Cop bike rear ended car?

[XP@]

Coming through the tunnel out of wellington tonight, a very interesting sight...

A cop bike being ridden gingerly on to a tow truck.
Then a private car with a front wheel shaped dent in the boot.

1 + 1 = ooops.

[jimdaworm]

Hopefully he wasnt hurt and learns about the 2 second rule

[Swoop]

Apparently (according to the propaganda - woops!, I mean "advertising") speed kills!:blip: :bleh:

[KLOWN]

Should be charged with dangerous like the rest of us poor slobs would have been.

[terbang]

Naaahh cant be true Rozzers never make mistakes, its only us on the recieving end of them that do..:thud:

[Sniper]

Bugger, poor guy, hope the rider is OK

[Beemer]

Must have been the bloody car driver's fault, must have done something stupid like stop when he/she obviously wasn't far enough in front of the cop bike for it to avoid her. Tut tut. :niceone:

[XP@]

Bugger, poor guy, hope the rider is OK
Thinking back, looks like he was ok cos there were two other bikes on the scene and there were three riders.
I didn't see any scuff marks on jackets though.

Does anyone know that happens to a cop if they have an at-fault accident?

[robnz]

Does anyone know that happens to a cop if they have an at-fault accident?

probably a good bollocking :nono: with a watch out and a dont do it again throw into the mix

[M1CRO]

Does anyone know that happens to a cop if they have an at-fault accident?

They "generally" get a ticket like anyone else... of course, there are a few "discretionary" decisions in which case "NFA" (No Further Action)....

[Holy Roller]

we all get it wrong at some time, keep alert out there the black top hurts.

[Lou Girardin]

Now now boys, it's obvious that the car driver rammed the bike in an attempt to escape.

[XTC]

But are the cops PC's squeaky clean???:2thumbsup

[judgeshock]

Cops are normal people to. Shit happens to all of us.

[scumdog]

Should be charged with dangerous like the rest of us poor slobs would have been.

Dangerous? dangerous? man, I never knew you could do somebody for 'dangerous' for that sort of thing!!

Have YOU ever been charged with Dangerous Driving just for running into the rear of a car??

$150 for Fails to Stop Short is the norm.

[Grahameeboy]

Dangerous? dangerous? man, I never knew you could do somebody for 'dangerous' for that sort of thing!!

Have YOU ever been charged with Dangerous Driving just for running into the rear of a car??

$150 for Fails to Stop Short is the norm.

Let him off I say.....he may have been distracted by a 'Police' matter and presume that they look around more than average road user.....or the car could have cut him up......I actually think the whole idea of being fined for 'Hitting someone in rear' is harsh in today's traffic conditions......in the UK and other countries they don't ping you.....a lot depends on friction of road at time which can change hourly and affect braking, you may have someone tailgating you so you are distracted.........etc

[Timetogo]

Dangerous? dangerous? man, I never knew you could do somebody for 'dangerous' for that sort of thing!!

Have YOU ever been charged with Dangerous Driving just for running into the rear of a car??

$150 for Fails to Stop Short is the norm.

can you not be fined for following to close as well??

[Timetogo]

Now now boys, it's obvious that the car driver rammed the bike in an attempt to escape.

:niceone: :niceone:

[Grahameeboy]

Now now boys, it's obvious that the car driver rammed the bike in an attempt to escape.

So how much were the repairs to your car then??

[Mental Trousers]

I still think it should be madnatory to have insurance to use a car like it is in britian and the states....premiums would drop heavily..

Insurance?? I'd settle for requiring a brain.

[Lou Girardin]

So how much were the repairs to your car then??

Don't have one smart-arse:motu:

[Grahameeboy]

I still think it should be madnatory to have insurance to use a car like it is in britian and the states....premiums would drop heavily..

Possibly not......think of how many cars are not insured and part of Insurance Statistics........after 6 months of being introduced they could have cash flow problems.

Should introduce minimum TPO.......which is cheaper but could still have an adverse impact on premiums.....remember Insurer's need to be able to pay claims and make money and with a law change they could get caught out so premiums could go up

[Grizz]

Dangerous? dangerous? man, I never knew you could do somebody for 'dangerous' for that sort of thing!!

Have YOU ever been charged with Dangerous Driving just for running into the rear of a car??

$150 for Fails to Stop Short is the norm.

A bloke rear-ended me when I had my SR250 a few years ago. Needless to say I was really pissed, we swapped details, but I called into the Panmure cop shop, asked what i could do, I had him charged with dangerous driving, and as it was a clear case of him being at fault i didn't have to appear, he did, and he got convicted.

The damage to the bike was about $150.00, I received a shitty letter from him saying that I shouldn't have sent him to court and because of that he wasn't going to pay, he didn't, and for $150.00 I wore the cost rather than push the issue.

[spudchucka]

Does anyone know that happens to a cop if they have an at-fault accident?
There is always a police enquiry and the cop will likely face charges or tickets for the offence, whichever is appropriate. In this case it sounds like a failing to stop short offence which is a $150 instant fine.

There is usually also a PCA enquiry and an internal disciplinary enquiry. There are a number of disciplinary results depending on the seriousness of the event.

[Lou Girardin]

I still think it should be madnatory to have insurance to use a car like it is in britian and the states....premiums would drop heavily..

That hasn't been the case in the UK. Bike premiums are through the roof - 30% of the bikes value as a premium and you can't escape it becasue it's compulsory.

[Darryboy]

Insurance?? I'd settle for requiring a brain.
Hehe, I agree

[Lou Girardin]

These days were more afraid of the public then they are of us.
.

