to drive slowly and cautiously until said caution was over… needless to say we were a little delayed to our destination but my passengers weren’t too concerned, they thought what the officer was doing was cool! Oh, and this took place almost 30 years ago!
I never saw a state trooper do this until today. I was like "What, is he drunk?"...no, he was trying to warn everyone that there was debris in the road. I was ahead of him and wondering "What the heck, did someone hijack that trooper's vehicle?!" at first. The things you learn!
Literally just wrote you exact feelings on another post. "Just literally went through this and sent me and my daughter into a panic attack. Thinking I was getting pulled over. Thinking they were drunk or car was stolen. Then when the went into circles. Parked the car sideways. Thought they were about to start shooting. People got PTSD and anxiety out here. Its me.. I'm people!! Why the fucc is this ok?? The cars were already off to the side!!! She wasn't going slow.. she was moving fast AF."
I have been near the front of one of these Traffic Breaks, and once witnessed a *COMPLETE BLOCKHEAD* pass everyone on the shoulder at 80+ MPH and then fly past the CHP Crown Victoria conducting the Traffic Break. *_THE BLOCKHEAD WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER._* 👏🤣
@@lol-od4ip There's a reason why the CHP is conducting these traffic breaks, usually they are done IN YOUR INTEREST as there might be a crash scene ahead so to slow YOU down and avoid a pileup. So...Go ahead and speed down to highway to hell if you like. Just don't whine and expect help at the end of the day.
This happened to me a couple months ago on my way to work in Dana Point... I was like wtf this dude doing I thought maybe he’s gonna quit later today he just wanted to have some fun.... he was definitely going faster than the cop here... eventually he stopped and picked up a shredded tire in the road 😂
I've seen a version of this in the UK where the police car had a digital sign on the back which said DO NOT PASS ME. The traffic slowed down just like in this clip but when it was over the driver of the police car did not have to get out and throw up!
There's a double digit percentage of the population in CA that doesn't speak English. An even higher percentage that drive unlicensed. Most of those people are in San Diego. That simply wouldn't work here.
We had one incident on the 405 where a CHP was doing this but one driver kept getting closer and closer to the point the CHP used its PA Speaker and pulled him over after the maneuver was done.
Please read the original post for the love of god. no one here but you are talking about the fpiu, and if Paolo was talking about the police car, he needs to reassess the comment.
@@emva9063 I presume you are kidding but in the case you are not, the purpose is to slow and/or stop traffic either to remove a road hazard or an accident. CHP officers will often times get dispatched to assist tow trucks and other officers that are in compromising locations, so this maneuver helps to ensure the traversing public and all others involved are safe. In the same breath if they are called to remove furniture, construction cones or anything unsafe in the travel lanes they will do a traffic break for themselves to remove hazards. Hopefully my explanation will help you better understand the purpose of traffic breaks.
I called 911 to report a stolen hwy patrol vehicle yesterday when I saw this in LA. I think that was the funniest, best call the operator will ever receive on the job.
I was in the front row of one of these one time on the 880 in Oakland. 1 squad car and one motorcycle cop shut down all 4-5 lanes to a complete stop. No idea what had happened. Prob. something minor as 880 30yrs ago was narrow and fast with on ramps that were WAY too short.
Being a police officer is actually one of the safest blue collar jobs you can have. In 2019 89 police died making the deaths per 100,000 11.1, to put that into perspective 410 farmers died from work related injuries the same year, at a fatality rate of 19.4 out of every 100,000. The most dangerous job is construction which had over 5,000 work fatalities in 2019.
Why do you Americans have highways with so many lanes? Our Highways normally have 2 lanes on each side, and the most lanes that we have are 4 or 5 on each side I believe, which is pretty rare here in Germany.
@@leuart_ Because to support Rush hour traffic. US population 325 million and North American cities are big and spread out. If had 2 lanes nobody would get to work on time cause most people live in suburbs.
In the UK rolling road blocks are either done by Police or Highway traffic agency. Warning lights are put on by lead vehicle with follow me or do not pass matrix signs displayed. The lead vehicle does an initial zig zag then holds position in center lane ahead of rolling traffic.
in Germany it depends on how many lanes the highway has and if the traffic behind the police car is rather light or heavy. In light traffic conditions they'd make further zig zags across the highway if someone didn't see them, and on the wider highways it's normal that they keep on doing ig zags across all lanes until they all have slowed down and stay behind
@@thecasualcontentconsumer5608 This is the way to produce traffic jams scientifically. But it's more difficult to do this professionally with Autobahn speed. (e.g. > 250 km/h / 155 miles/h)
I actually witnessed this for the first time in Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania State Trooper was on I-95 south, just before the airport.. I assumed it was due to the accident which occurred, in order to slow traffic before reaching the scene...
@@sggdopeyz5346 they did that in my city on one of the highways. High congestion rate and really fast drivers doing 90 to 100 on the highways. Welcome to New York.
Police cars in other countries have a digital sign on top of it that says "stay back" or "do not follow" which would be helpful in informing drivers in such a case
In the UK our police officers or sometimes highway patrol they will swerve between lanes but not quite like they are but more smoothly and they'll put the light up sign in the back to say stop and anything behind them has to slow down until a eventual stop.
They should haved radio controlled barricades onto their on ramps as liked we do haved on I-94 in Wisconsin. They do send out a signal and all the gates they wish do come down. Then when do we get blizzards or bad accidents or chasing just they do shut off new traffic to get on.
They do this to either slow down ongoing pursuits, or to keep traffic out of the way for road crews to set up, or to keep traffic from getting in the way of a crash
Crazy. In Europe, the police will display "do not overtake" or "keep back" and everybody stays back. In California people try to pass the police car even though it clearly tries to slow down all lanes with physical force. Even though I don't get why the four lanes to LA had to be slowed down.
All of that over an accident investigation on the shoulder of the exit ramp ? Could’ve just brought out some attenuators and dump trucks and just blocked off the right hand exit lane ?
I saw this maneuver on I55 south of Chicago to slow very heavy traffic down to a full stop so cars involved in a chain reaction wreck in the left lane could be driven off in a line at a right exit. That involved multiple cruisers.
Could me many different things. An accident with rates blocked, debris in the road. They could be trying to recover a large vehicle, shifting traffic for construction or whatever. It's not done for no reason as many idiot drivers assume.
If there’s a hazard ahead (shooting, person on highway, accident, police chase, etc.) they will slow down traffic to try and keep people out of danger.
To slow down traffic, could be a pursuit up ahead, car crashes, animal on the road, pretty much anything that could endanger traffic can be a cause of one.
Minnesota is mostly 2 lane expressways right? Would not have to swerve much to slow them down. An with only 2 lane any obstruction in one lane wold slow the other one down pretty quick. With 5 lanes one could be blocked an the 5th one still going 70mph.
I understand in these instances, time is of the essence; whether that is to clear a disabled vehicle from the highway, or road debri so the officer up ahead can run into the road safely to remove it. However, what would be most useful in these situations is a vehicle or DOT vehicle equipped with a message board reading something like DO NOT PASS ME or something of the like.
So I've never been to the USA, why does the police do this? To clear the road ahead because of an accident? To clear the road for other emergency vehicles? Whats the reason?
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"here we see a male police car preform its mating dance for on looking cars"
This deserves more likes 😂
LMAOO
And that kid's is how I met your mother
HAHA!!!!!!!!!!
2:28 here’s we have the alpha police car (all white) also preforming it’s mating. He has a higher chance of success due to his higher rank.
I thought he was just keeping his tires hot until the caution flag is lifted.
Lmfaooooo
he was probably screaming in the radio for the safety car to go faster.
Not far off
I remember the first time I saw CHP do this on the freeway in L.A., I was driving a school bus from the Central Valley on a field trip to universal studios with high school students on board. I immediately turned on my hazard lights and proceeded to drive slowly and cautiously until said caution was over… needless to say we were a little delayed to our destination but my passengers weren’t too concerned, they thought what the officer was doing was cool! Oh, and this took place almost 30 years ago!
Bro 💀💀💀
I never saw a state trooper do this until today. I was like "What, is he drunk?"...no, he was trying to warn everyone that there was debris in the road. I was ahead of him and wondering "What the heck, did someone hijack that trooper's vehicle?!" at first. The things you learn!
I didn't see any debris
@@raulruizlopez3384 I was not referring to the video but my own personal experience.
@@ART1984able oh I see
Yeah I remember the first time I saw this my buddy was driving and I was burning in the passenger seat. I was hella paranoid.
Literally just wrote you exact feelings on another post. "Just literally went through this and sent me and my daughter into a panic attack. Thinking I was getting pulled over. Thinking they were drunk or car was stolen. Then when the went into circles. Parked the car sideways. Thought they were about to start shooting. People got PTSD and anxiety out here. Its me.. I'm people!! Why the fucc is this ok?? The cars were already off to the side!!! She wasn't going slow.. she was moving fast AF."
I have been near the front of one of these Traffic Breaks, and once witnessed a *COMPLETE BLOCKHEAD* pass everyone on the shoulder at 80+ MPH and then fly past the CHP Crown Victoria conducting the Traffic Break.
*_THE BLOCKHEAD WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER._* 👏🤣
Yeah but if someone got pulled over I would do the same thing right after them. they can only pull one person over at a time.
@@lol-od4ip There's a reason why the CHP is conducting these traffic breaks, usually they are done IN YOUR INTEREST as there might be a crash scene ahead so to slow YOU down and avoid a pileup. So...Go ahead and speed down to highway to hell if you like. Just don't whine and expect help at the end of the day.
@@lol-od4ip yep...then when they catch you ... well its gonna hurt. But go ahead big boy try your luck.
@@lol-od4ip You’re very wrong about that, evasion is a felony and they will call you out on the radio so other units chase you down and arrest you
Instant Carma
I love seeing this. Only when I moved to California did I come into this though. Just a really cool maneuver to control traffic.
It’s also in Arizona, I saw two cop cars doing this weaving in and out with each other
This happened to me a couple months ago on my way to work in Dana Point... I was like wtf this dude doing I thought maybe he’s gonna quit later today he just wanted to have some fun.... he was definitely going faster than the cop here... eventually he stopped and picked up a shredded tire in the road 😂
I've seen a version of this in the UK where the police car had a digital sign on the back which said DO NOT PASS ME. The traffic slowed down just like in this clip but when it was over the driver of the police car did not have to get out and throw up!
Hahaha
There's a double digit percentage of the population in CA that doesn't speak English. An even higher percentage that drive unlicensed. Most of those people are in San Diego. That simply wouldn't work here.
Beautifully executed traffic break
We had one incident on the 405 where a CHP was doing this but one driver kept getting closer and closer to the point the CHP used its PA Speaker and pulled him over after the maneuver was done.
You can't fix stupid.
3:22 Tahoe turned their hazards on and thought they were getting pulled lmao
😂
Its not a Tahoe its a ford
@@leigh3288 you are as knowledgeable as a rock, it legit has a chevy logo on the front my dude
@@SovaNot1 he's talking about the ford police vehicle
Please read the original post for the love of god. no one here but you are talking about the fpiu, and if Paolo was talking about the police car, he needs to reassess the comment.
What great training for the arms, even with power steering!
I love when they do traffic breaks.
it does look cool. but what are they supposed to be doing here. are they just making traffic worse or is there a purpose?
