> And lots of places the flow of traffic will be 85 in a 65 and the cops are not about to hold things up.
They sure will. They'll pull a traffic break when something is wrong. They get out in front of a block of traffic, throw on their lights, and begin swerving across lanes, instructing the speeding flow of traffic to collectively slow down. I've seen cops routinely do that in both California and on the East Coast.
Cops will do that for various reasons, including safety purposes (if something has happened up ahead) or just to reassert control if they decide the flow of traffic is going too fast. Here is a safety example of it in action in Utah:
The German example was about debris on the traffic lane(s) that had to be removed ASAP, and for a safe working environment, the traffic has to be slowed down/stopped.
They sure will. They'll pull a traffic break when something is wrong. They get out in front of a block of traffic, throw on their lights, and begin swerving across lanes, instructing the speeding flow of traffic to collectively slow down. I've seen cops routinely do that in both California and on the East Coast.
Cops will do that for various reasons, including safety purposes (if something has happened up ahead) or just to reassert control if they decide the flow of traffic is going too fast. Here is a safety example of it in action in Utah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9IsAu_96oo
The Germans apparently do this for safety as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-TZBhy-jDk