That's because there's a few thousand of you and 4 million of us, and your bosses have lost you a great deal of public goodwill.
Not a very good trade off for getting Robbie a New Years Honour. (He would disagree, I bet he wishes it was Sir Robbie)

[Grahameeboy]

:moon:
Don't have one smart-arse:motu:

I have a MAZDA mpv

[HenryDorsetCase]

Cops are normal people to. Shit happens to all of us.


good call. though its hard to not extract the Michael a bit.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I still think it should be madnatory to have insurance to use a car like it is in britian and the states....premiums would drop heavily..

a bleedin' men to that. Also death for the fuckwit boy racers who use our street as a track. Its not the racing per se. but the noise.

[Fatjim]

please ignore

[Fatjim]

a bleedin' men to that. Also death for the fuckwit boy racers who use our street as a track. Its not the racing per se. but the noise.

course it's the noise, we wouldn't want to accuse anybody of using the road as a race track, would we.:msn-wink:

[Biff]

In the UK car and bike premiums are very expensive, far more so than here. One of the main reasons why it's so expensive is because it's compulsory. The fkers have you over a barrell. Everyone has to have insurance, so you have to pay the premiums. And, of course, collusion and price fixing is illegal under European law.......allegedly.

But I'd still vote for compulsory insurance.


Where's Bykey Cop?
Anything to tell us mate?
Hope not.

[jazbug5]

The damage to the bike was about $150.00, I received a shitty letter from him saying that I shouldn't have sent him to court and because of that he wasn't going to pay, he didn't, and for $150.00 I wore the cost rather than push the issue.

...and he was stupid enough to send you a letter saying that? Jeezuz, why did you not give it to the cops? Point is, he could easily have killed you- he had obviously learned F.A. from the experience if he was getting shitty about 150 measly bucks! Grrr.

[Grizz]

...and he was stupid enough to send you a letter saying that? Jeezuz, why did you not give it to the cops? Point is, he could easily have killed you- he had obviously learned F.A. from the experience if he was getting shitty about 150 measly bucks! Grrr.

I was only about 16 at the time, and wasn't as wordly about fighting those types of things as I as I am now. You are right I probably should have done more about it at the time, but I also recall feeling a wee bit guilty afterwards, I mean that the damage wasn't that bad, and I was ok, and he ends up with a DD charge. On the other hand he was a stuck up yuppie who lived in St Heliers, who could have killed me, so really no regrets.

[Quartida]

Just remember a cop is just a Kiwi (naturalised or not) who puts on a blue uniform and relies on public support rather than a gun to do his job.

Props to that. :niceone:

[Grahameeboy]

Props to that. :niceone:

Seconded...:rockon:

[jimdaworm]

Insurance is VERY expensive in England and Ireland, I knew a 20 year old guy who was paying 2000 pounds a year to insure a 1991 Ford Fiesta (Not modified!)

I think Insurance should be compusory but the Government would have to regulate the prices and make sure they they did not jump steeply:Police:

Its good in theory anyway until someone pays out the government with donations towards their campaigns:stoogie:

[HenryDorsetCase]

...and he was stupid enough to send you a letter saying that? Jeezuz, why did you not give it to the cops? Point is, he could easily have killed you- he had obviously learned F.A. from the experience if he was getting shitty about 150 measly bucks! Grrr.


um. civil proceedings (cost recovery) vs criminal (prosecution) dont have anything to do with one another. You have six years to claim I think... if you want some help PM me.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Props to that. :niceone:

yup. Im all for arming the police. Just so long as I can borrow the hardware at the weekends (the voices in my head tell me "Death to boy racer scum")

[HenryDorsetCase]

course it's the noise, we wouldn't want to accuse anybody of using the road as a race track, would we.:msn-wink:

:2thumbsup


of course my CB400F is incapable of exceeding the speed limit....

:innocent:

[Grahameeboy]

yup. Im all for arming the police. Just so long as I can borrow the hardware at the weekends (the voices in my head tell me "Death to boy racer scum")

No....please no guns.....teach them Aikido and give them those spike guns or whatever they call them....just no guns please...:ar15:

[madboy]

Well I got charged with dangerous driving for nearly being rear ended by a police car. And ended up in court. And they were nice enough to drop it to careless, which worked out cheaper for me so I went with that option. That was back in the days when charges meant nothing to me so I just took the cheapest option at the time.

[spudchucka]

Just remember a cop is just a Kiwi (naturalised or not) who puts on a blue uniform and relies on public support rather than a gun to do his job.
Bloody well said!

[Biff]

Bloody well said!

And you're bloody biased!

Lou will be along any minute now in order to provide us all with an unbiased view......

[Lou Girardin]

And you're bloody biased!

Lou will be along any minute now in order to provide us all with an unbiased view......

Nah, said it already. Too hot to think of anything new.

[KLOWN]

Dangerous? dangerous? man, I never knew you could do somebody for 'dangerous' for that sort of thing!!

Have YOU ever been charged with Dangerous Driving just for running into the rear of a car??

$150 for Fails to Stop Short is the norm.

I may sound like an arse but I have had plenty of run ins with the cops. I have no prob with getting tickets etc for speeding because the law is the law and i know the penalty BUT when i get a $1500 fine cause the cop took ten minutes to catch me when i was in my mini and I wasn't trying to run just out for a blat and he made up HEAPS of shit. He even said to me " I'm gonna try and make this over a grand" He added things like not indicating while changing lanes and going through a red light when I had not swapped lanes and thier were no lights on the street. I've also been pulled to the ground and kicked a couple of times by a coppa while waiting for a pizza on Remuera rd. Apparantley there was a party they had broken up just up the rd a little bit and thought i was one of them, but still no excuse to grab me from behind with no warning and then put the boot in when i was on the ground. I have meet a few nice cops (the best so far was a bike cop) but I have met many many more arseholes so i have a poor opinion of cops. Sorry for the generalisation. I know you all just doing your job. :hug: