Well, it's time, folks, for Traffic School powered by The Advocates. And guess who didn't show up? Huh?
Uh, huh, can't count on him.
[laughs] Mr. Unreliable, Lieutenant Crane. [laughs]
Ah. I'm in the field. I'm reporting from the field.
Very nice. Hands-free, right?
Yes, sir.
All right. Well, at least you're coming through loud and clear, so you must have a pretty decent Bluetooth in your ride. And, uh, yeah, how was your Thanksgiving holiday?
Hey, first of all, the ride's taxpayer purchased, and so it is nice. And, uh, Thanksgiving was wonderful. And just a warning to you folks out there that are, uh, procrastinating, there is less than 365 days until Christmas.
Oh, my goodness, don't bring up Christmas. I, uh, I have a lot-
[laughs]
... of, uh, things I need to do to get ready for Christmas. [laughs]
Hey, whatever you do, don't tell me what you're getting me for a gift, okay?
I won't. It's a secret.
I, yeah, I love the surprise.
Did you ever use the one I got you last year? Remember, I was like, "You should go see a movie," and I bought you movie tickets?
Yes, you did. And you, you done that because you know my wife is good to buy you a gift.
[laughs]
So if you're good on her side, then it's gonna be better.
I just figure you never watch any movies, so I was like, "Go to, take your wife on a date and go to the movies."
[laughs]
"Go see something." [laughs]
Yeah, and you're right. And if I do something like that, I know his wife will get me a great gift.
[laughs]
Well, it'd be pretty tough to beat the gift that, uh, Ben from The Advocates Injury Attorneys, Ben and Damian and Mason got me. Uh, they showed up unexpected the other day, and as a surprise, bought me a new guitar for Christmas.
Wow!
And it's a nice guitar, too. [laughs]
Too bad you're not a good player.
[laughs] I know! Now, I need to-
[laughs]
... learn. That's what everybody has said when they [laughs] have heard that I got a new guitar.
[laughs]
"Learn how to play it." [laughs]
[laughs]
Uh, pretty, pretty cool, pretty cool. And then, uh, speaking of The Advocates, at the end of the show today, we're kicking off another giveaway that might be guitar-related, uh, for the holidays. So, we'll, uh, we'll get into that later, everybody. But, uh, do you have any questions for Traffic School? We'll see if I can manage to do the show without hanging up on Lieutenant Crane today. 208-535-1015, the number to call if you have any questions. And I've, I've got a lot of content prepared here, Lieutenant Crane, in case the listeners are slacking. So...
Perfect. And I'd just like to say real quick before we go off-topic is, uh, is that The Advocates, they're the best, uh, sponsor ever.
Oh, they are. They're, th- they're the greatest. They're the very best.
Yeah.
And, you know, with the road conditions like they are today, if somebody is driving too fast for conditions and smashes into you and injures you or a loved one in an accident, you gotta call The Advocates so that they can get you that big settlement, and you don't have to deal with the insurance companies or any of that. They'll take care of it for you 'cause they are the best in the biz.
Yes, sir.
So, uh, Lieutenant Crane, one of the stories that I saw earlier today is that, uh, Elon Musk says that if you have Tesla's full self-driving supervised system, you are now allowed to text and drive. What do you think about that?
Ooh, hoo, that's gonna be a good argument in court.
[laughs]
We'll see how that works out. [laughs]
Yeah. You know, w- if you pulled somebody over for texting and driving, and they said, "Elon Musk said I could," is, are you gonna, you know, just let them go? [laughs]
I'm gonna say, "Well, the Idaho legislature says you cannot." [laughs]
[laughs] That's kind of what I figured. Um, it, but the headline was, "Elon Musk Claims Drivers Can Now Text and Drive. Do Police Agree?" And I was like, "I know who to ask." [laughs]
Yeah. No, I think that's gonna be a court hearing that'll be heard out at some point. But as of right now, our court law, uh, or our law states in the state of Idaho that you can't text and drive. So if you're taking responsibility as a, operation of that car, you can't be texting.
