Cops riding shotgun on trains

[Deano]

Where do they come up with the resources for this ? :weird:

Is a cop with a camera more of a deterrant than a 50 tonne train bearing down on you ?:weird:

Surely there aren't enough 'rail crossing incidents' to include this as a viable revenue stream ?:weird:

FFS.

[Sniper]

Anymore info?

[Deano]

Anymore info?

Short on time today but cops will be riding shotgun with cameras on some trains to 'catch' people doing stupid shit around rail crossings.

(Don't you read the paper or watch the news ?:Pokey: - It's not all bullshit)

[Sniper]

Nah, I can't be bothered watching the world go to shit every evening at 6. Why would you sit on a train waiting for idiots? This is my hard earned tax money dammit

[Swoop]

How absolutely bloody stupid. A total waste of resources and police time since they will ALSO have a cop cage following the train and able to give persuit if required.

Just give the train drivers RPG's!!!!!!!!

It makes a mockery of the "speed kills" bullshit propaganda. Once again, "shit driving kills"...

[James Deuce]

All we need now are some Indians.....

[bungbung]

All we need now are some Indians.....

Or some distressed damsels trussed and tied to the tracks.

are those banjos?

[Devil]

I dont know why they bother. I thought rail crossings were self-policing. Darwin at work.

[Lou Girardin]

It makes headlines. They are seen to be 'doing something' about a non-problem.

[Cookie]

I think I recall that 6 people get killed every year or something. Nevermind the millions dying of malaria.

In rare events someone in the train gets killed. That's the sad part. If only self-selecting idiotic road users got killed, I would just consider it "thinning the herd".

I have a better idea than imposing costs on the Police.

Stick a farken big sharp vertical wedge on the front of the trains so when they hit something, they just cut straight through it like an axe through a warm cheese scone.

[Sniper]

What the hell is the cop going to do if the guy does get hit by the train?

[scumdog]

What the hell is the cop going to do if the guy does get hit by the train?

Laugh??:clap:

[Deano]

What the hell is the cop going to do if the guy does get hit by the train?

Take a photo for evidential purposes ?
Maybe for use in some splatter ad's like the drink driving/speeding ones ?


Laugh??:clap:

Or :puke:

[madboy]

Where's the problem? It's two less cops and one less car handing out tickets for 111km/h on empty four-lane motorways.

Unless they're sucking it from the general duties or investigative pool... in which case it's two less cops and one less car catching burglars/rapists/murderers/real criminals.

I hope it's Option 1.

[Patrick]

Nah..some dopey coppers did some stupid shit at a crossing with an oncoming train. Their punishment... looking for other dumb shits doing what they did... (to appease the train bosses and get them of the coppers bosses backs...and avoid the media spin perhaps? :whistle: ;)

[spudchucka]

It makes headlines. They are seen to be 'doing something' about a non-problem.
Talked to many train drivers lately?

It is a problem but there is no way in hell they are sticking me on any damn train.

[spudchucka]

What the hell is the cop going to do if the guy does get hit by the train?
Just add it to the list of sick shit you can talk about over dinner.

[spudchucka]

Where's the problem? It's two less cops and one less car handing out tickets for 111km/h on empty four-lane motorways.

Unless they're sucking it from the general duties or investigative pool... in which case it's two less cops and one less car catching burglars/rapists/murderers/real criminals.

I hope it's Option 1.
It'll be the dumb arse's that can't get off a bronze driver rating that get the job.

[C_A]

fuck, last ditch attempt to keep cops away from proper police duties

should get them back into "oldschool policing" and ditch the pc, 'crims more rights than any other poor bastard' way of thinking.....

correct me if i'm wrong

[Skyryder]

Shit I can see it now. Vehicle plays chicken with the train and the cop cars exit the train carrages to give chase. 'Scene' that from a movie :mega: somewhere. What was it? Something Sundance Kid etc with Robert Redford and Paul Newman.

Be a perk job for the Boys though.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Talked to many train drivers lately?

It is a problem but there is no way in hell they are sticking me on any damn train.

Best place to travel up there on the footplate. Great scenery. Train drivers are great guys well the ones that I knew in OZ were, and nothing to do most of the day.

Skyryder

[scumdog]

Shit I can see it now. Vehicle plays chicken with the train and the cop cars exit the train carrages to give chase. 'Scene' that from a movie :mega: somewhere. What was it? Something Sundance Kid etc with Robert Redford and Paul Newman.

Be a perk job for the Boys though.

Skyryder

It COULD also end like the end of "Sugarland Express" though..:eek:

[justsomeguy]

All we need now are some Indians.....

Will I do?? I'll even wear war paint and scalp the cop if he catches me.

If not I'd love to get a job as the cop that gets to follow the train. - looked like fun in the James Bond movies - :whistle:

[scumdog]

Will I do?? I'll even wear war paint and scalp the cop if he catches me.

Yeah but you probably can't ride a horse, use a bow&arrow and don't have enough wampum to bribe the cops.

[Skyryder]

It COULD also end like the end of "Sugarland Express" though..:eek:

Don't know the ending. What happens?

Skyryder

[scumdog]

Don't know the ending. What happens?

Skyryder

The Chevvy got cleaned up by the train (and Goldie Hawn got killed, dang, what a waste of a woman!!)

[justsomeguy]

Yeah but you probably can't ride a horse, use a bow&arrow and don't have enough wampum to bribe the cops.

I can ride a horse - not too fast though. I can shoot a bow and arrow with a target hit accuracy of the US airforce in the middle east.

But yeah I'll need to get some wampum - can you lend me some from past bribes?

[Lou Girardin]

It'll be the dumb arse's that can't get off a bronze driver rating that get the job.

That's a lot of cops on trains then. Will they have their own carriages?

[spudchucka]

That's a lot of cops on trains then. Will they have their own carriages?
Really? How many is that then Lou?

[Pixie]

Talked to many train drivers lately?

It is a problem but there is no way in hell they are sticking me on any damn train.
It's not a problem.
Barring derailments,the worst out come is the train is late.

Oh,and the idiot may die

[madboy]

Only the bronze drivers then? So all those trying to defeat darwin can just do a runner, then the cops won't be able to chase them.

[spudchucka]

Only the bronze drivers then? So all those trying to defeat darwin can just do a runner, then the cops won't be able to chase them.Pointless post!

How do you chase after a car when you are stuck with a video camera in a train?

[madboy]

Pointless post!

How do you chase after a car when you are stuck with a video camera in a train?I thought I read there was a chase car following the train to catch the dopes.

[Patrick]

I thought I read there was a chase car following the train to catch the dopes.

Only in the movies....:weird: