This is the level of intelligence we are up against:

[Ixion]

From teh harold today


A Northland man may face jail after being charged with drink driving for the 10th time.

He also faces his 22nd charge of driving while disqualified.

Kawakawa police stopped the 57-year-old on State Highway One at Towai at 6.15pm on Wednesday because he was not wearing a seatbelt.

He was breath tested and blew 670 micrograms (mcg) of alcohol per litre of breath, police say. The legal limit is 400mcg.

The man already has nine drink driving convictions and 21 convictions for driving while disqualified, police said.
{snippy}


Now, I'm not one to get too hot and bothered about someone who's been disqualified sneaking out on the road. And whilst I don't condone drunken driving, I'm not going to get too worked up about it either. But , wouldn't you think that anyone with an ounce of grey matter, getting in the car and thinking "Hm, need to drive home - but I'm half seas over AND disqualified" would have the simple sense to do what he could to NOT draw attention to himself. By, for instance, not putting on the seat belt.

I mean , if you're going to drive without a licence/WOF/rego;disqualified ;outside conditions of licence; etc etc , then common sense says to keep a low profile - especially visible things like seat belts that any passing copper will notice. Sort of like a biker who decided to ride disqualified not bothering with a helmet. Way to go, draw attention to yourself.

What hope is there of someone that stupid being able to comprehend road rules, give way rules etc.

[MSTRS]

maybe he is just taking the long way to purifying the gene pool..

[dawnrazor]

pissing in the gene pool more like

[oldrider]

Could the police members of this forum please explain to me how and why these guys are so prevalent on our roads?
I am not attacking police, I just want to know how this can keep on happening!
A young first time offender here where I live in a small country town, was sent to jail as an example, so how in the name of hell do "these" examples keep popping up in the city? Oops I see it is in small town NZ sorry city people.

I am getting really pissed off with so called "justice" in NZ. :Pokey: Cheers John.

[MisterD]

maybe he is just taking the long way to purifying the gene pool..

Hmmm. More like the human equivalent of an antibiotic-resistant infection...

[Sniper]

What a walley. Its people like that that should be pushed off a cliff

[JWALKER]

i agree totally, but there are always some that want to attract the attention of the police

[TLDV8]

Could the police members of this forum please explain to me how and why these guys are so prevalent on our roads?
I am not attacking police, I just want to know how this can keep on happening!
A young first time offender here where I live in a small country town, was sent to jail as an example, so how in the name of hell do "these" examples keep popping up in the city? Oops I see it is in small town NZ sorry city people.

I am getting really pissed off with so called "justice" in NZ. :Pokey: Cheers John.

The people that set the sentence need to be accountable? It has nothing to to do with the Police?......Infact who would want to be a cop when some pillock judge may let them walk..........perhaps in this case the offender was to pissed to walk.
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There was that case before christmas where some old !@#$ who had been doing the same thing for 30 odd years was locked up..hopefully the same thing will happen to this git..it would no doubt be a case of,if they took someone else out due to their self centred ignorance they would be crying in their beer!!....and we wonder why there are so many laws.... Derrrr

[Motu]

Sorta reminds me of a guy who pumped gas at a station I once worked at - He passed a marked cop car on the motorway,and when he got pulled over the cop looked into the back of the uncovered ute and saw the crop he had just harvested lying there.Some people defy the definition of stupid....

My Bro in Law has had countless tickets and discalifications - he reckoned he had an account with LTNZ,whenever he got stopped they just added another one to his bill.He's not a dangerous or drunk driver,just never has a licence,WoF,rego,parks in the wrong place and often speeds...not dangerous speeding,his shit heap cars would never go fast anyway.Finally with a bill in the 10s of thousands they just wiped his slate clean.....Drives a truck these days....um,like do you need a licence for them too?

[Lou Girardin]

What should be done with him then?
If they jail all these morons the jails will be too full for real criminals. Why hasn't his car been confiscated?

[HenryDorsetCase]

What hope is there of someone that stupid being able to comprehend road rules, give way rules etc.


not only that, bet he has spread those good genes far and wide, too.

[dawnrazor]

Could the police members of this forum please explain to me how and why these guys are so prevalent on our roads?
I am not attacking police, I just want to know how this can keep on happening!
A young first time offender here where I live in a small country town, was sent to jail as an example, so how in the name of hell do "these" examples keep popping up in the city? Oops I see it is in small town NZ sorry city people.

I am getting really pissed off with so called "justice" in NZ. :Pokey: Cheers John.

Why am I suddenly humming the theme tune to "dukes of hazard", "he's just a good old boy, never meaning no harm.....etc" :rofl:

[pritch]

A guy I know was an indefinitely disqualified driver with a lengthy list of drink driving, and driving while disquallified convictions, to the extent he'd done time for same.

He'd probably had at least one car seized as well but he would have had a new one within a day or two as he would only pay maybe $150 the vehicle being sans warrant or rego. (And look it!)

He called to see his lawyer one day (pissed) as he was leaving the lawyer told him that he really had to stop driving while disquallified. He called back
"I know." As he laughingly climbed into his car yet again.

Oh, and he recently got his licence back....

Maybe somebody thinks leopards change their spots?

[Pixie]

maybe he is just taking the long way to purifying the gene pool..
In the wild it wouldn't be a problem,because by the time these people reached reproductive age,they would have already tried to swing on a leopard's whiskers
or some similar act of stupidity.

Why is eugenics generally viewed as a bad thing?

[TLDV8]

What should be done with him then?
If they jail all these morons the jails will be too full for real criminals. Why hasn't his car been confiscated?

Ask the Judge ?...... I have been doing my bit by helping build more Prison's...did i mention the TV and shower in every plush cell!!!!

[In The Breeze]

Ask the Judge ?...... I have been doing my bit by helping build more Prison's...did i mention the TV and shower in every plush cell!!!!
Yeah thats just annoying eh. What happened to prison being a deterant as opposed to a camp?
I hate extreme drunk drivers,no not the ones that might be a beer over but the fukwits that are our potential life enders. :mad:

[MisterD]

and shower in every plush cell!!!!

Honestly, what's the point in sending these people to prison if they can bend over and pick up the soap without worrying?

[TLDV8]

Honestly, what's the point in sending these people to prison if they can bend over and pick up the soap without worrying?

Some of the cells at Wiri were doubles..you figure that one out

It does not take to much to figure out anyone who is a repeat DIC offender has a problem..it may be based on shear ignorance or contempt for the general public...or they have a compulsive disorder.......!@#$ taking their car off them,thats total BS......lock them up so they can dry out or at least have some time to stare at a stone wall........do it again,throw them back in........i will still be here building more accomodation for these C@#ts.

[madboy]

Idiots. I pity the poor cops who have to deal with repeat dumbasses like this one. Does blowing 600 now mean he gets the car impounded for 28 days, or just license (license? what license?) pinged for same? And I know what others mean about having an account with the courts. I worked with a guy who would own up and take tickets for other people's driving - "just put it on the tab pig". It didn't make any difference to him.

Last time I knew I was up for a disq (demerits) I went out and bought fastest most non-descript looking car I could find. I discounted Evos/WRXs cos they were too in your face looking, and I didn't like GSRs at the time, so I bought an early 90s 323 turbo. Black. Sedan. Lowered, but not excessively so. Performance exhaust (as opposed to a loud obnoxious drainpipe) and wound up the boost to buggery. I left my personalised plate off it. Registered it in the name of a female friend of mine. Had 15inch alloys on it (as opposed to 17/18s). The radar detector and scanner were inconspicuous(sp). And of course I wore my bloody seatbelt!

And for three months I was never stopped. And before you think it, I wasn't chased either (which was the reason I bought a turbo - hehe).

[Motoracer]

Out in the country I've seen some pretty dodgy stuff.. Once I saw an old beat up Mazda 323 with no front windscreen and the passanger had his feet out on the bonet while the driver screamed past me going the other way... Balls or stupidity? Stupidity it is...

[Zed]

Some people just don't give a stuff, and that's when they're sober! Add much alcohol to that already careless attitude and you have someone who is a danger to our society. Unfortunately there seem to be many out there who fit into this category, i've heard of numerous cases where people who have been convicted of multiple DIC charges continue to drink and drive regardless of the consequences. Lock 'em up!

[spudchucka]

Could the police members of this forum please explain to me how and why these guys are so prevalent on our roads?
I am not attacking police, I just want to know how this can keep on happening!
A young first time offender here where I live in a small country town, was sent to jail as an example, so how in the name of hell do "these" examples keep popping up in the city? Oops I see it is in small town NZ sorry city people.

I am getting really pissed off with so called "justice" in NZ. :Pokey: Cheers John.
No easy answer really, its the culmination of many soft policies.

[spudchucka]

What should be done with him then?
If they jail all these morons the jails will be too full for real criminals. Why hasn't his car been confiscated?
It would have been impounded for 28 days when he was caught. The cops would have asked for the car to be confiscated by the courts upon sentencing. But he'd just go out and pick up another piece of shit from somewhere and just keep on driving.

[KATWYN]

maybe he is just taking the long way to purifying the gene pool..

They are the sort of moron that manage to breed and keep their gene pool going, but they eliminate the gene pool of others who are more beneficial to society

[The_Dover]

Out in the country I've seen some pretty dodgy stuff..

I'm at Mr Poo's place in the cuntry now, and I tell you I've seen some pretty dodgy stuff.

I didn't know cows made those sort of noises........

[kro]

pissing in the gene pool more like


The gene pool always benefots from a little chlorine from time to time.

People like this obviously don't care, and have no fear of being caught, and their general attitude is pretty shit to say the least. Lock the bastard up, or break both his legs until he gets the message.