Drop-kicks on Cambell Live

[scumdog]

Did anybody else have a sense of wtf when watching the boy-racers being interviewed on Campbell Live tonight.

Statement of the programme was "they're reckless, they're dangerous, they get right up behind us and make us take corners at a faster speed than we want to... "

Talk about slack-jawed mouth-breathing lack-witted improvident oxygen thieves :spudwhat: :brick:

[Bonez]

Did anybody else have a sense of wtf when watching the boy-racers being interviewed on Campbell Live tonight.

Statement of the programme was "they're reckless, they're dangerous, they get right up behind us and make us take corners at a faster speed than we want to... "

Talk about slack-jawed mouth-breathing lack-witted improvident oxygen thieves :spudwhat: :brick:Who are "They" SD?

[N4CR]

Yeah I sorta went 'well wtf'.
Some of them seemed like loosers, but the whole 'young people speeding' theme didn't work out when one of them was 30+ did it....


But it is intimidating when they go behind you up your arse in a cage so they can ping people coming the other way. I do think some cops can be a little to over enthusiastic in chases but who wouldn't really.

One weird thing today - was behind a cop (no radar) who was behind a cage and a truck in a 70k zone - we came to a roundabout, truck and car turn left and myself and the polli go straight, into the 100k zone. He guns it off (quick) and goes along doing 115+ with no lights or anything.... I get to 110 (following him) and don't go any faster. He then slowed down after about 30 seconds of this. Was that baiting?

[scumdog]

Yeah I sorta went 'well wtf'.
Some of them seemed like loosers, but the whole 'young people speeding' theme didn't work out when one of them was 30+ did it....


But it is intimidating when they go behind you up your arse in a cage so they can ping people coming the other way. I do think some cops can be a little to over enthusiastic in chases but who wouldn't really.

One weird thing today - was behind a cop (no radar) who was behind a cage and a truck in a 70k zone - we came to a roundabout, truck and car turn left and myself and the polli go straight, into the 100k zone. He guns it off (quick) and goes along doing 115+ with no lights or anything.... I get to 110 (following him) and don't go any faster. He then slowed down after about 30 seconds of this. Was that baiting?

Nah, sometimes you get a call that's urgent then they stand you down.

And yeah, some of the 'boys' looked a bit fossilised eh!

[scumdog]

Who are "They" SD?
The 'they' being discussed were the cops being talked about by the boy-racer dudes. (just in case you weren't trolling!)

[Bonez]

The 'they' being discussed were the cops being talked about by the boy-racer dudes. (just in case you weren't trolling!)Never saw it, so wasn't trolling.

[N4CR]

Nah, sometimes you get a call that's urgent then they stand you down.

And yeah, some of the 'boys' looked a bit fossilised eh!

Ahhh true true - explains it.

Fossilied... jesus, must have been about 4 braincells between the lot of them eh!

There is no obligation to speed when a cop is up your arse - just slow down :devil2:

[ajturbo]

One weird thing today - was behind a cop (no radar) who was behind a cage and a truck in a 70k zone - we came to a roundabout, truck and car turn left and myself and the polli go straight, into the 100k zone. He guns it off (quick) and goes along doing 115+ with no lights or anything.... I get to 110 (following him) and don't go any faster. He then slowed down after about 30 seconds of this. Was that baiting?

dunno mate..

a few years ago the speed limit used to be 80ks, holden comadores V8's were new to the cops,(think) i was leaving CHCH on my way to dunedin, said V8 with cop lights on pull out infront of me and sits on 80...90..110..130!!!... 140..... yep i was right behind him... he had no lights on, so i just followed... it was a nice sunny day and he was out for a hoon.....about 20ks down the road he suddenly slows..no break lights .. just buttoned off.
so i button off also... sure enough on go the lights...WANKER i thought... but he then turned them off and waved to me!!!! indicated right and .... sure enough parked on the side road in the midlle of nowhere was another cop... he pulled over and went to have a chat... well i tooted and waved THANKYOU.. and continued on my way ... at 120ks!!!...

now you youngins... that was meany meany MEANY years ago, i never speed now and i hope you don't iether!!!

