What does it mean when?

[Moise]

a police car lights up for a couple of seconds, then turns them off.

[Madness]

Today was your lucky day.

[caseye]

Today was your lucky day.

Wot Madness said, without question.

[swbarnett]

I'm sure cops are just like the rest of us - "Oh shit, I didn't mean to hit that!"

Either that or, as others have said, it was your lucky day.

[Akzle]

flew past a uc at ~160, same thing. Disco came on. Was all liek "yeah, dead to rights". Lights went off. Was all liek "sweetbix"

[Moi]

Fuse 12A blew...

Just take it as an omen... the modern version of the entrails of a dead chook...

[sidecar bob]

He suddenly realised he was too late for the two for the price of one donut special at Countdown.

[Waihou Thumper]

I mean, gotta say, you flash your lights to a driver that there is a speed camera and you get potted!
He was giving you a warning and that in itself should also be illegal...Nice cop :)
Let him catch you I say, brake the law pay the fine....
I get sick of people flashing lights at me...:(
So what, let me be caught if I am guilty of an offence.....

Maybe he slipped and found out that the 104 kph threshold wasn't in force just yet! a tad presumptuous...

[caspernz]

It's the international LEOs signal: "Slow down Rossi"

[AllanB]

He was driving a HOLDEN - thus the lights failure so he gave up...........


Generally it is the police giving you a warning - speeding or similar but he/she is not going to chase you.

[tigertim20]

Ive had it a couple times, and my eperience is that it means
'slow down cunt, cos i cant be fucked writing a ticket right now.

god bless 'em!

[Moise]

I was leaned over exiting a corner maybe a little in excess of 109 km/h. Backed off as soon as I saw him - I suspect he knew I was speeding, but couldn't get a lock. There was a gaggle (?) of sportsbikes about 1 km in front of him, so maybe he was keeping tabs on them. Who knows?

I hate the tourist season though - cop cars appear on roads where they haven't been since last summer, and you spend half your time passing cars whose drivers appear blissfully unaware that someone might want to ride faster than the posted speeds on corners. Then there are the boaties with turbo diesel utes who manage to use all of their side of the road plus half of yours.

Ah, but it will soon be time my annual pilgrimage to the Far North. The roads may not be as good as Coromandel but there's way less traffic.

Sorry, rant over for now ...

[BMWST?]

i have found sometime s that its get out of the way buddy i am after another fella

[Laava]

I was leaned over exiting a corner maybe a little in excess of 109 km/h. Backed off as soon as I saw him - I suspect he knew I was speeding, but couldn't get a lock. There was a gaggle (?) of sportsbikes about 1 km in front of him, so maybe he was keeping tabs on them. Who knows?

I hate the tourist season though - cop cars appear on roads where they haven't been since last summer, and you spend half your time passing cars whose drivers appear blissfully unaware that someone might want to ride faster than the posted speeds on corners. Then there are the boaties with turbo diesel utes who manage to use all of their side of the road plus half of yours.

Ah, but it will soon be time my annual pilgrimage to the Far North. The roads may not be as good as Coromandel but there's way less traffic.

Sorry, rant over for now ...

The waipoua forest road is in excellent condition at the moment, done it a few times lately and twin bridges road is in good nick if you are heading north on it. Plus the old russell road is always good for a giggle, again, because of logging trucks it is better northwards.

[Moise]

Thanks for that. I haven't done the Waipoua road for a couple of years. Should be fun on the R1.

[Drew]

It means he wants to see a wheelie.

[5150]

He probably thought, Oh look, Honda, I better give him the friendly police "wave". If only he knew you were riding a Yamaha... ;)

[WNJ]

Usually means go faster on your R1,

[Oakie]

May have just been the equivalent of a good old fashioned warning by waved finger.

[Moise]

Usually means go faster on your R1,
Maybe he saw I was riding a R1 and thought "fuck it, I'll never catch him".

[EJK]

I see popo cruisers do that around intersections, then zip through the lights.

Like someone said, must be really nice donuts for sale.

[rambaldi]

I see popo cruisers do that around intersections, then zip through the lights.

Like someone said, must be really nice donuts for sale.

I have been led to believe that they are allowed to do that, with no blip of the siren if it has been deemed as tactically necessary e.g. on their way to a burglary in progress and they don't want the noise to let the fellas know to get the hell out of there.

[Moise]

I saw a cop do that entering the Royal Oak roundabout from the wrong side of the road. I've seen some dumb driving by the police in my time, but that was incredibly dangerous. If they are going to do crazy shit like that, then at least use the siren.

[neels]

I would go with a warning, while he was on the way to something more important.

I've had the waggled finger, headlight flash and disco light flash from cops in the past, I think in a lot of cases it's just not worth the effort to turn and chase, besides which a lot would be looking in the mirror for brake lights and when they see them finding the nearest side road to disappear.

Or, as above, your lucky day.

[Akzle]

I have been led to believe that they are allowed to do that, with no blip of the siren if it has been deemed as tactically necessary e.g. on their way to a burglary in progress and they don't want the noise to let the fellas know to get the hell out of there.

your a fuken optimist arent ya

[caseye]

I saw a cop do that entering the Royal Oak roundabout from the wrong side of the road. I've seen some dumb driving by the police in my time, but that was incredibly dangerous. If they are going to do crazy shit like that, then at least use the siren.

You of course know what they should and should not do when going to a particular type of incident.
Another got it mostly right, if it is deemed necessary not to put on the siren, they will just flick the lights.
What, you don't know what Red and Blues flashing means?
Don't worry, watch ten seven or any of the now prolific Police chase shows, seems most of the law abiding citizens of most Western Countries don't either.
Funny how the Crims do.
If they were for instance attending an incident where there were offenders in your home and your kids were possibly about to become hostages, would you want the Police Sirens blaring as they approached your street?
It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.

[Moise]

You of course know what they should and should not do when going to a particular type of incident.
Another got it mostly right, if it is deemed necessary not to put on the siren, they will just flick the lights.
What, you don't know what Red and Blues flashing means?
Don't worry, watch ten seven or any of the now prolific Police chase shows, seems most of the law abiding citizens of most Western Countries don't either.
Funny how the Crims do.
If they were for instance attending an incident where there were offenders in your home and your kids were possibly about to become hostages, would you want the Police Sirens blaring as they approached your street?
It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.
It wasn't an issue for me. It may well have been an issue for the vehicle exiting the roundabout who would not have seen the cop car until they crashed head on.

I of course do understand why there are times when the police don't use sirens. But entering one of the busiest roundabouts in Auckland on the wrong side of the road during the rush hour is NOT one of those times.

[rambaldi]

your a fuken optimist arent ya

Well if they were going down to Dunkin then they would want to make as much noise as possible to ensure their order was hot and ready before they got there.

[Tazz]

It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.

Sometimes, but usually it is because they have caused the accident in the first place :laugh:.

The siren is a warning for others, it doesn't change the rules for them legally speaking so if they run a stop sign and crash into someone in the intersection, etc, they are as completely at fault as you or I would be in the same situation no matter what sort of disco lighting and doof doof jingles they had cranked.

I think it's a good way to have it so emergency vehicle staff don't get too irresponsible on the road when they kick into action.

[swbarnett]

The siren is a warning for others, it doesn't change the rules for them legally speaking so if they run a stop sign and crash into someone in the intersection, etc, they are as completely at fault as you or I would be in the same situation no matter what sort of disco lighting and doof doof jingles they had cranked.

I think it's a good way to have it so emergency vehicle staff don't get too irresponsible on the road when they kick into action.
This is all well and good but the situation now is pittiful. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen emergency vehicles crawling through intersections under lights and siren. Multiply those few seconds by the number of intersectsion on the route and, in Auckland at least, you're probably getting to the point where the extra response time is costing lives.

