I just watched one of the worst examples of TV journalism tonight. Police targeting speeding motorcyclists in Canterbury are using campervans to hide their lazer operation from traffic, and they showed a few interviews with guys who had been pulled over. They then had a few talking heads perpetuating the popular myths of motorcyclists being 18 times more likely to die than car drivers, and that born-agains are the greatest risk on our roads, and that there have been 47 motorcycle fatalities already this year compared to 45 for all of 2009. What a complete load of utter, utter rubbish. They don't mention the dramatic increase in fatalities as a result of Police pursuits. They don't mention the fatality earlier this year of a motorcyclist who collided with an idiot cop doing a u-turn in a Police car on a country road just beyond the brow of a hill. They don't mention the proportion of motorcyclists killed by other idiots in cars. They don't bother to check the statistics for themselves and discover that the figure of "18 times more likely to die on a motorcycle" isn't based on actual statistics, it is based on a distorted interpretation. I mistakenly thought Sainsbury was an investigative journalist, not simply a mere parrot for the Police propaganda machine . . . . grrr.
But...but.....you haven't got a tele.... See what tele can do to you?
Yeah, i know. Reminded me yet again of why i don't want a TV. I went down to watch Closeup at granny's house 'cos I'd been told that there was a motorcycle-related item being shown. Wish I hadn't.
I could view it " on demand"....but I can't ever imagine being that bored.....
Who would demand to see that cr@p? "Mr Walrus, I want my eight minutes back".
Hasn't Sainsbury got a Norton? I noticed he had a bit of a smirk on introducing the clip.
At the risk of starting an avalanche of torrid replies, here's my view: The dirty low down snakes shouldn't be hiding in chick's clothes in a campervan. Just park a patrol car like usual. Although I'm relatively inexperienced as a motorcyclist, I still think if you speed and get caught, don't moan about the ticket. Just bad luck getting caught. The issue of whether the snakes should be targetting "mature" riders on new/big bikes is a matter of conjecture. They should be targetting high accident spots, imho. I was thinking that the Lost Breed guy was the most deserving of some enforcement action, but he was actually the politest! The other guys who were speeding were just pissed off they got caught.
They should have been targeting me this evening. I fit the profile. Old git going too fast and outriding his ability.. Yep. The 90 bit me in the back paddock Fek my knee and shoulder hurt.
Dadpole, we've advised the Pleece to patrol your paddock with their lazer . . . . Meantime Diggers, I don't see anything contentious about what you've written. I'm constantly amazed at the shortsightedness demonstrated by the Pleece. When are they going to figure out that speed only accounts for about 20% of road accidents, yet they focus most of their attention on it? When are they going to get serious about road craft, vehicle condition, driver skill, road design and condition, and a multitude of other contributing issues? Their approach seems so superficial and revenue-driven - speed on it's own rarely kills anyone.
When the reporter asked the Norton rider if being ticketed would slow him down he said "Nah, ride it like ya stole it" Nortons Rule!! The new James Dean bike I sooo want one... so I can be a webble too Save the Harleys for the accountants. Seriously though, I knew it was all them old blokes wot overtake me and dissapear into the horizon
Diggers The dirty low down snakes shouldn't be hiding in chick's clothes in a campervan. Just park a patrol car like usual I remember when the comissioner before last said upon the introduction of non police speed traps that they would not be disguised or hidden, that they would be in view- am I right?
The new James Dean bike The new James Dean bike.....um a Porsche...?
Originally Posted by Dodgy Tickets I remember when the comissioner before last said upon the introduction of non police speed traps that they would not be disguised or hidden, that they would be in view- am I right? i still carry my lifetime driver's licence in my wallet . . . .
Commissioners, and others at that sort of level, rarely say anything of value, so I tend not to listen to them.
Remember Max that the Police are the enforcement agency only. Things that you mention are not their field, imo, e.g. road design, driver skill, road craft etc. It's true that someone with power should address those issues, but I don't think it's the snakes job.
