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srothstein wrote:But I don't think I could work in Houston where it is a free for all (or was last time I talked with an officer from there about this).

I think this has changed. I believe that only companies with contracts are allowed to tow vehicles when there is a wreck.

The reason I believe this is that there was a wreck a couple months ago near my workplace. About fifteen minutes after the crash, the tow trucks were circling like vultures over a fresh kill. Finally the HPD officer asked which drivers had a contract with the city. He then told the others to get the heck out of there.

On the way home I saw another police car with it's rear in the right lane of traffic. Ever since this thread I have seen it almost every day.

It wasn't until I came over a slight rise in the road that I could see the police car parked with the rear half way into the right lane. It was still daylight and light traffic and I was in the center lane so it wasn't a big deal.

Reserve161 wrote:I think the "steering into someone" is less an intentional act and more a result of focusing on the vehicle(s) on the side of the street.
You tend to steer in the direction you look... and distracted drivers abound these
days.

Following someone[s] tail lights are what we do 99% of the time.

I would try with a phone call to your local chief of police or public relations officer.

Recently I have noticed some Harris County Constables who have pulled over cars on the Hardy Toll Road park their cruisers with their rear ends extending into the right lane of traffic.