[WINJA]

FUCK YOU SCUMDOG THOSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING YOUR WAGES YOU SHOULD BOW DOWN AND RESPECT THE PUBLIC

[scumdog]

FUCK YOU SCUMDOG THOSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING YOUR WAGES YOU SHOULD BOW DOWN AND RESPECT THE PUBLIC

As if they ever paid a fine!!

And if YOU paid THEM you might get your roof painted! :dodge: :whistle:

[oldrider]

Don't beat around the bush WINJA if you want to say something come right out with it man, be direct. :dodge: Cheers John.

[mstriumph]

.............. and continued on my way ... at 120ks!!!...

now you youngins... that was meany meany MEANY years ago, i never speed now and i hope you don't iether!!!

...... "don't try this at home, boys and girls" :nono:

[Gremlin]

...was "they're reckless, they're dangerous, they get right up behind us and make us take corners at a faster speed than we want to..."
hehe, nice little lead-in to my take on it... that could even be us you are talking about. :lol:

quite interesting when looking at the morons, thinking how they had such a huge bad rep (which they deserve) while comparatively we have little. The fast guys around here travel at speeds those hoons could only gape at, and would look far more impressive too :love:

Then I really thought about it, and realised why. Yes, we do travel very quickly (well, those that have fast bikes and want to) BUT, we do not irritate communities (except for zorsts that set off alarms :devil2: ), we don't unnecessarily speed much in residential areas, and we play in the country mostly, where there are far less people about.

We are basically responsible hoons I reckon... (yes, there might be the odd majority that travel at speeds that could kill :Pokey: ). Sometimes I'm glad that very little is known about us "on the outside"

[Motu]

Then I really thought about it, and realised why. Yes, we do travel very quickly (well, those that have fast bikes and want to) BUT, we do not irritate communities (except for zorsts that set off alarms :devil2: ), we don't unnecessarily speed much in residential areas, and we play in the country mostly, where there are far less people about.

We are basically responsible hoons I reckon... (yes, there might be the odd majority that travel at speeds that could kill :Pokey: ). Sometimes I'm glad that very little is known about us "on the outside"

I guess you weren't around in the 70s eh?

[SuperDave]

I saw a convoy of four marked police cars and one mufti driving up East Coast Road from Northcross to Silverdale way, I turned off soon after it becomes a 100kph zone but after leaving the intersection at Northcross the cop convoy was going sufficiently fast enough for a large gap to form between them and the cars I was behind doing 55kph. They must have been doing 65 - 75 kph I would guess. Oh btw, no sirens or disco lights.

I'm sure most cops are decent guys and not pricks, pity that it's only the pricks that seem to pull me over and give me shit.

[Damon]

What a bunch of idiots, I couldn't believe it when they tried to blame the cops for making them speed "the cops made me do it :crybaby: "

If you are being "pushed" but the cops to the point you are not comfortable then pull over?? If the cops are chasing you too closely, you’re not going to get away, give it up and pull over! Getting a fine seems allot better than killing yourself and your friends,

It seems to effect them all, I was shocked when that kid died in Hastings and his mates decided "pay a tribute" by doing burnouts and handbrake turns outside his funeral in front of his family?!?!?!

There just doesn't seem to be a way to explain their lack of brains, they get no sympathy from me

[Drunken Monkey]

Get off the lawns! I know your father! Where's my false teeth? ...

[TonyB]

I wondered if there'd be a thread about this. I wondered if the media had carefully selected these guys to get their point across- Lets see, we had one guy whos eye's didn't point the same way, one who had huge horse teeth and looked like the top of his head had caved in, one normal looking guy, and some 30 year old looser who has to hang out with 'boys'. Hmmm. It would appear from what the 'boy racers' were saying, that the nasty cops scare them with their big flashing lights. Poor widdle fellas!

