Police cause more than half the crashes

[Scuba_Steve]

... In the central district

According to information released to the Taranaki Daily News under the Official Information Act, police were to blame for 152 vehicle crashes out of 250 recorded in the central district between 2009 and 2013.

Repair costs for crashes involving patrol cars for the five year period came to $451,111.

Replacement costs totalled $258,690.

Central police district covers Taranaki across to Ruapehu, south to Otaki and across to the Tararua ranges in the east.

But don't worry I'm sure they were all fined just the same as any non-patched citizen would have been :rolleyes:

[R650R]

Sshshshhhhhhhhh they might realise they're sitting on the biggest pile of evidence that speed causes crashes...

http://www.111emergency.co.nz/N-R/OOPS-Police.htm

[Akzle]

Sshshshhhhhhhhh they might realise they're sitting on the biggest pile of evidence that speed causes crashes...

http://www.111emergency.co.nz/N-R/OOPS-Police.htm

i love how most of those are "X vs Police car" (opposed to "police car vs...")
because obviously the train swerved into their path.

[Moise]

I can't remember the year, but after a few months police chases were responsible for more than half of the fatalities in Auckland.

[swbarnett]

Sshshshhhhhhhhh they might realise they're sitting on the biggest pile of evidence that speed causes crashes...
It's not the speed it's the reckless driving.

[unstuck]

I had a copper do a youee in front of me the other day, no indicator or other warning. Glad we were only in a 50k zone. The look on his face when he realized his fuckup, was all the apology I needed.:killingme:killingme:killingme

[willytheekid]

I had a copper do a youee in front of me the other day, no indicator or other warning. Glad we were only in a 50k zone. The look on his face when he realized his fuckup, was all the apology I needed.:killingme:killingme:killingme


:crazy:.."jebus!, that bikes fucking flying!!...and hes on the back wheel!!!:eek5:


:killingme

[The Baron]

Holy hell. What ACC levy do police cars have to pay?

Just thinking about this, if we took all police cars off the road, we would reduce crashes by 60%.

Just saying thats all.

[The Baron]

Police use cell phones while driving..

They often wear hi vis...

They exceed the speed limit by more than 4kph..

What does it all mean?

[Grubber]

i Had one overtake me in the pouring rain at the end of the passing lanes and over a double yellow line at Maramarua last month only to do a big brake stop when he noticed the car he was chasing was already on the side of the road waiting (good citizen). I was hard on breaks in a large ute with a trailer on loaded up with race bike and all the gear. This fellaq was lucky i had good brakes and a good modern car with all the gizmos on to stop it.

It was bad enough i stopped 100m down the road and made the walk back in the rain to inform him of his intelligence. Much to the delight of the citizen waiting his punishment, which he ended up not getting by the way. Not sure if i had something to do with that or not.:Oops:

[buggerit]

i Had one overtake me in the pouring rain at the end of the passing lanes and over a double yellow line at Maramarua last month only to do a big brake stop when he noticed the car he was chasing was already on the side of the road waiting (good citizen). I was hard on breaks in a large ute with a trailer on loaded up with race bike and all the gear. This fellaq was lucky i had good brakes and a good modern car with all the gizmos on to stop it.

It was bad enough i stopped 100m down the road and made the walk back in the rain to inform him of his intelligence. Much to the delight of the citizen waiting his punishment, which he ended up not getting by the way. Not sure if i had something to do with that or not.:Oops:

Was it the red one in the area at the moment?

[Grubber]

Was it the red one in the area at the moment?

No it was standard blue and white. I know the one you mean though.

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[R650R]

Police use cell phones while driving..

They often wear hi vis...

They exceed the speed limit by more than 4kph..

What does it all mean?

And they do 'advanced driver training' courses... ;p

[bogan]

But what is the 250 recorded consist of?

That's about 1 per week over that period...

[haydes55]

Police caused over half if all reported accidents. I'm guessing every police accident will be reported whereas any civilian accident would prefer if it wasn't reported.

Who here always says statistics can be manipulated to say anything? Case and point.

[ducatilover]

I saw 2 police cars today and crashed 1.2 times.

[Scuba_Steve]

But what is the 250 recorded consist of?

That's about 1 per week over that period...

My guess is it's actually a media paraphrase of "Police cause more than half the crashes they're involved in" as I couldn't imagine the central districts only have had 250 odd reported crashes for all motorists over 5 years.
Still, either way it's not a good look for the central districts division of NZ's biggest gang; Being involved in a crash is one thing but fact they're the cause of over half of them :facepalm:

[2smokes]

Spot on. Never take any statistics with more than a passing interest.
An example I was give by the prof waaaay back before I new everything was:
The safest colour car on New Zealand roads is pink. There has never been a reported accident involving a pink car.

At that time there was one pink car registered in NZ

I'm not defending any police action/inaction, just saying statistics can be manipulated any which way.

[bogan]

My guess is it's actually a media paraphrase of "Police cause more than half the crashes they're involved in" as I couldn't imagine the central districts only have had 250 odd reported crashes for all motorists over 5 years.
Still, either way it's not a good look for the central districts division of NZ's biggest gang; Being involved in a crash is one thing but fact they're the cause of over half of them :facepalm:

Yeh but isn't the national average well over 60% anyway?

[ducatilover]

Being involved in a crash is one thing but fact they're the cause of over half of them :facepalm:

No fucking way, the chances of a crash (usually involving two parties) being caused by one party is like fifty-fifty man! Get the frock out of here! Shut the front door!


Sometimes I wonder, Steve.