All right, all right. Uh, another thing that I saw, and I'm gonna be kinda vague with this one 'cause I don't wanna ruin Christmas, uh, there was this, uh, Santa parade-
Whatever. You know what? [laughs]
[laughs] It was-
I don't wanna be the bearer of bad news, but here I go.
[laughs] No, uh, you, you, you'll get where I'm going with this. Uh, there's a Santa parade up in Canada every year, and I guess some residents along the route, they don't like Santa. So they put up these signs that kinda ruin Christmas, kinda spoil Christmas along the parade route. If you put up signs that ruin Christmas, you know, they're not vulgar or anything, it's just kinda rude, is that a crime?
Yeah. Unfortunately, we have the First Amendment where we can s- uh, speak and say what we want, right?
Yeah.
We have freedom of speech. And so, yeah, you could put that up, and you're just fine with it.
[laughs]
Now, Canada, I don't know. Idaho put it up, and yeah, people drive by and go, "Man, that guy has something bad going on in their life."
[laughs] Yeah, what a jerk.
[laughs]
What a jerk that guy is. [laughs]
[laughs] That must be ... willpower.
Hey, shh! [laughs] I'm, I'm, I'm trying to keep that on the DL, all right? [laughs]
[laughs]
'Cause my, my house is right along the path that everybody on Sunday walks through the cul-de-sac to go to church, all the families. So, I could definitely be a real jerk and ruin Christmas, but I'm not gonna.
H- how many people stop and say, "Victor, why don't you join us today for an hour of learning?"
Um, th- well, uh, th- they've, uh, started to dwindle over the years.
[laughs]
[laughs] When I'm like, "Eh, it's my day of rest."So, please, let- let [laughs] me sit on my couch. [laughs]
Let me rest! Believe me, I need it. [laughs]
[laughs] That's right. All right, we got a caller here. [phone beeps] Oh, how dare they?
Oh, give me a break.
Okay, bear, you're live on Traffic School, powered by The Advocates. Who's this?
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! How you guys doin'?
Doin' pretty good-
[laughs] Oh, man
... Crazy Carl. What's up?
Right on. Hey, I, I have a myth that I wanna either prove or disprove. Uh, so when an emergency vehicle goes through a light-
Does he think we're myth busters?
[laughs] Yeah.
Yeah. We're myth busters. [laughs] We're gonna have to take a week or two to put this together.
Yeah, we have to get- get, you know-
Right
... the- the devices built and all that stuff. It takes a lot of time, Carl.
[laughs] Oh, yeah.
[laughs] No doubt about it.
So, uh, when an emergency vehicle goes through a light, that light changes because the officer's lights are flashing, correct?
Depending on the light.
Depending on the light. So, I learned from a Las Vegas cab driver that if you flash the light, it'll change faster for you. Is that illegal to do?
Well, that is a myth because it's not... That's not changing the light for you. Most of these lights, and especially around Idaho, they're on a timer. It has nothing to do with, um, lights flashing.
Right. Right. So, it's, uh... Uh, and, and it depends on the light, though, if it has a sensor or not, whether, uh, the emergency vehicle gets through or not. Yeah. Yep.
Correct.
Yeah. Right on, right on. Sweet.
Okay
I've- I've always wondered that. I mean, it seems to work. I don't know. At 4:00 in the morning when there's no traffic on the road, they seem to switch pretty quick anyway. Yeah.
You know what-
Right on
... else works really good, Carl?
What's that?
A placebo.
[laughs]
Yeah. Oh, right on. Well, you guys have a good weekend. Happy Holidays, you guys. Right on.
You too, Carl. Good to hear from you, man.
Hey, Carl, do you think Santa Claus will come and see you?
What? Uh, y- oh, yeah! [laughs]
Yeah?
Yep. For sure.
Okay.
Oh, I've been, I've been good. I haven't had any tickets this year, at all. Not one.
[laughs]
His car hasn't been running.
[laughs] [clapping hands on mic]
I think that's a, that's a new record for me. [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] Mr. Mechanic Victor.
[laughs]
Yeah. [laughs]
[laughs]
No doubt about it. All right on.
All right, you guys have a good weekend, man. We'll see ya.
You too, Carl. See ya, man.
All right, thanks.
208-535-1015 is the number to call for Traffic School, powered by The Advocates. Uh, Lieutenant Crane, I was gonna ask you if you saw this. Uh, Local News 8 posted a couple days ago about a new feature that they're doing. First Thursday of the month at 6:30 AM, "Learning The Law with Sergeant Brian Lovell. Have a question?"
Oh!
They're ripping us off! What's going on here?
[laughs]
Rope- I tell you.
Right.
Roper, come on. Come on, man.
I actually know Sergeant Lovell personally. Great guy. Great man. And I think that probably will be a good, uh, opportunity to learn.
Well, you know, the best opportunity to learn happens right here every Friday-
Right here
... morning at 8:45. He does have a nice cowboy hat in his picture.
[laughs]
I think we oughta get you one.
You know, uh, I, I'd look pretty sweet in a nice black cowboy hat like that one. Yeah.
[laughs]
I'd look great. [laughs]
Is he on the desert in Arizona?
Oh, yeah.
In this photo? [laughs]
Riding a horse, cowboy hat.
[laughs]
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. So yeah, I mean, I could rip off all their questions that are in the comment section there. [laughs]
[laughs]
And we can just take those. But people posting on Local News 8 are, um, a- a little more... I don't know, angry? Than our listeners tend to be. [laughs] I don't know. Uh, a little bit different following there, but I do have some question-
Because-
Oh, go ahead.
Oh, I was just gonna say, because we take the time to educate and address concerns on this program.
That's right, that's right. So, we've got some questions that, uh, listeners posted online. Uh, if you wanna call us, however, people, 208-535-1015. The number for Traffic School, powered by The Advocates. All right, uh, Amber says, "At my sc- at my son's school, traffic gets wild. At the intersection of a s- a street and road leaving the school, there are two turn lanes that are both turning left, one left onto the street, and the other turning into the road that the other cars are turning from, and they cross in front of one another. Are cars supposed to take turns or do the cars turning from the street have the right-of-way?"
Hmm. I'm trying to follow that. I'm trying to picture that in my mind. So she's saying there's two left turns going to the same place?
Two turn lanes. Yeah, like, leaving the school. And, uh, one goes, uh, onto the street and the other
in... I- I- I am kinda confused by that too. I should have read this question beforehand. Uh-
So, I will answer that like this. Um, when you pull up to a left-hand turn lane, if there's two of 'em, you have to maintain the lane that you are in when you turn left. When you get into the other, uh, roadway, you have to go into the same lane of traffic as you left the ro- in the one you turned from.
Yeah.
Now, when you talk about who has the right-of-way, it's whoever comes to the stop sign first. In that one, sounds like there's only one stop sign, so you would stop and yield. And if the person's on your right, they would still have to yield, but they could go at the same time. They just gotta maintain that lane.
Yeah, and I would assume if you're leaving a school onto a s- a road, you know, if there's...... already traffic traveling down that road, obviously the people in the road, if there's not a stop sign-
Have the right away.
... they're gonna have the right of way, so.
Exactly.
All right. Uh, another listener wanted to know if you can get ticketed for driving s- uh, too slow. He calls Pocatello, S- Slowcatello due to the slow drivers [laughs].
[laughs] Carl just called us.
[laughs] That's right. Cr- crazy Carl, you know, pick up the pace, buddy.
Why did you bring it up?
[laughs]
[laughs] These guys are honking and flipping me off all the time. But, uh, we don't have a minimum speed limit on I-15 or I-86, but what we do have is, uh, impeding traffic. So if you are out in the passing lane and you're traveling, even if you're at the speed limit, but you have three or more vehicles behind you, you need to pull over and let them vehicles pass. So an impeding, uh, traffic citation could be issued, but there's no minimum speed limit law.
Okay. Sorry, buddy, you're gonna have to keep putting up with those slow drivers. [laughs] Let's see, uh, Sarah wanted to know, if you're driving in poor conditions like this morning and are in an accident due to those conditions, are you automatically at fault?
Ooh, no, not automatically. It depends on what happens, right? Somebody else can obviously go out of control, and if they hit you, then that's not your fault. But if you go out of control on these conditions, unfortunately that's always gonna... not always, but more than likely gonna go back to speed too fast for c- can- for the, uh, conditions of the roadway.
Yep. And then, uh, somebody's gonna be calling The Advocates Injury Attorneys.
Big one.
The best in the biz.
Absolutely.
Yeah, everybody be cautious out there. Uh, you know, I've had a listener tell me there was a bunch of slide-offs on Highway 20 earlier today, you know, some ice on the roads. So just, uh, be careful, people. Be careful out there. Um-
Yeah, this is our first storm, so add some time into your travels and, uh, some distance in your following.
All right. 208-535-1015, the number to call for Traffic School powered by The Advocates. Come on, people. I thought I overprepared with content. Where y'all at today? You know, th- there- For some reason, when you're in the studio, it makes a major difference. It's l- uh, like, I don't know if they're confused and th- they hear you on the phone so they think people are already o- on the phone, but something about having you in studio, we- w- the phones just blow up. When you're calling in, I don't know, people are afraid to call.
I think you just say that because you like me in there so much.
I do. I do.
You prefer it.
You're correct. You're correct.
[laughs]
Um, let's see here. Let's check out some of the things people were asking Local News 8, I guess. Take B- Brian Lovell's questions here. Um, okay. Michael wanted to know, why do police in Idaho refuse to enforce harassment law on the books? Now, is there a harassment law, Lieutenant Crane?
There is harassment, yeah, and I guess it depends on what you consider harassment is. Now, if you got thin skin and you're a keyboard warrior from your mom's basement and then somebody says something back to you, you can just quit looking at that, right? You don't- That's not necessarily harassment, but-
Yeah
... if the stuff's getting personal and, and affecting your daily life, there's things that can be done.
What if you're just texting someone, uh, just to be a pest?
Yeah, it depends on what the content is, but easily blocked, right? So what people are looking for is a reaction. And I say all the time, "Can you just block this and not give them a reaction?" "Well, yeah, but..." Well, that's what they're looking for, is that but, right? So just don't, don't interact with them. If there's somebody that you don't want to interact with, just let it be. Block them, don't, don't entertain it.
All right. Do you have a question for Lieutenant Crane, Peaches?
Yeah. Um, s- considering now the weather is awful and th- it's all snowy out there and everything, uh, and I'm usually now- I'm now the guy that's driving in the right lane extra slow. If there's someone behind me, like, flashing their lights, getting frustrated with me, do I just kind of like let them be angry, or what do I do?
Yeah, let them be frustrated 'cause you don't want to drive... If, if they, uh, pressure you into driving a speed that you're not comfortable with and you crash, that's on you still. That's not on them because you are the one in control of your vehicle. So don't drive beyond your ability or your means or the means of your vehicle. You know what your tires are, you know if it's a all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, four-wheel drive. So just drive within your capabilities and then don't let anybody to push you past those capabilities.
There you go, Peaches. Yep, just let them be mad. [laughs] Peaches out, uh, uh, being one of them slow drivers that, uh, one of the other listeners was talking about earlier. All right, let's go to the phones here.
Hey
KBear- Hey ... you are live on Traffic School powered by The Advocates. Who's this?
Hey, it's Carl again [laughs].
What up, crazy Carl?
[laughs] I'm sorry for driving so slow.
So, uh, if there's a whole row of QP plates in front of me driving down Yellowstone Pocatello and I'm using my turn signal but I'm weaving in and out of traffic, can I get a ticket for excessive lane change? 'Cause they're not gonna go over 25 miles an hour and I got stuff to do.
[laughs]
I want to see that code in Idaho Code that's for excessive change in lanes.