@@emva9063 I presume you are kidding but in the case you are not, the purpose is to slow and/or stop traffic either to remove a road hazard or an accident. CHP officers will often times get dispatched to assist tow trucks and other officers that are in compromising locations, so this maneuver helps to ensure the traversing public and all others involved are safe. In the same breath if they are called to remove furniture, construction cones or anything unsafe in the travel lanes they will do a traffic break for themselves to remove hazards. Hopefully my explanation will help you better understand the purpose of traffic breaks.
@@emva9063 one officer will do the traffic break while another up ahead gets the debris off the road.
Weirdo
@@emva9063Turn in your license if you are that retarded.
I learned to drive in So Cal and the CHP are the BEST. If you can drive the Ventura, the Hollywood, the Long Beach Freeway, etc....you can Drive.
I finally realise why police cruisers rack up so many miles
I called 911 to report a stolen hwy patrol vehicle yesterday when I saw this in LA. I think that was the funniest, best call the operator will ever receive on the job.
Im going to do that next time I see this. Being stupid ain’t against the law
@@floormop6672 lmfaooo fax
I've only seen this maneuver done in San Diego. Any other cities?
I know it’s a 5 year old video but damn that an awesome zoom, what kind of camera did you shoot this with 👍🏼👍🏼
Sony HDR-CX675.
Squad 37 ....Thank you , Awesome camera and content!!!! , I subscribed
Interesting. Never seen or heard of this before.
What, the safety car also needs to heat up their tyres now?
Almost like a NASCAR pace car during a yellow caution on the race track.
I have never seen or heard of this being done, butthe reason makes sense to me. Well done.
"9 year old steals cop car"
Wha ha! Good one! :)
*Why is this so satisfying to watch* ............
I was in the front row of one of these one time on the 880 in Oakland. 1 squad car and one motorcycle cop shut down all 4-5 lanes to a complete stop.
No idea what had happened. Prob. something minor as 880 30yrs ago was narrow and fast with on ramps that were WAY too short.
I love highway, big city, traffic, it makes me feel live not alone
It’s like being the pace car, and the nascars warming up their tires behind it, all in one.
This happened to me once when I was in West Virginia. I was like "WTF is this cop doing!??" lol
All my RESPECT to the law enforcement officers that risk their lives every day 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Being a police officer is actually one of the safest blue collar jobs you can have. In 2019 89 police died making the deaths per 100,000 11.1, to put that into perspective 410 farmers died from work related injuries the same year, at a fatality rate of 19.4 out of every 100,000. The most dangerous job is construction which had over 5,000 work fatalities in 2019.
@@Nether2342 Good for you 👍🏾
Loser
I’ve used this technique for years….didn’t know there was term for it
This is how traffic is truly created
This is the first time I've seen a scene like this.
Not sure if that was really necessary for a flatbed and 1 cop on the exit ramp.....
Maybe that flatbed was loading a stalled car in the middle lane
Why do you Americans have highways with so many lanes? Our Highways normally have 2 lanes on each side, and the most lanes that we have are 4 or 5 on each side I believe, which is pretty rare here in Germany.
to fit the obese people because they have huge cars.
sam Chab 😂
@@leuart_ Because to support Rush hour traffic. US population 325 million and North American cities are big and spread out. If had 2 lanes nobody would get to work on time cause most people live in suburbs.
Is this the 500 race to see how many vehicles to stay in line wow this is so cool
So they swerve to the point where *the thing is going on, on the freeway so the drivers can see* then move on?
2:35 if you see a white vehicle, with CHP it means its a HR like Commissioner ect
White units more commonly known as polar bears, they're for special enforcement missions, not for higher ups
In the UK rolling road blocks are either done by Police or Highway traffic agency. Warning lights are put on by lead vehicle with follow me or do not pass matrix signs displayed. The lead vehicle does an initial zig zag then holds position in center lane ahead of rolling traffic.
in Germany it depends on how many lanes the highway has and if the traffic behind the police car is rather light or heavy. In light traffic conditions they'd make further zig zags across the highway if someone didn't see them, and on the wider highways it's normal that they keep on doing ig zags across all lanes until they all have slowed down and stay behind
Trooper: Uh supervisor, Can I stop, I'm going to puke | Supervisor: Sure! *starts swerving*
I've seen this on the 5 by camp Pendleton...cops was going at least 80 swerving like that...but now I understand how traffic starts..
