Cause And Effect Of Speeding Essay

In the video, a state trooper has just stopped or pulled over a man who was speeding. As the officer begins to approach the window the driver begins yelling at the officer to give him the paper since he is in a rush, but at the same time, the driver is violently reaching out of the winder trying to snatch the papers out of the officer's hands. In this situation, there are two ways in which officer could have reacted. One choice was to either let the man off with a warning or give the man a ticket which is what the officer chose to do instead. If I was in the officer's position at that moment I would have done the same due to the fact that the driver had was if I remember correctly was going 57-59 mph in a 40-mph zone. The man was going over the speed limit means that he was bound to get a speeding …show more content…
As the video continues the officer has now given the man the ticket and says,”you will have to pay $137 dollars”. (Bjugstad) Upon hearing this the man begins to get infuriated and proceeds to rip apart the ticket but the officer informed him if he does not pick up the pieces he will also be given a ticket for littering. When the driver proceeds to get out of the vehicle he begins to get out in a way that seems as though he is about to attack the officer. I honestly thought the man was going to attack the officer but he didn’t instead he proceeded to pick up the torn ticket pieces.If the driver would have decided to get physical then the trooper would have had to with use bodily strength to hold down the driver or would have been put into a situation in which he would have had to use a weapon instead. Being in the shoes of the officer at this time would have put me on alert and maybe have my hands on a weapon or to be prepared to calm the man down if he got out of hand. Lastly another decision that the officer has was to overreact at the man right at the beginning when he became hostile but instead the officer chose to be calm and patient with the