Yeah, and somebody recently asked, um, you know, if you have to have your blinker on for a certain amount of time, and it, it was just like a reasonable amount of time, right? Not a specific number of seconds.
It used to be specified but now it says reasonable.
Okay. So Carl-
So-
... as long as you're using your signals, you should be fine.
Oh, man. I'm down the road, 'cause yeah, I got stuff to do. I can't do 25 in a 35 [laughs].
He is so busy, he w- he wouldn't have time to call this program.
[laughs]
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
[laughs]
[laughs] Exactly.
[laughs]
I am so busy, I've called this program twice in the last 10 minutes. [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] That's happened. Oh, right on. Well, you guys have a good weekend now and we'll talk soon.
Y- hey-
You, you know what I think, what my thoughts are Victor?
What's that?
You and I both need to get a job wherever he works, because I don't think they do much.
Yeah! You know, uh, that'd be great if I could just spend all my time listening to the radio-
[laughs]
... calling in. Harassing Neil Larson. That'd be fun.
[laughs]
[laughs] Oh.
It's you again, Victor. "Yeah, Neil, how you doin' buddy?" [laughs]
Click. [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] K-Bear, you are live on Traffic School powered by The Advocates. Who's this?
[laughs] This is Amber, and, um, I have a question. Me and my coworkers here at Mountain View Hospital, um, had some funny questions this morning while talking about traffic.
Sweet.
Um, so this kind of a two-part question. First is we were talking about avoiding dogs and deer and stuff when you wreck, but your insurance won't cover it if you wreck your car worse because you tried to avoid an animal than if you were to just hit the animal. Is that true? And second, are you required to avoid ... Is it the same for people? If you wreck your car worse because you're trying to avoid a person...
[laughs] Well, are you ever required to avoid the people? [laughs] This is about the nurses, so we were all laughing about it, and I was like, this is a Traffic School question. They'll love it.
[laughs]
Yeah. So man, that is a great question. And, and I'll tell ya, we do go to a lot of crashes where ... Well, we actually just had a fatality recently, um, where we're seeing that he probably was trying to avoid an animal that crossed in front of him, but we don't have no proof of that, right, because the animal obviously left the area. But, with that, at times you are better not make such, uh, severe reaction that it's gonna cause you to crash worse. But on the same hand-
Yeah
... uh, we have seen when people hit moose in smaller sedans, it takes the legs out from under 'em and the body comes right through the windshield, and that's even worse. So, it's a-
Yes
... circumstantial thing where you gotta make the best choice under the circumstances. But a lot of times, if you have a smaller animal, it's easier to, uh, make minor adjustments and try to maintain control of your vehicle is ... than it is to make big adjustments. Now, when we start talking about human beings, um, I would probably try to go to any extent I could to avoid center punching somebody with the hood of my car.
That's what I figured. But I thought everybody would enjoy and get a laugh out of this question.
[laughs]
And if you do-
So-
... go to Mountain View Hospital. They will take care of you.
Yeah, come, come on over to Mountain View after you have your surgery. We'll take good care of ya.
There you go.
[laughs]
You got your, your free plugs in. [laughs]
[laughs] That's all we get.
[laughs] Oh, we love Mountain View Hospital. [laughs]
Great. Thank you guys.
Hey, have a good one.
You too. Bye-bye.
Victor, would it matter to you if you knew the person or not?
Oh, it might depend. [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] I did my best to avoid him, I just couldn't.
Yeah, you know. Just popped outta nowhere. [laughs]
[laughs]
Why were you on the sidewalk? Uh, [laughs] there was a cat in the road. [laughs]
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
K-Bear-
[laughs]
... you're live on Traffic School powered by The Advocates. Who's this?
Kyle.
Kyle, what's up dude?
Hey, so just a question. I was on my Harley this summer, and one of my buddies passed a semi on the shoulder. And he called us, called him in to ISP and they pulled me over, and he said he was gonna impound my bike for something my friend did and held me there until my friend came back. Is that even a thing? Was that right that he was able to do that?
Uh, no, that doesn't sound right. Yeah, you can't be held accountable for a violation that somebody else committed.
That's what I was thinking, but he held me there and said he was gonna impound my bike and do all these type of things. And luckily my friend showed up, so I didn't get screwed over. But I mean, I, I was always wondering about that.
Did he think it was you?
So, um, he ... No, he said that there was just one, the Harley, the other Harley passed and then saw me change lanes left and then pass the semi and then change back. And this was just right outside of the new Portneuf exit. And I pulled off right there, and there was proof that-
Well, that shows-
... the semi driver had that it was not me.
That ... There you go. It's those darn state troopers down in district five. Like, they outta control.
[laughs]
Out of control. [laughs]
[laughs]
But I guess in the end he ended up just letting you go?
Yeah. My, my buddy came back and he gave him the good old finger wag and talking to and then just let me go.
Maybe he wanted to check out your motorcycles.
[laughs]
I don't know. I mean, I guess we'll find out again if it happens.
He's like-
I don't think he's that nice.
It's a pretty sweet ride, dude. [laughs]
[laughs]
W- w- without knowing the whole story, the bottom line would be no, you can't be held accountable for somebody else's actions.
Sweet man, I appreciate ya.
Hey, appreciate the call man.
Yeah. Have a good day.
Have a great weekend.
Yeah. You too. [phone clicks]
208-535-1015. The number to call for Traffic School powered by The Advocates. All right, let's see. Let's, let's steal some more of Local News 8's questions while we wait for callers here.
[laughs]
Uh, Lieutenant Crane, what can be done about rampant sign theft during elections? [laughs]
[laughs] There is a law against that, and I gotta tell you, it's interesting. Um, local and county agencies, they handle that on a regular basis, uh, during election period where somebody thinks that they're gonna help their candidate out by going and gathering the other opponent's signs. It, it is a misdemeanor, so don't get caught doing that. And I better, better advice, just don't do it.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, 'cause, uh, people gotta pay for those signs. Yeah?
Yeah. Yep.
Yeah. At least the-
Just go out and do like Victor Wilt, let your voice be heard.
That's right. Just be antagonist on Facebook.
[laughs]
[laughs] Uh, yeah. It was funny in the, the... I saw so many people talking about signs being stolen on, uh, the Life In Idaho Falls group during the mayoral runoff. And, uh, one person was claiming, it- it's so funny to me, that, uh, you know, the mayor elect, Lisa, uh, that her husband, the dentist, was stealing signs. [laughs] And I-
[laughs] Yeah. That's right. He's got nothing better to do.
And it's funny 'cause that's actually my dentist, and I've, you know, I know the guy, and I'm like, "I just can't see him out creeping through the darks." [laughs] It was just the funniest image.
The next time you go to him, you need to say, "Hey, do I need to be careful? Are your fingers gonna stick to my teeth and pull 'em right out?" [laughs]
[laughs] Yeah. I, I think I got a cleaning next week, so I plan to ask him about it. "Hey, I heard you were out stealing signs, buddy."
Yeah. "You free?" [laughs]
[laughs] Just made me laugh. The other was-
Hey, I do have, I do have a comment to make on that, though. One thing we find is people are like, "Hey, my signs are being stolen," but when you have volunteers going out and putting signs up, they can't just put signs up wherever they want. They have to have permission to put signs on private property or owned property. And so with that being said, a lot of times if the person that owns the property doesn't support the candidate, and the person that's a volunteer just goes and sticks a sign up there, they'll go take it down. They have every right to take the sign down off their own property.
Oh, okay. Yeah, that makes sense.
You can't just go put signs up wherever you want.
Okay.
And-
Gotcha.
... a lot of times what happens is you have volunteers, they don't know, you know, who owns the property or that it's privately owned, so they're just sticking signs up, and then the owner's coming by and going, "Hey, wait a minute. One, either I don't wanna be involved in the politics because I own a business, or, you know, I don't want it to influence either side because I hate to do business on both sides, or, "Hey, this is my private property, and that's not the candidate I support, so I'm taking it down." That could be done, but just to go out and take a sign from where it's got rightful permission to be, that's a fest.
