Dangerous driving (BWG542) [Archive]

toymachine

25th April 2007, 18:17

I just about got taken on by a Nissan Largo reg# BWG542 around 6pm, Swanson RD in west aucks..

Going along (luckily straight) this van came flying up my right literally less then 30cm away (from me, not the widest point on the bike), then pulled a handbrakie of sorts into a left hand road just down the road abit. Initially I was going to carry on but i followed and got the reg#, went down the rd, turned around and ended up behind him again turning towards my street (now he was driving real slow).

How do I go about reporting this? head down to the police station tomoro or is there a number I can ring?

fireliv

25th April 2007, 18:23

Isnt it *555 from your mobile?? That the number I always use to see when riding along the motorway, plus I think its what my bro has on speed dial (He's a truckkie, sees lots of crazy shit)

rainman

25th April 2007, 19:14

Go to the police website (http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.html) and use the Report a Dangerous Driver form. If the driver gets a certain number of these (3 or 4?) the coppers pay 'em a visit, as I understand things. You can also go to the local station and lay charges but understand it's going to be your word against theirs unless you have witnesses or video footage...

rainman

25th April 2007, 19:19

You might also want to look at this thread I started when the same sort of thing happened to me: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=43217

Toaster

25th April 2007, 20:11

Yep, go report that scum to the boys (and girls) in blue. Sounds like they deserve a good spanking. Good job mate.

Stella

25th April 2007, 21:23

My mum and a friend were witnesses in a thing against this idiot driver recently. They were passed dangerously then saw him do other stupid things so the passenger did the *555 thing. So did another woman on the same stretch of road.
He tried defending himself and apparently was 'a real arsehole' but got convicted, 6 months disqualification and $600 fine.

The police were really pleased and kept passing 'we're going to nail the bastard!' looks while they were giving evidence :)

Do it :)

Patrick

27th April 2007, 16:27

The Pastor

27th April 2007, 21:03

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.

imdying

27th April 2007, 21:54

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 00:02

Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

Go hug a tree you hippie.

Drew

28th April 2007, 00:08

Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

Get bent, we all fuck up, and do things that are a bit dodgy. "Deserve it",pffft eat shit.

Darkman

28th April 2007, 00:23

Get bent, we all fuck up, and do things that are a bit dodgy. "Deserve it",pffft eat shit.

I never do anything dodgy!!

Forest

28th April 2007, 06:41

I wouldn't put too much faith in *555.

A few weeks ago I was driving behind a weaving car on the South-Western motorway at around 4am. The car started drifting towards the median barrier, crashed into it, and continued driving. Then the guy slowed down and stopped in the middle of the off-ramp before he carried on.

I doubled back from the next exit and found where the guy had parked his car. He was lurching around on the pavement - pissed as a fart. So I gave the location and rego details to *555 and hung around at a discrete distance to wait for the police.

I waited 45 minutes for the cops to show, but nobody came past. So I gave up waiting and left.

Maybe it was just a busy night. I really don't know.

Grub

28th April 2007, 07:08

That is really unusual Forest. They take *555 calls, especially ones about drunks in cars, *very* seriously. They'll often have several cars, not just one, hone in on where the offender is. You did all the stuff they needed too with rego, location and maintaining observation.

There must have been other stuff going on. 2-4am is when all the baddies are out and about doing bad stuff. Maybe th fact that he'd parked it up meant that they didn't have to worry about them being an immediate danger to others?

Theyy wouldn't have been at all upset if you had rung them back and said that you were still observing this guy, did they want you to wait or not. They would have told you what was happening. Not many people hang around, it would have made a difference

Grub

28th April 2007, 07:10

I never do anything dodgy!!

Except stay up way past your bed time .... get to bed!

Patrick

28th April 2007, 08:11

Let them know you are happy to stay on the phone til the cop arrives and can give them a running commentary... calltaker probably thought you buggered off when you hung up...as is often the way...

Grahameeboy

28th April 2007, 08:15

I saw a guy driving and drinking a beer so called the cops.

To be honest the lady who answered asked all this crazy questions, was he speeding.........lady he is driving ands he has what looks like a big bottle of booze in his mouth..........I really felt that I should not have bothered.

Anyway, I think the guy got picked up as his car was up for sale soon after.

imdying

28th April 2007, 09:02

Get bent, we all fuck up, and do things that are a bit dodgy. "Deserve it",pffft eat shit.It's the fucking up over and over again that makes you deserve it... I could be wrong though, what did you do to get 80 demerit points in one hit Renegade?

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 20:37

It's the fucking up over and over again that makes you deserve it... I could be wrong though, what did you do to get 80 demerit points in one hit Renegade?

I'm going to have to weigh in on this one as well and say that i agree with imdying... if you get demerits you are doing something stupid and got caught.

Just for a change, lets stop looking at demerits as a badge of honour and start looking at them for what they really are .. proof that you were riding like an idiot and got caught.

We all do stupid shit and i'd be lieing if i said that i didn't as well .. but i dont have any points on my license, maybe that makes me lucky ?? or maybe it means that i don't do stupid shit very often.

