Cops have to drive with the thought that anything can happen especially at night.
When I drive at night and a light changes I never try to beat the light. I slow down and never get to close to the car in front of me. I dont want to be to close to the car in front of me because I dont want to be set up so I cant escape. I will give it at least one car length so I can get out.
Being a Paranoid can keep you alive. Then if I have to get out then I will go through the light to get away. Also I never open up any of my windows.
The cops that got clipped were they shot threw the windows or were their windows already open to get that nice fresh air that people seem to need?
I saw on TV - and they are never wrong are they- that he shot through the glass. Of course the first round eliminated the glass giving him a clear follow up shot.