"Anywhere, Anytime..."

[vifferman]

Now there's something I don't see every day. In fact, err... I don't recall ever seeing this.
Riding to work this morning, there's a bike cop parked off to the side of the Highbury Bypass, with one of them there laserbeam thingos, looking up the hill to see what he could see, to see what he could see, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the..... sorry. :laugh:
Where was I?
Oh yeah. Being a motorbicyclist, naturally I was on full alert mode (natcherly) and I saw him the instant I came around the corner. Naturally, being a COOL DUDE (despite what my kids say), I had my Bolle sunglasses on (natcherly), so he was unable to laserbeam me. And naturally, being a law-abiding motorist (natcherly), I wasn't speeding and so I slowed down and gave him a friendly biker wave.
Of course, this was an ACCIDENT BLACKSPOT, so now we are safe from accidents involving marauding aliens or whatever, protected as we were by Mr Bike-Plod and his ray beam. :2thumbsup

I guess this was just an incident of the "Anywhere, Anytime" campaign, because there was no backup, I think there was no intention to pull anyone up (unless maybe they were doing a trillion times the speed limit) as it would have been impractical in rush-hour (WHY DO THEY CALL IT THAT?!?) traffic.

Nice to see our tax dollars at work. :rolleyes:

[Bandito]

Are you being paid to write this peice? From recent experience I have found it to be a touch unwise to give any traffic enforcement police the benefit of a doubt.
Remember there unoficial motto "revenue first safety secound"

[Hoon]

Nice to see our tax dollars at work. :rolleyes:

Bah thats nothing.... I spat $1100 worth of taxpayers money out the end of my machine gun on Saturday during an Army Exercise!! And I was only one of many!!

[vifferman]

Are you being paid to write this peice?
Well, I guess I am, effectively.
I... errrummm... wrote it at work, while being paid, ostensibly to do something else. Like write stuff. :whistle:

[jrandom]

Bah thats nothing.... I spat $1100 worth of taxpayers money out the end of my machine gun on Saturday during an Army Exercise!! And I was only one of many!!

Hmmmm. Wish I had *your* job.

Was that a Minimi, then? 5.56mm... $1100... about a dollar a round, was it?

What does the army pay for its ammo? Cheaper, more expensive, or much the same as commercial stuff?

[FROSTY]

guess what guys--yep he does stop cars--steps in the road and pulls em over. Theres one bike cop stops regulary outside a local service station

[vifferman]

guess what guys--yep he does stop cars--steps in the road and pulls em over. Theres one bike cop stops regulary outside a local service station
Well that would be friggin stupid. Where he was parked was just before the traffic lights - it would've caused far more hazard to road users than any creeping over 50km/h down the hill would've done. As it was, I think him standing there caused traffic consternation. You know how D'Auckland drivers react to anything out of the ordinary - just freak out completely, slow to a crawl, meander all over the road, crash into each other...

[Hoon]

Was that a Minimi, then? 5.56mm... $1100... about a dollar a round, was it?

Yep, nothing like getting paid to shoot and blow shit up. Before I joined the Territorials paying tax use to piss me off but now I don't mind at all as I've probably spent it 10 times over :) !!
Yes its an LSW C9 like in my profile pic (aka Minimi / M249 SAW). 0.55c a round I've been told.

[FROSTY]

Well that would be friggin stupid. Where he was parked was just before the traffic lights - it would've caused far more hazard to road users than any creeping over 50km/h down the hill would've done. As it was, I think him standing there caused traffic consternation. You know how D'Auckland drivers react to anything out of the ordinary - just freak out completely, slow to a crawl, meander all over the road, crash into each other...
and um you ask for inteligence?
Best i saw was a speed camera car on a north shore onramp. Hmm let me think here uphill ,merging traffic and a speed camera --very safe combo :ar15:

[MD]

Don't moan about this sort of policing. This is just what they should be doing with our tax dollars! Standing out fully visible in urban areas, near intersections where most drivers display piss poor driving habits and, surprise surprise, thats where most crashes occur. I've seen bike cops doing this around Welly lately and I give them a wave of approval. Its the hiding behind bushes and speed traps on open roads and passing lanes that stink. Give em a supporting wave next time and remember, while the HP are keeping our residential streets safe we can relax a bit more on the open road next time we blast pass that belging diesel truck spewing sheep shit on our visors :argh: .

[vifferman]

Don't moan about this sort of policing. This is just what they should be doing with our tax dollars! Standing out fully visible in urban areas, near intersections where most drivers display piss poor driving habits and, surprise surprise, thats where most crashes occur.
Well, hey, Mark - I wasn't complaining. I'd rather this than cops hiding in the bushes, where it has no effect at all on people until they receive a ticket. At least this keeps everyone on their toes, and if he was ticketing people, it'd be the dozy drivers.

[MD]

Well, hey, Mark - I wasn't complaining. I'd rather this than cops hiding in the bushes, where it has no effect at all on people until they receive a ticket. At least this keeps everyone on their toes, and if he was ticketing people, it'd be the dozy drivers.
Sorry Firestormer I could've worded that reply better now I re-read the posts.
Well done giving him the friendly wave. Twice last week some dickheads sailed through a round about, not even making the slightest look to his right, let alone having any intention of ever giving way to his right, forcing me to brake hard and that in turn cocks up everybody else who is expecting me to proceed ahead. It times like that you curse "where the hell are the cops when you want one" So its great to see them getting visible where I reckon most poor driving habits start- in town.

[vifferman]

Sorry Firestormer I could've worded that reply better now I re-read the posts.
'Salright, Mark. I didn't take any offense, and didn't think you were going :Pokey:
Asamatteroffact, when I saw the cop this morning, my first - no, prolly fourth thought was "Hmmm... should write summat in KB about this". Trouble is, I wasn't sure what I thought/felt about it, so I wasn't sure what angle/tone to take.
My first thought was "Hah! I'm not speeding!"
Second was "I'll give him a wave.."
Third was "Huh. He didn't seem to notice. Mebbe he's fallen asleep, mesmerised by his own laser..."

[Big Dog]

My first thought was "Hah! I'm not speeding!"
Second was "I'll give him a wave.."
Third was "Huh. He didn't seem to notice. Mebbe he's fallen asleep, mesmerised by his own laser..."
Are you sure it wasn't a mannequin?

[Big Dog]

Yes its an LSW C9 like in my profile pic (aka Minimi / M249 SAW). 0.55c a round I've been told.
That looks like an awfully acurate optical sight for a "saw".

[SPman]

Yes its an LSW C9 like in my profile pic (aka Minimi / M249 SAW). 0.55c a round I've been told. Cheaper than the old 50 cal. Browning stuff then - $2 a round in 1980! (well, thats what they said - it was ex Korean war stuff)
oops
:Offtopic:

[Jackrat]

Yep, nothing like getting paid to shoot and blow shit up. Before I joined the Territorials paying tax use to piss me off but now I don't mind at all as I've probably spent it 10 times over :) !!
Yes its an LSW C9 like in my profile pic (aka Minimi / M249 SAW). 0.55c a round I've been told.

Farrrrrk wot a rort,I load me own for 30c per.
Oh well only tax payers money huh.
Pay them fine dudes,the country needs it for more fun,,,,Sorry defence.

[jrandom]

Cheaper than the old 50 cal. Browning stuff then - $2 a round in 1980!