Allright, we've got a drunk driver in a stolen police officer car from the CHP and he's driving a lot of S-lines on the highway.
Funny how people ACTUALLY call 911 and report the officer as drunk driving or reckless driving. It's really funny
I do this very often on the german Autobahn to control the speed of the other drivers. Makes me proud.
I really REALLY hope you're a police officer
@@thecasualcontentconsumer5608 This is the way to produce traffic jams scientifically. But it's more difficult to do this professionally with Autobahn speed. (e.g. > 250 km/h / 155 miles/h)
Lol
nice catch what device did you use?
Thank you. The camcorder I used when I shot this video was a Sony HDR-CX675.
@@Squad37 is CX675 a decent camera to shoot first responder videos? How does it feel?
It got the job done. It had a good feel to it.
5:27 the people exiting is probably like "Thank God"
Great job! Very well done! 👍👍
do you recall when you were a kid .... trying to block everyone passing through the doorway
I actually witnessed this for the first time in Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania State Trooper was on I-95 south, just before the airport.. I assumed it was due to the accident which occurred, in order to slow traffic before reaching the scene...
First time I ever saw one of these was actually by the Kansas Highway Patrol up near Kansas City. Sure enough there was a wreck up ahead.
When traffic is good and they need to create traffic
They're slowing traffic down because their is a large accident on the side and they don't want any more injuries.
@@sggdopeyz5346 they did that in my city on one of the highways. High congestion rate and really fast drivers doing 90 to 100 on the highways. Welcome to New York.
@@sggdopeyz5346 it's a joke
@@sggdopeyz5346 umm no, its so they dnt have to close down roads...
Policia da América do Norte sempre eficiente 👏👏
Huh
Who are you??
Police cars in other countries have a digital sign on top of it that says "stay back" or "do not follow" which would be helpful in informing drivers in such a case
or they do the exact same thing like in the video
American drivers need a sign saying: Stay Back, Don't follow; Don't hit me; I'm doing this to for you; GET OFF YOUR PHONE!!!
Here in Canada they just set up road blocks with two large police trucks and everyone pretty much stops.
Well most Canadians are smart unlike Americans 😆
People behind the cop car:
*T h e h e l l i s d i s d u d e d o i n ' ?*
Which version of LSPDFR is this?
In the UK our police officers or sometimes highway patrol they will swerve between lanes but not quite like they are but more smoothly and they'll put the light up sign in the back to say stop and anything behind them has to slow down until a eventual stop.
Never seen such maneuvers before.
They should haved radio controlled barricades onto their on ramps as liked we do haved on I-94 in Wisconsin. They do send out a signal and all the gates they wish do come down. Then when do we get blizzards or bad accidents or chasing just they do shut off new traffic to get on.
Looks like it was a car crash and they slowed it down so people wouldn’t have to see a dead body being moved into an ambulance
That is in mission valley.
I live in New Orleans and saw NOPD doing this on I10
They do this to either slow down ongoing pursuits, or to keep traffic out of the way for road crews to set up, or to keep traffic from getting in the way of a crash
This is the wrong comment
And then everybody joined and the whole boatload of commuters had a great damn time. The end.
The Officer at 4:35 is having some fun with it haha
why did i think the police cruisers were stolen?
I can feel my arms hurting just looking at this.
what is the brand and model of siren?
Well if nothing else.... The Christmas Tree's on wheels look nice!
Crazy. In Europe, the police will display "do not overtake" or "keep back" and everybody stays back. In California people try to pass the police car even though it clearly tries to slow down all lanes with physical force. Even though I don't get why the four lanes to LA had to be slowed down.
There was an accident site being cleared to ensure the safety of the workers and drivers the officer initiated a traffic break
00:30 DONT YOU DARE SON!!!