Apart from that, nothing else they said made any sense. Aparently the police aren't trying to apprehend these guys, oh no, they are trying to RACE them :mellow: The "winner" is the one who doesn't make a mistake leading to an accident, capture (in the boy racers case) or death. If the cop crashes, you "won". If the cop dies you "won". What was the comment Master Horseteeth made? someething like, if they can keep up with you then, yeh, they can drive, if they can't then they can't drive.

What pissed me off was TV3 pandering to this bullshit concept by repeatedly calling them "Racers"

[Lou Girardin]

It seems to effect them all, I was shocked when that kid died in Hastings and his mates decided "pay a tribute" by doing burnouts and handbrake turns outside his funeral in front of his family?!?!?!


It seems that the father of one of the dead kids asked them to do it. As a "tribute".

[Damon]

It seems that the father of one of the dead kids asked them to do it. As a "tribute".

Why would you glorify the actions that killed your son as a tribute at his funeral? perhaps stupidity is hereditary

[yungatart]

It seems to effect them all, I was shocked when that kid died in Hastings and his mates decided "pay a tribute" by doing burnouts and handbrake turns outside his funeral in front of his family?!?!?!


This was done at the request of the dead kid's family.

[Lou Girardin]

Why would you glorify the actions that killed your son as a tribute at his funeral? perhaps stupidity is hereditary

The definitive argument for compulsory sterilisation and retrospective abortion for those they miss.

[TonyB]

BUT- what would WE come across like? Could those of us that love to go scratching or pull wheelies etc etc put across their reasons eloquently when put in front of a camera? Especially when we know it's going to be edited to reinforce the producers point?

MrB, can you please tell our veiwers why you like riding your motorcycle on winding roads at speeds significantly higher than the surrounding traffic?

Umm- 'cause it gives me an adrenaline buzz and it's....fun....and....stuff

[ManDownUnder]

The definitive argument for compulsory sterilisation and retrospective abortion for those they miss.

Sounds a lot like this guy I read about... ran Germany up till about 60 years ago

[madboy]

I reckon it was very carefully edited to ensure that those boyracers came across like complete and utter flipping morons. Okay, sure, they may well have been, but I reckon the balancing comments they may have made could have been edited out for the extremism that is promoted for good TV.

The point I wished they could have got across is that the cops don't necessarily report the accurate information to comms, and they don't necessarily pull out when the say they do (or are told to). And if someone feeds me the bullshit that they don't do that anymore, that things have changed, I've got a couple of stories I wouldn't share publicly that give me reason to doubt it.

But really when you've got cretins driving like idiots, cops will chase. If they don't chase, then what's the friggin point in having cops? Chases are dangerous. No way to avoid that. Even attempting to stop someone is dangerous, because if they bolt, they don't back off just cos the cop turned his lights off and slowed down. The whole point of a pursuit is not to have fun, it's to get away with whatever you were doing wrong in the first place without any consequences. Unfortunately some people get too enthusiastic and end up crashing, which is usually a really bad consequence - much worse than the fines/disq you would have had to start with.

If I get chased, I don't EVER button off until I'm a LONG way down the road, or home. Which means a "pursuit" that officially lasts for all of 10 seconds (the time it takes a car to turn around and realise that they can't see the bike anymore) will have me going flat tack for probably 5 minutes until I'm long gone. So I off it 4.5 mins after the cop tried to pull me over and I'm doing 260k splitting cars. I don't ordinarily do 260k splitting cars. But if it's that or instant loss of license, I'll take the chances thank you. But even though I off it as a direct result of the cop trying to stop me, it's not their fault that I off it - it's mine.

These little cretins need to take responsiblity. You do the crime, and sooner or later you have to pay your dues. Don't blame the pigs. I blame the cops for plenty of things - perjury and for continuing very dangerous pursuits (contrary to what "procedure" says), but if I off it doing a runner, the responsibility lies with me... unless the cops take me out... :devil2:

[**R1**]

For sure madboy...