Ever sat a 5.56mm round beside a .50BMG? I think you're getting what you pay for, there :p

[vifferman]

Are you sure it wasn't a mannequin?
I think it must've been. He/it was back there this morning, and didn't seem to be moving. Mebbe if he wasn't a mannequin, he was just mesmerised by his laserbeam thingo. In any case, it caused some mayhem this morning. People were actually slowing to a stop :spudwhat: as they came up to him, and there were cars everywhere.
He was looking the wrong way though. After I'd passed him, I filtered to the front at the lights, pulled a nice wheelie through the intersection, and made up for running late.... I'm really sorry, and I feel very bad about it, but I just couldn't help it. :blink:
The were cops everywhere this morning! Next set of lights, there was a cop on foot with a notebook/ ticketbook. Saw him talk to some flaming noonahs that were blocking the intersection. Funny thing is, people are definitely driving far WORSE with the cops around. It's like they're using only a couple of braincells anyway, and when they see something out of the ordinary, they go into panic mode and switch off completely! Both cars in front of me stopped WAY over the line when they saw the cop, then the lights went red, and they're stuck there. They had room to back up, but didn't. I guess if he wasn't there, they would've just gone on red, so it ferked them up having to try to obey the signals.
Less than 100m down the road, another HP car. Then the usual one by the bridge.
Good to see them all out and about. I guess when they went back for tea they said, "Yeah, a good haul this morning, but we still didn't get that idiot on the red bike!"

[Lou Girardin]

Well that would be friggin stupid. Where he was parked was just before the traffic lights - it would've caused far more hazard to road users than any creeping over 50km/h down the hill would've done. As it was, I think him standing there caused traffic consternation. You know how D'Auckland drivers react to anything out of the ordinary - just freak out completely, slow to a crawl, meander all over the road, crash into each other...

I saw that wank... sorry, fine upstanding member of our thin blue line.
Didn't see the laser though, he must have been writing up his latest 'kill'
He didn't see my little wheelie away from the lights either.

[tuscan]

Ha ha...

Heard on the radio quite a funny excuse given by a guy caught doing 130 in an 80km area:

His visor kept fogging up so he had to speed up to get past the other vehicles on the road in case he crashed into them because he couldn't see properly. :laugh:

Surprisingly it didn't work. :nono:

[scumdog]

Ha ha...

Heard on the radio quite a funny excuse given by a guy caught doing 130 in an 80km area:

His visor kept fogging up so he had to speed up to get past the other vehicles on the road in case he crashed into them because he couldn't see properly. :laugh:

Surprisingly it didn't work. :nono:

Neither did the one of "I had just got some fish'n'chips and put them down the front of my jacket and it steamed up my visor so I couldn't see my speedo and that's why I was doing 93km in a 50km area" :eek5:

[scumdog]

I saw that wank... sorry, fine upstanding member of our thin blue line.
Didn't see the laser though, he must have been writing up his latest 'kill'
He didn't see my little wheelie away from the lights either.

Doesn't quite fit in with the Law Abiding Biker image - worries about lasers, wheelies..... :rolleyes:

[vifferman]

Doesn't quite fit in with the Law Abiding Biker image - worries about lasers, wheelies..... :rolleyes:
No.
I know this was addressed to Lou, but .... my bad too. :whistle:
I try to be good, honest I do. It's... it's... it must be my bike.
I think it's possessed, :devil2: because no matter how careful and composed I am, every trip sort of degenerates into hooning.
Like yesterday. I managed about 2km, and then once the front wheel popped off the deck, mayhem ensued. :sly: :crazy: :angry2: :eek: :doh:
And the bloody thing tried the same thing again today, in the very same spot!
Luckily, this time the road was wet, so instead of monowheeling across the intersection, its nefarious plans were thwarted, and it just spun up the tyre. And unlike a previous time, there was no transition from wheelspin into wheelie, as I chastised it, slapped it across the nose, and told it to settle down.
It seemed to work, because apart from a few minor speed limit transgressions, and travelling for half a block with the left blinker on, there were no more shenanigans. :mellow:

It's a hard road finding the perfect bike, mate, or even just a good'un. The last bike was lazy, and kept wanting to lay down in the middle of the road for a rest. This one is just plain naughty, and needs a damn good thrashing.

[spudchucka]

I saw that wank... sorry, fine upstanding member of our thin blue line.
Didn't see the laser though, he must have been writing up his latest 'kill'
He didn't see my little wheelie away from the lights either.
Good on ya Lou, you got one over the pigs!! Bet you felt peachy all day after that one.