Attitude of the POPO!

[rastuscat]

Car chases have never been the same since cars stopped being fitted with hubcaps and random piles of cardboard boxes are no longer left on the side of the street.

These days we have to carry a small supply of hub caps to throw out at sharp turns just to maintain authenticity. We wanted to get fire hydrants installed all over town to add to the authenticity of the pursuits, but the RMA got in the way.

It's hard to do when you are singled up in a car, along with having to drive and commentate on the chase. You throw the cap with your left arm out the appropriate rear window. Far easier in a car with two cops, one to drive, another to commentate and add authenticity.

So there.

[Blackshear]

Not to suck off my own horn, but I've been pulled over 5 times (One was for suspicious u-turns after looking in my rear view), but only ticketed once.
One said he was gonna give a ticket, and boy was it gonna be a whopper, but I was lucky that he was such a kind-hearted soul. Likewise for the other two, I even got told to get my chain tightened, and who'd do it for free!
Oddly, the only one who didn't give a ticket didn't like bikes, nor rode one

[Brian d marge]

There is such an educational camp. It's 1.37 a.m. here, and you're welcome to come walk a mile in my size tens. My guys are out doing breath testing while I write this, and will be until maybe 4 a.m. There is no money in breath testing, maybe that shoots the revenue collecting argument in the tootsie. Grab a seat down here, come work a couple of shifts with me and my troops and see if the traffic police are as bad as you think.

Or stay sipping your chardonnay and making sniping social comment from the uninformed sidelines.

So there.

Well The bar closes at three , so I can ride over there by say three thirty ish?

wont be much with the conversation though , I ll be off my nut.

Stephen AKA Ebenezer Goode

[scumdog]

There is such an educational camp. It's 1.37 a.m. here, and you're welcome to come walk a mile in my size tens. My guys are out doing breath testing while I write this, and will be until maybe 4 a.m. There is no money in breath testing, maybe that shoots the revenue collecting argument in the tootsie. Grab a seat down here, come work a couple of shifts with me and my troops and see if the traffic police are as bad as you think.

Or stay sipping your chardonnay and making sniping social comment from the uninformed sidelines.

So there.

You'll never convince the 'non-believers'.......and if you DID what would they whinge about???

[Owl]

and if you DID what would they whinge about???

Chocolate fish seem to be smaller than they were 30 years ago

[Katman]

Chocolate fish seem to be smaller than they were 30 years ago

Your mouth's just gotten bigger.

[Owl]

Your mouth's just gotten bigger.

Ah bollocks!

[rebyl]

You'll never convince the 'non-believers'.......and if you DID what would they whinge about???

If the Traffic Police are so professional, how come I see so many breaking the most basic of Traffic Law. I am a Driver Trainer and am constantly explaining to students why that officer .....drove away at a pedestrian crossing before the person had exited the crossing (no it did not have the raised median), why he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign (rolling stop), why he is parked on the broken yellow line and in so doing is obscuring the entrance to a pedestrian crossing.
Friends of mine are in the Police and so are two family members and I have a clean record...apart from a small speeding ticket about three years ago on a quiet country road...119kph so have no axe to grind with the Police. I am also ex Military Police. We had a Corp Motto which went along the lines of...By example we lead....if the boys want respect then they have to earn it, not just put on a badge. In the Army and other services you saluted the rank...not the officer, the rank, or job always needs respect, the person wearing the rank has to earn the respect. I wonder how much actual training to do with the Road Rules goes into Training these days.

[scumdog]

If the Traffic Police are so professional, how come I see so many breaking the most basic of Traffic Law. I am a Driver Trainer and am constantly explaining to students why that officer .....drove away at a pedestrian crossing before the person had exited the crossing (no it did not have the raised median), why he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign (rolling stop), why he is parked on the broken yellow line and in so doing is obscuring the entrance to a pedestrian crossing.
Friends of mine are in the Police and so are two family members and I have a clean record...apart from a small speeding ticket about three years ago on a quiet country road...119kph so have no axe to grind with the Police. I am also ex Military Police. We had a Corp Motto which went along the lines of...By example we lead....if the boys want respect then they have to earn it, not just put on a badge. In the Army and other services you saluted the rank...not the officer, the rank, or job always needs respect, the person wearing the rank has to earn the respect. I wonder how much actual training to do with the Road Rules goes into Training these days.

Good points, I for one drive/ride like I'm being watched and judged all the time.

Sadly some of my colleagues are less aware.....

[red mermaid]

So how do you tell the difference between general and traffic police, because they all wear the same uniform and with the exception of the Highway Patrol marked cars, all drive the same cars.

If the Traffic Police are so professional, how come I see so many breaking the most basic of Traffic Law. I am a Driver Trainer and am constantly explaining to students why that officer .....drove away at a pedestrian crossing before the person had exited the crossing (no it did not have the raised median), why he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign (rolling stop), why he is parked on the broken yellow line and in so doing is obscuring the entrance to a pedestrian crossing.
Friends of mine are in the Police and so are two family members and I have a clean record...apart from a small speeding ticket about three years ago on a quiet country road...119kph so have no axe to grind with the Police. I am also ex Military Police. We had a Corp Motto which went along the lines of...By example we lead....if the boys want respect then they have to earn it, not just put on a badge. In the Army and other services you saluted the rank...not the officer, the rank, or job always needs respect, the person wearing the rank has to earn the respect. I wonder how much actual training to do with the Road Rules goes into Training these days.

[miloking]

So how do you tell the difference between general and traffic police, because they all wear the same uniform and with the exception of the Highway Patrol marked cars, all drive the same cars.

Excuses, excuses...i wonder does that mean that traffic cops are great at driving but bad at all the "other" police duties then?

[red mermaid]

Not making an excuse at all.

The post talked about the bad standard of driving by police on traffic duties.

The point I was making was how do you tell the difference, because police on traffic duties may set a higher standard but find themselves let down by colleagues on other duties.

[peasea]

Good points, I for one drive/ride like I'm being watched and judged all the time.

Sadly some of my colleagues are less aware.....

Ain't that the truth.

[miloking]

Not making an excuse at all.

The post talked about the bad standard of driving by police on traffic duties.

The point I was making was how do you tell the difference, because police on traffic duties may set a higher standard but find themselves let down by colleagues on other duties.

Certainly, i can believe that...i personaly cannot tell the differences between "traffic" & "non-traffic" police (are there any?) so its ends up looking bad for all of you guys.

[Berries]

I am a Driver Trainer and am constantly explaining to students why that officer .....drove away at a pedestrian crossing before the person had exited the crossing (no it did not have the raised median),

It's you teaching all those people I get stuck behind is it ? The rule is you give way to pedestrians, once they have passed your vehicle and are walking away from you then you can move on. It is no different to giving way at an intersection. After the car has gone past you can go, you don't wait until it has reached the next intersection. I'd check that one out, as it bloody infuriates me when people do this, same as signaling right at roundabouts when going straight on.