I have often thought about looking for the coppers and baiting them, I know its stupid but it one thing i would love to have on film, and lets face it, its not hard to get away.....the one thing that holds me back is......well at least i think it is comon sence..

Doing the bolt for any other reason than saving your bacon(excuse the pun) is asking for what ever you end up getting.......


And how drug fucked were those cocks on that show???? wish they wernt from Chch, at least they would stand out in a crowd aye....wounder if the coppers know their parents are brother and sister?

[Lou Girardin]

Sounds a lot like this guy I read about... ran Germany up till about 60 years ago

That's him, but he didn't have boy racers to hate so he chose Jews.
There probably wouldn't have been any fuss if he'd gassed 6,000,000 boy racers.

[Lou Girardin]

I don't know if you'd call it 'balance'. But when one of the yokels said they did it to impress girls. One of the girls said that they weren't impressed. Something along the line of "boys and their toys".

[Damon]

Nice argument madboy, I think if your out there doing stupid things and get caught, once you decide to run what ever happens next is your fault, it's not "I crashed because the cops chased me to close" or "I crashed because the police didn't pull back and stop chasing me", it's "I crashed and killed my two friends because I was doing dumb things and then tried to run."

When I was growing up my father told me that being a man ment that I stood up for what I believed in and I took responsibility for my own actions, perhaps this is why they are still called "Boy"racers.

[gamgee]

almost got knocked off by a bus today when turning right fucken boy racer in his hotted up bus decided to run an orange light nearly sideswiped a 4wd which i was following round the corner on the orange light as we'd got stuck out a bit from where the lines are while waiting for a gap to turn, gap opened on the orange light and the 4wd went then the dick in the bus floors it so i'm like 'fuck he's not stopping' slam on the brakes, bus driver doesn't even hesitate and barrels straight through narrowly missing both me and the 4wd that went, then i just casually drive round the corner as if nothing happened, but when i see three buses lined up going 40km/h up stuart street haha i got my own back dropped two gears and flew past them. cunts. (sorry didn't think it was worth a new thread, and this is a topic about wank drivers anyway)

[scumdog]

Hey gamgee, did you lose your packet of commas and full-stops dude?

That last post of yours was a struggle to read without losing your breath1 :confused: :sweatdrop .

[The Stranger]

Do the cops ever ticket bus drivers?

Lets face it they are amonst the worst out there.
You see them pull shit even right in front of cops and get away with it.

[**R1**]

Do the cops ever ticket bus drivers?

Lets face it they are amonst the worst out there.
You see them pull shit even right in front of cops and get away with it.Mate my old man is a Bus driver, and after listening to him tell me the shit he has to put up with, I couldnt give a shit what they do

[The Stranger]

Mate my old man is a Bus driver, and after listening to him tell me the shit he has to put up with, I couldnt give a shit what they do

So the moral of the storey is - if you have lots of shit to put up with it's ok to drive like a bastard.

I guess that explains all the bad drivers out there then.

[yungatart]

if you have lots of shit to put up with it's ok to drive like a bastard.

Especially if you drive a bus.

[gamgee]

did he ever think about the fact that maybe he has a lot of shit to deal with because he is a drop kick bus driver?

[Skyryder]

Don't beat around the bush WINJA if you want to say something come right out with it man, be direct. :dodge: Cheers John.

The only thing Winj knows how to beat is his dick.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

So the moral of the storey is - if you have lots of shit to put up with it's ok to drive like a bastard.

I guess that explains all the bad drivers out there then.

Use to drive for Redbus some time ago. Nine hours of city driving is enough to turn anyone into a bad driver. Not. In fact it makes you a better driver. You get to see 'more' of the shit that 'is' bad driving and you learn from it.

Skyryder

[WINJA]

The only thing Winj knows how to beat is his dick.