All of that over an accident investigation on the shoulder of the exit ramp ? Could’ve just brought out some attenuators and dump trucks and just blocked off the right hand exit lane ?
Cop: you ain’t sneaking through my traffic break f*cker
5:05 I like how he goes over to slow the red car too.
CHP officer is like "NO, NO, NO! YOU STAY BACK THERE WITH THE REST OF THE CARS"
I saw this maneuver on I55 south of Chicago to slow very heavy traffic down to a full stop so cars involved in a chain reaction wreck in the left lane could be driven off in a line at a right exit. That involved multiple cruisers.
Why not simply block the right 1-2 lanes?
Because a car crash can go across all lines
Imagine if all this commuters get angry and all of them step on the gas and overtake the patrol car 😂😂😂
So thats what happens all the way at the front and the whole time i wondered what the issue with traffic is 😂
Could me many different things. An accident with rates blocked, debris in the road. They could be trying to recover a large vehicle, shifting traffic for construction or whatever. It's not done for no reason as many idiot drivers assume.
Im surprised Massachusetts doesn't do this
Safety car?
🟥 🟨 🟩 🏁
Does anyone have a real answer as to why this type of procedure?
there was a crash ahead they do this to slow down traffic
If there’s a hazard ahead (shooting, person on highway, accident, police chase, etc.) they will slow down traffic to try and keep people out of danger.
@@ryderyde1192 Thanks for answering
@@truthteller4442 Thanks for answering
Hey. I'm not from the USA and I don't quite understand ... Why did he do this? So there is some sense / purpose in this? Or is it just for fun?
Its to slow traffic down because there may be a scene ahead on the road
@@jessm5558 Thank you
Anybody knows what's the purpose of that ?
To slow down traffic, could be a pursuit up ahead, car crashes, animal on the road, pretty much anything that could endanger traffic can be a cause of one.
I would call 911 assuming that some crackhead had stolen a police car! :D
So the point is to simply slow down traffic?
That guy about to exit...
Police said, NOT TODAY!
first time in America: this cop is freaking crazy, man!
why do they create traffic like this for what reason?
It's to slow traffic down in order to allow time for debris to be cleared or slow traffic down for safe speeds around workers
This is such a great video!!!!!
This must only happen in California right? From Minnesota, never heard of a traffic break 😂
happens even in other countries, don't think that it will only be done in California when looking at the USA
Minnesota is mostly 2 lane expressways right? Would not have to swerve much to slow them down. An with only 2 lane any obstruction in one lane wold slow the other one down pretty quick. With 5 lanes one could be blocked an the 5th one still going 70mph.
The cop is just warming up his tires for a police chase.
JDM guys: hey mom I wanna be a cop now
What is the purpose of doing this?
Slows down traffic without stopping it in order to allow obstructions ahead to be cleared or to slow down traffic so workers can work
Can someone explain what is going on here to me?
They slow down the traffic usually so up ahead dot can set up road work in a few lanes
That looks fun for cops
I never knew this was a thing, but i dont live in an area that has 40M people thankfully.
Lol if you see cops swearing in California it means we got big trouble ahead!
Now for you people who just thought that they were being dumb just remember. He’s doing this to save y’all’s life
this reminds me of a collie rounding up cattle lol
I understand in these instances, time is of the essence; whether that is to clear a disabled vehicle from the highway, or road debri so the officer up ahead can run into the road safely to remove it. However, what would be most useful in these situations is a vehicle or DOT vehicle equipped with a message board reading something like DO NOT PASS ME or something of the like.
Sometimes they can’t get them out in time
Idk about anyone else but the CHP Siren is probably one of my favorites along side the Federal Signal Touchmaster Delta
I didn’t see him use his blinker
So I've never been to the USA, why does the police do this? To clear the road ahead because of an accident? To clear the road for other emergency vehicles? Whats the reason?
Ramon it appears that you answered your own question. :)
Ramon Vaders yes