But enough of that, back on topic, I have used both the *555 and the on-line form a couple of times, the boys and girls in blue have always followed up and on a couple of occasions even rung me to tell me that they got the bastard i reported.

I say, do everything you can to get bad drivers and riders off the road, it makes it a safer place for the rest of us.

Rant over.

toymachine

28th April 2007, 20:38

Yep I did the online form, as said before if I layed a charge it's just me vs them.

Cheers for the advice.

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 20:42

Yep I did the online form, as said before if I layed a charge it's just me vs them.

Cheers for the advice.

trying to lay charges is a waste of time ... i doubt the cops would have even bothered ... better to use the form or *555 .. if they get enough reports about the same person ... well .. a visit from your local cop does wonders .. lol

RT527

28th April 2007, 20:53

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.

so he gets away with nearly killin someone with dangerous driving, so next time he has bigger balls and actually does it....problem is it be someone else, dont you think they deserve a chance?.

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 20:56

nope. I don't dob people in, becuase I don't want to be dobbed in, if it was really bad, i'd stop the basterd one way or another.

RT527

28th April 2007, 20:58

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.

also if im broke on 80 demerits and about to lose my job....id say i feckin deserve it!!!!you see that would mean i spend all my money on booze/drugs, get caught speeding and going to lose my job cause i was so wasted that i didnt turn up for work....and you want to let this type of person get away with it?

and as for karma, it could mean that he goes down the road around the next corner and runs you down as he goes through the next red light, but hey you wanted to let karma deal with it instead of the cops......

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:03

also if im broke on 80 demerits and about to lose my job....id say i feckin deserve it!!!!you see that would mean i spend all my money on booze/drugs, get caught speeding and going to lose my job cause i was so wasted that i didnt turn up for work....and you want to let this type of person get away with it?

and as for karma, it could mean that he goes down the road around the next corner and runs you down as he goes through the next red light, but hey you wanted to let karma deal with it instead of the cops......

I got caught speeding once, and I got 75 demerits. So cry somewhere else dude.

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 21:08

I got caught speeding once, and I got 75 demerits. So cry somewhere else dude.

No ones crying here but you man .... you got snapped ... sux to be you ..

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:09

yep sure does, my bikes too unsafe to ride anyways, and it will take alot longer than 3 months for me to get a new one, so its good timing.

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 21:10

yep sure does, my bikes too unsafe to ride anyways, and it will take alot longer than 3 months for me to get a new one, so its good timing.

unsafe to ride ?? ... what the hell happened to it ???

RT527

28th April 2007, 21:11

I got caught speeding once, and I got 75 demerits. So cry somewhere else dude.

what for , i dont need too, i havnt had any demerits , i do well over 100,000 kms per year in the truck alone and hope to stay demerit free...

what i typed was hypothetical

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:12

unsafe to ride ?? ... what the hell happened to it ???

brakes don't work, its old and falling to parts lol, I didnt realise how bad it was till I got a ride on another bike!

RT527

28th April 2007, 21:13

nope. I don't dob people in, becuase I don't want to be dobbed in, if it was really bad, i'd stop the basterd one way or another.

all i can say is if you dont want to be dobbed in .....dont ride/drive like an idiot....simple stuff really.

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 21:13

brakes don't work, its old and falling to parts lol, I didnt realise how bad it was till I got a ride on another bike!

Dude .. that sucks ... nothing worse than not being able to ride ??? .. i take it you can't fix the problem ???

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:14

Dude .. that sucks ... nothing worse than not being able to ride ??? .. i take it you can't fix the problem ???

I can fix it, but not the 100 demerits lol. I'll fix N sell get a bike thats better suited to me (i.e., not 260kg dry!)

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 21:17

I can fix it, but not the 100 demerits lol. I'll fix N sell get a bike thats better suited to me (i.e., not 260kg dry!)

good on ya mate ....

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:17

just be a year or 2 till i can afford a bike lol.

WarlockNZ

28th April 2007, 21:19

just be a year or 2 till i can afford a bike lol.

oh come on ... you lack motivation my friend .... i'm sure you can find a ride ... your just not looking hard enough

RT527

28th April 2007, 21:19

I can fix it, but not the 100 demerits lol. I'll fix N sell get a bike thats better suited to me (i.e., not 260kg dry!)

you live in Kaiwaka????...dude i drove through there twice today in me truck...haha lol.

that farm/bike place had a nice kwaka sitting out front for sale.

The Pastor

28th April 2007, 21:21

oh come on ... you lack motivation my friend .... i'm sure you can find a ride ... your just not looking hard enough

I have to get a job, and im still at uni, so yeah it will be a long time :P

RC1

28th April 2007, 21:21

didnt your :whistle: pillion friend :whistle: also see this idiot to back up your claim ? i think he may have dont you :whistle:

RT527

28th April 2007, 21:25

didnt your :whistle: pillion friend :whistle: also see this idiot to back up your claim ? i think he may have dont you :whistle:

I didnt see anything,.....but for a small donation my bionic eye saw everything and inscribed description and number plate to me Heart disc ....lol hahahaha