Not necessarily.
The point is that
whenever a police officer arrives on scene to survey an issue, it can turn deadly. I am sure we can pull video of incident after incident showing how the most innocuous of situations can suddenly turn deadly for a police officer.
People need to remember that
the job itself entails constant contact with citizens of various attitudes and levels of threat. 99% of the time it could be perfectly fine...the remaining 1% still gets the officer killed or wounded.
In this situation we are dealing with a night incident, and an officer dealing with
any situation at night is at a heightened level of awareness and anxiety. This because it is harder to see and as a result allows for a greater level of surprise favoring the individual being encountered.
Moreover, as pointed out elsewhere in this thread, unless the citizens are already outside of their vehicles when the officer pulls up, they are expected to remain inside their vehicles unless and until the officer states otherwise. This for everyone's safety, especially on a highway in regards to passing motor vehicles.
Again, I am not saying the officer was right. In fact, as I stated I believe I would have reacted less precipitously. However, according to the summary under the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr0NFyD0Nzw