Skyryder
ONLY WHEN YOUR MUM IS WATCHING

[Skyryder]

did he ever think about the fact that maybe he has a lot of shit to deal with because he is a drop kick bus driver?

What's a drop kick bus driver?


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

ONLY WHEN YOUR MUM IS WATCHING

Seems you are aways talking about mothers. What's with this? Taken off the breast too early.......or left on too long??

Love and Kisses darlin'

Skyryder

[**R1**]

did he ever think about the fact that maybe he has a lot of shit to deal with because he is a drop kick bus driver?Fuck up cock sucker, why insult someone you dont even know? U ride a shitty old VT so I'm picking your job aint that shit hot either.....He has been driving a bus for 25 years without a crash, and is now the supervisor, how does this make him a "drop kick"? You fucken dick head lil wee 20yo PUNK......He's 6ft2 and wuold be 125kg, how about you come all him a drop kick in person???? WANKER.

[spudchucka]

There are some in this thread that would fit right in with that group of half breeds. All I see here is diarrhea of the mouth, (keyboard) and constipation of the mind.

[madboy]

Nice argument madboy, I think if your out there doing stupid things and get caught, once you decide to run what ever happens next is your fault, it's not "I crashed because the cops chased me to close" or "I crashed because the police didn't pull back and stop chasing me", it's "I crashed and killed my two friends because I was doing dumb things and then tried to run."Well actually, I disagree a little, just a tiny little bit :) I've come across a cop who thought he'd drive BEYOND the limits of his car and try to take out me and the taxi I'd stopped to give way to (even running I'm not going to deliberately crash!). Luckily he grew some driving skill just quickly enough to miss us both.

I take responsibility for my actions leading to my vehicle crashing into something/one. Something/one steps/pulls out in front of me that would have been a miss at the speed limit, but a crash while running, then that's my fault. But if I'm stationary, and the taxi I'm giving way to is stationary, I don't see how a Commodore going too fast to stop behind me is my responsibility. That's the driver of the Commodore's responsibility. He just happened to be a sargeant who perhaps shoulda known better.

I really do hope the new police procedures have sunk in, cos that was a very dangerous chase that particular one, both my actions and those of the cops. Speeds up to 180km/h into opposing traffic in a 50 zone, residential area at 5.30pm on a sunny Friday arvo. I've matured. I hope the Police have too. But if I was a betting man...

[madboy]

There are some in this thread that would fit right in with that group of half breeds. All I see here is diarrhea of the mouth, (keyboard) and constipation of the mind.As you point out everytime we take a swipe at the 5-0, there's bad eggs in every group. But there's a few systemic issues that might need dealing with too.

[spudchucka]

As you point out everytime we take a swipe at the 5-0, there's bad eggs in every group. But there's a few systemic issues that might need dealing with too.
I'm not arguing against that point, continuous improvement is desirable in any organisation.

[gamgee]

Fuck up cock sucker, why insult someone you dont even know? U ride a shitty old VT so I'm picking your job aint that shit hot either.....He has been driving a bus for 25 years without a crash, and is now the supervisor, how does this make him a "drop kick"? You fucken dick head lil wee 20yo PUNK......He's 6ft2 and wuold be 125kg, how about you come all him a drop kick in person???? WANKER.
"Fuck up cock sucker, why insult someone you dont even know?"
Anyone else think he's a bit of a hypocrit?
You sound just as intelligent as your father, "i'm big and scary, wanna fight?" i'm actually only 19, it's not december yet! And i'm a student, but once i do have my licence will have a much better bike, i just didn't see the point in getting comething like a cbr which is only slightly quicker than my vt, when i could save $2000 or so by buying the vt250

[gamgee]

and as for giving me bad rep go for it, haha like i care do you think there is some sort of prize for having hundreds of little green boxes next to your name? grow up...

