Plod's in Welly

[merv]

I like this, my dear offspring aren't into biking, or driving for that matter - my son's had his learners licence for 5.5 years, but they prefer public transport if I'm not there to run them around.

So Saturday night they were off clubbing at Indigo to see 8 Foot Sativa and others. I said I'm going on the KB ride so don't expect me to pick you up. They check out the after midnight bus and thought that would do them OK.

Anyway I find out when I get home yesterday after the ride they caught the 2am bus OK and its cruising down Thorndon Quay and buggered if the bus is pulled up by a plod and given a speeding ticket. That I have never seen happen before. They said the driver ceremoniously ripped the ticket up just so he'd feel better, but it won't go away we know that eh!

[StoneChucker]

:2thumbsup Hehehehe

Bus drivers annoy the hell out of me, so it's good to see they aren't above the law either! They are forever pushing me out of the way, which is made worse by the fact that I always let them pull out when they indicate! Twice I've almost crashed because of them (and I wasn't driving badly, bus was on the wrong side of the road!).

But, it must be harder for them, having to drive that huge tin can around all day long, so I can see their side too.

[Paul in NZ]

Once, a few years back I was working in Malaysia..

The bus driver / conductor get paid based on how many people they pick up so they think nothing of driving like loons and swerving all over the show to grab anyone that even looks like they might need a ride in a bus! These guys that drive the busses are a freakin' menace and the locals are non to keen on their antics which says something in itself!

One cut off a dude in a nice car right in front of me and clipped his wing mirror in a manic effort to squeeze one more woman with a basket of chickens and a block of ice onto the already overloaded bus.

Lots of yelling and shouting but the bus driver didn't give a shit and flipped the dude in the car the bird. Oops! Wrong move.....

Guy in the car is some high up plod or other uniform with a serious attitude disorder.

He jumped out of the car, physically hauled the driver off the bus, handcuffed him to a street sign and whalloped the shit out of him with a night stick. The conductor (trying to slink away) got the same treatment and then mr cool, jumped in his car and drove away leaving the driver and conductor 'cuffed to the pole and all the passengers still in the bus (hey, they paid for the trip and they were not budging)...

The crowd loved it!

Local plods came along (eventually - no hurry) and released the driver / conductor who limped away very sedately in the bus afterwards....

Hope the local law don't adopt this practise for speeding....

Paul N

[StoneChucker]

Jeez, thanks Paul, that was my good laugh for the day :laugh:

Reminds me a little of the practices back in Cape Town.

Dave.

[Al]

Yeah Dave, same as the PUTCO buses and the minibus taxis...! We had our share in Durban too, some very funny stories

Al

[Joni]

And lets never forget, glorius old Johannesburg....

[duckman]

Oh great - The SA's are going to drive us out with boring stories of home.... :innocent:

[Joni]

Oh great - The SA's are going to drive us out with boring stories of home.... :innocent:

LOL...... :laugh:
Nah, we just have to remind you we are here now and then. :spudwave:

[duckman]

I'm just taking the puss.... I work with a few ex-SA's and they always have a story about any topic you care to mention.
And they always start ....."Well back in SA ...... blah blah blah"

:done:

[Hitcher]

Have I missed something? Or is today "Take the piss out of a jappie day"?

[Joni]

Have I missed something? Or is today "Take the piss out of a jappie day"?


Ooooooh we will debate that one day, long and hard.... :2thumbsup

The Japie aspect that is...

[Hitcher]

Ooooooh we will debate that one day, long and hard...
Some of my best friends are jappies! You know, back in South Africa they have a word for that...

[Joni]

Some of my best friends are jappies! You know, back in South Africa they have a word for that...

LOL - should I take this personally Hitcher? One day you taking the piss out of me because of my underwear, the next about my home....

Just joking mate, anyone who knows South Africans know we rock... :bleh: no arrogance there at all.

[Hitcher]

LOL - should I take this personally Hitcher? One day you taking the piss out of me because of my underwear, the next about my home....

Just joking mate, anyone who knows South Africans know we rock... :bleh: no arrogance there at all.
Just celebrating diversity! Everybody's got to come from somewhere... And the less said about Eltham, the better...

(Anyway, who won the Tri-nations this year?)

[Jackrat]

Who ever the cop was that wrote up the bus driver,I want him to move to Auckland today.
Bloody ARA drivers all think one second is three when it comes to indercators, when they use them at all.
I reckon it's from those bastards that a lot of Aucklanders learn their crap driving skills.

:ar15: Bloody ARA :moon:

[matthewt]

Once, a few years back I was working in Malaysia..

The bus driver / conductor get paid based on how many people they pick up <snip>

That explains a few things. In the mid 90's my brother and I were driving back from the Malaysian GP and while speeding "slightly" we were overtaken by the Malaka->Singapore express. Only time I've EVER been overtaken by a bus.

[Skyryder]

Yep there are a lot of crap bus drivers around and more on the way. Our lot are now taking them from WINZ and to not put too finer point on it. even the company I work for have acknowledged that all is not as good as it should be. Some advice from one who drives busses for a living. You are going to get just as injured in the 'right' as you are in the 'wrong.' Ride with that in mind and live.

Skyryder

[aff-man]

And lets never forget, glorius old Johannesburg....

and the taxi wars :gob: :no: .

Yip i would not like to take on a bus, even if the don't look where they are going. they might screw up but you'll come off it much worse. My mate found that out in his car, bus came on thier side of road when turning or something leaving them no room. Bus had a scratch, thier car was written off.

[Motu]

When we were kids we were regaled with stories of my fathers and uncles bus driving days in the late 40s and early 50s.They drove for Eastern Buses and the last buses raced out of the city - for real! They would race side by side down Kyber Pass,leap frogging stops,racing the PTC buses from Otahuhu and arch rivals the Howick buses (now merged with Eastern) They were young men having a good time,their passengers were mates and neighbours and egged them on,they would never live down being beaten by a Howick bus!

One day he spent too much time looking in the mirror,and finally asked the young girl he had his eye on to come up and sit beside the driver - although he stopped driving those buses when I was a baby,I got to know each bus of the company individualy,sometimes we would groan when we saw what we would have to go in.

Hey,what's this? - Air Fox Champion - never played the game in my life....my boys are doin' pretty good eh?