Why do police like arresting storm chasers?
Aug 18, 2010
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Tornado Questions
Many people told me if a cop told me to stop filming a tornado or a hurricane and I refuse, I could be arrested for failure to comply. Why do police have to get in the way of everything? Storm chasing is a hobby and it’s not going to hurt anyone except the storm chaser who is probably already aware of the risks. A guy in Crane county, TX was arrested for storm chasing last year. Why does it seem like police want to ruin the hobby of storm chasing for us?
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4 comments
firewomen on August 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm
The police are trying to protect you from your own inability to see danger in what you are doing. When a tornado or hurricane is coming police want you to get out of the path of the storm and find some shelter. If you won’t protect yourself they will do it for you.
Josh on August 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Because it’s dangerous and the Police are here to protect the people. They do it for the welfare of you, not to be jerks.
Logic316 on August 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I’m generally against the government being an uber-nanny and regulating people’s behavior "for their own good", but there’s always the possibility that chasing a tornado could turn your vehicle into a 3000 lbs projectile that could harm somebody else or damage people’s property.
Jello T on August 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Most likely, the guy who was arrested in Texas was arrested not for storm chasing, but for sitting on the side of the roadway. You cannot stop on a roadway (shoulder included) for anything other than an emergency or when a police officer tells you to. You can be arrested for walking down the shoulder of an interstate. You can’t walk there. The officer most likely instructed the person arrested to move along and when the failed, they were removed from the roadway by arrest.