Yeah. I, I like it when some businesses put up signs 'cause I go, "Oh, all right. [laughs] Now I know who to not vote for." [laughs]
I know.
[laughs]
I know for a fact there's a business you've been in that you'll never go eat there again, because you've brought it up to me multiple times. [laughs]
[laughs] Well, you know, it wouldn't have been so bad if the political talk radio about horrific things happening in the world wasn't blasted at high volume while you're just trying to have a, a burger at lunch. It's like I don't need to, I don't need to hear about, uh, piles of bodies and, you know? It's like I- I- I'm just trying to enjoy a meal. Okay? [laughs]
[laughs] My problem with you is I never really know where you stand. You're not very vocal about how your feelings.
Yeah, no, I'm, I'm pretty sure people have no idea which direction I lean politically, so-
[laughs]
[laughs] But yeah, just some nice background music. You know, throw on some, some classic rock or something, you know? [laughs]
Kay Bear. [laughs]
[laughs] Throw on Kay Bear, sure. You know, you've the... I stop yapping at 10:00 AM. You won't have to hear any of my crap. You, you can just listen to some rock tunes, and it, it goes great with lunch.
[laughs]
Oh, let's see here. Um, 208-535-1015, the number to call for traffic school, everybody. Lieutenant Crane is, you know, putting in the extra effort here to call in from out on location. He's taking part, so how about you do as well? Let's, uh, let's steal some more of Local News 8's questions, since they stole my feature. Um, let's see here. Uh, one guy just gets mad and says, "If you have legal concerns, talk to an attorney." [laughs]
[laughs]
You don't need to ask the police.
That's the best advice I've heard all day. [laughs]
[laughs] Let's see. Um-
Seriously, if you wanna get to the bare bones of it, hire an attorney.
Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. They're, they're, they're cheap. [laughs]
[laughs]
Just hire 'em to ask 'em questions about the law. "Hey, I had a rando question. Hey, let me get a bit of your time for a few hundred bucks an hour."
[laughs]
Let's see here. Uh, Cathy is asking, "So I recently heard that if one is involved in a traffic accident without injuries, one needs to not call the police, it's up to the vehicles involved in such accident. You have to take pics, download documents." Uh, now, if it- it's not necessarily injuries, right, Lieutenant Crane? If it's an accident and, uh, there's a certain amount of damage?
Yes, anything over $1,500 damage to one vehicle, not totality of both, but just one. And then the other thing is any property damage needs to be reported to the police.
Okay, now do you-
But if it's a minor fender bender, no, you don't have to report it.
So, what if it's a minor fender bender, but, you know, my back hurts? And, and, you know, is that an injury? Do you have to call in every injury? Like, you know, you nick your finger.
No, if you nick your finger, that's not it, but if all of a sudden you think, "Oh my gosh. I've got a back injury," or let's look at this on the other side, uh, as the advocates would look at it...... if you are at fault and you think, "Hey, this person's fine, but I'm worried they're gonna claim they got a back injury or a neck injury tomorrow," you're gonna wanna report and you're gonna wanna give the advocates all the information that you can give them to help support- support you through that process. So yeah, if it's under $1,500 damage per vehicle, and there's no injury or no property damage, you can just exchange information between yourselves and handle it from there. Contact your insurance company and they'll help you out. But-
Uh-oh. Y- you must have drove into the-
... over $1,500
... must have drove into the abyss for a second there. I lost you.
Can you hear me now?
Yes.
Okay. So if there's any property damage, uh, any, uh, injury or any damage to the vehicles that is over $1,500, then that needs to be reported. Other than that, you can just exchange information between the drivers and call it good.
All right.
Well, Lieutenant Crane, phone lines are still quiet, so I think we put in a good amount of time today. And, uh-
Absolutely.
Yeah, good show. You know, you make sure to travel safe. And, uh, hopefully I'll see you next week, or are you gonna be gone again?
No, I think I'm gonna be in studio.
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