Question about a rule and breaking it

[[TC] TAZxx]

There is a fine for driving too slowly on the autobahn yes, however any normal cop would not fine you if you're slowing down or stopping for a chase/hazard, if they were to, a refund request on the forum would be processed in your favour.

If this is the situation I think this is, regardless of where the chase is, you're still overtaking it, which goes against rule 1.5 in any situation, I've had many chases ruined where someone decided to overtake a 30km/h chase, just as the suspect is coming out of a box and going into the lane where the overtake is happening.

The rule is very clear:

"1.5. Stay away from chases.
Let suspects and cops pass and give them room for manoeuvring. Do not follow or overtake chases. If a chase gets closer, stay passive, slow down and wait until the situation is over. Do not help the suspect or the police."

It does not stipulate that overtaking a stopped or very slow chase is allowed, so therefore it is not excusable.

The following statement assumes the chase is completely stopped... If the chase is moving very slowly in same direction as player, the numbers are therefore higher.

Regarding the whole "it is hard to see chases at such a distance..." The Siren shows from 300M away, at an update speed of once per second I believe, so in the exact perfect case of where it updates when you're exactly 300M away from it, traveling at 120km/h as you stated, it would update a total of 9 times before you're right on the chase. Even if you don't see the first 6 updates, you're still 99M away, which by that point you can Normally see the chase. According to google, the average car takes 60M to stop at 100km/h so, if you speculate, add another 10M on, you're still 29M away from the chase, which yes is quite close, but you're not breaking the rule.

The excuse of not having time or possibility of stopping is just absolute rubbish.

The reason the rule gets broken over and over is because people do not care for it, then try and get a free pass as you've done so here. If everyone started to react at 300M, regardless of if it was coming their way or not, the situation you're complaining about would never happen.

TL;DR - You have 300M to slow down and react, the insim updates quick enough to allow you to react, if everyone did so as soon as they saw it there would be no problem. Overtaking is not allowed, in any circumstance, follow it and do not ask for a free pass because you simply do not care for the rule.