Yes, emergency drivers need to be careful but at the same time if you can't figure out that lives are at stake if you get in the way of a big-ass red beast in a hurry that's clearly anouncing it's intention then you shouldn't be on the road unsupervised in the first place.

[Robbo]

Next time you get pulled up try this for an explanation.:innocent:

[Tazz]

Yes, emergency drivers need to be careful but at the same time if you can't figure out that lives are at stake if you get in the way of a big-ass red beast in a hurry that's clearly anouncing it's intention then you shouldn't be on the road unsupervised in the first place.

I know an ambulance officer that had to toot a Police car out of the way earlier in the year (ambo disco lights on, middle of the night, empty road, cop on phone texting) so while I agree, it's fair to say that it's not always the public's fault for being in the way as some emergency response staff also suffer from 'drivers retardation' :laugh:

Trying to get through traffic in Auckland even with lights and sirens would be painful. Wonder if they've put in an order for some jet packs yet haha

[RDJ]

Trying to get through traffic in Auckland is almost never worth it. IMO. YMMV.

[swbarnett]

I know an ambulance officer that had to toot a Police car out of the way earlier in the year (ambo disco lights on, middle of the night, empty road, cop on phone texting) so while I agree, it's fair to say that it's not always the public's fault for being in the way as some emergency response staff also suffer from 'drivers retardation' :laugh:
You'd think they'd know better but, alas, they are human too (or so I'm led to believe).


Trying to get through traffic in Auckland even with lights and sirens would be painful.
There's a fire station only a couple of hundred meters from where I work. They often come down our street past one of the CBD's busiest intersections. At rush hour I've seen drivers look straight at them and deliberately cross anyway just because "you're not stealing my phase!".


Wonder if they've put in an order for some jet packs yet haha
The motorcycle ambulances they trialed would suffice. I can't understand why they abandoned them. They would be great for rush hour traffic on the motorway.

[swbarnett]

Trying to get through traffic in Auckland is almost never worth it. IMO. YMMV.
I do it almost daily. Until I got back on the bike I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown on nearly a daily basis.

Bike commuting (motorised or otherwise) is the ONLY way to go in Auckland unless you simply can't ride or need the space for freight or kids.

[Akzle]

This is all well and good but the situation now is pittiful. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen emergency vehicles crawling through intersections under lights and siren. Multiply those few seconds by the number of intersectsion on the route and, in Auckland at least, you're probably getting to the point where the extra response time is costing lives.

Yes, emergency drivers need to be careful but at the same time if you can't figure out that lives are at stake if you get in the way of a big-ass red beast in a hurry that's clearly anouncing it's intention then you shouldn't be on the road unsupervised in the first place.

there's advisory orders that went round, 20km/h through red lights if you're rolling disco.

all the road rules still apply (speed, traffic signals etc), however, it is a legal defense against most shit, that you are an emergency vehicle going to handle your biz-niss.

of course, police very rarely are legally allowed to use a red flashing light, being that they're gang enforcers, rather that emergency vehicles, but that's another matter.


Auckland is never worth it.
FIFY

[Madness]

What does it mean when a police car lights up for a couple of seconds, then turns them off.

It means "I'll let you off this time buddy so long as you don't nark on me for going a similar speed in a mufti car a week later, mmmmkay?"

[Moise]

Lol .......

[anebv8]

I've had it a couple of time's when they've been coming towards me..a quick flash of the light's..quick look at speedo..60 in a 50,slow down and they give a small wave :Police:

[Moise]

I've had it a couple of time's when they've been coming towards me..a quick flash of the light's..quick look at speedo..60 in a 50,slow down and they give a small wave [emoji14]olice:
Yeah, I think that's what it was. There were a couple of corners posted at 55 which I normally take at about 100ish, then a final corner which is a bit quicker. I'm sure I was well above 100 out of the last corner.