[**R1**]

and as for giving me bad rep go for it, haha like i care do you think there is some sort of prize for having hundreds of little green boxes next to your name? grow up...If ya don't care why bring it up??? you could have just been a man and PM'd me....I only insulted you coz you seem to think my Father who I have a great deal of respect for, is a drop kick..

How would you like me calling your Mum a whore, and saying your Dad likes to suck cock, and ya sista fucks ya dog??

So what is yor problem with Christchurch Buss drivers??

[**R1**]

and as for giving me bad rep go for it, haha like i care do you think there is some sort of prize for having hundreds of little green boxes next to your name? grow up...Then y neg rep me then??? HAHAHAHA looser..now who's the hypocrit??:whocares:

[Lou Girardin]

There are some in this thread that would fit right in with that group of half breeds. All I see here is diarrhea of the mouth, (keyboard) and constipation of the mind.

The ones that disagree with you presumably.

[gamgee]

Then y neg rep me then??? HAHAHAHA looser..now who's the hypocrit??:whocares:
you are, i just said i don't care about you negative repping me, i never said i wouldn't do the same back to you :calm: ok time to get over this, as spud always likes to point out their are good and bad in every organisation, maybe you dad is one of the (very) few good ones, in general i'll still be much more carefull around bus drivers than any other road user!

[**R1**]

you are, i just said i don't care about you negative repping me, i never said i wouldn't do the same back to you :calm: ok time to get over this, as spud always likes to point out their are good and bad in every organisation, maybe you dad is one of the (very) few good ones, in general i'll still be much more carefull around bus drivers than any other road user!oh my god your not another Spudpig prodigy are you? I wouldnt take too much notice of what spud say's.... read his posts, he's just another copper that thinks he's more righteous than the rest of us....

[ManDownUnder]

oh my god your not another Spudpig prodigy are you? I wouldnt take too much notice of what spud say's.... read his posts, he's just another copper that thinks he's more righteous than the rest of us....

I took a quick look at the last two posts he made... nothing too outrageous there.

Maybe it's just that I'm not seeing red at the moment, but I don't see any reason to have a go at him, or anyone else holding an opinion that aligns with Spuddies....

Chill out dude.

[spudchucka]

Anyone else think he's a bit of a hypocrit?
Exactly why that particular idiot graces my ignore list along with one other moron.

[spudchucka]

The ones that disagree with you presumably.
No. That would include you in the group!

I'm speaking of the ones who carry on in the same manner as the morons on Campbell Live.

[Lou Girardin]

No. That would include you in the group!

I'm speaking of the ones who carry on in the same manner as the morons on Campbell Live.

Dear God! Was this a compliment?

[spudchucka]

Dear God! Was this a compliment?
I might dissagree with you on many issues but I wouldn't consider for a moment that you could be even remotely like these oxygen theives.

[gamgee]

oh my god your not another Spudpig prodigy are you? I wouldnt take too much notice of what spud say's.... read his posts, he's just another copper that thinks he's more righteous than the rest of us....
what so now your saying their are no good bus drivers? which is it? :wacko:

[Patrick]

Yeah I sorta went 'well wtf'.
Some of them seemed like loosers, but the whole 'young people speeding' theme didn't work out when one of them was 30+ did it....


But it is intimidating when they go behind you up your arse in a cage so they can ping people coming the other way. I do think some cops can be a little to over enthusiastic in chases but who wouldn't really.

One weird thing today - was behind a cop (no radar) who was behind a cage and a truck in a 70k zone - we came to a roundabout, truck and car turn left and myself and the polli go straight, into the 100k zone. He guns it off (quick) and goes along doing 115+ with no lights or anything.... I get to 110 (following him) and don't go any faster. He then slowed down after about 30 seconds of this. Was that baiting?

Nah, not baiting... the realisation set in that they just missed closing time for the specials at the donut shop...bugger... :spudwave:

[**R1**]

what so now your saying their are no good bus drivers? which is it? :wacko:WTF are u on? can you send me some