to write a complain letter or not. (rant)

**Biff** · 29th May 2005, 21:05

I wouldn't waste the ink.
Just an excuse to check you out I'd say. No harm done, but I bet the cops catch shit loads of pissed midget smugglers doing these kind of stops.

**Rainbow Wizard** · 29th May 2005, 21:18

But did you get a badge number or name? Pity you didn't string the prick along a bit to get a longer length of hanging rope.

**Indoo** · 29th May 2005, 21:23

Originally Posted by Rainbow Wizard

But did you get a badge number or name? Pity you didn't string the prick along a bit to get a longer length of hanging rope.

Err rope for what?

Im sure his superiors will be horrified that hes pulling over cars with drunks in them at 1am in the morning.

**Ixion** · 29th May 2005, 21:32

Originally Posted by Indoo

Err rope for what?

Im sure his superiors will be horrified that hes pulling over cars with drunks in them at 1am in the morning.

OP specifically stated that driver did not drink. And the complaint was not at being pulled over, but at the fabrication of a fictitious speed offence. Would that allegation have been so quickly dropped I wonder if there had not been several witnesses ?

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th May 2005, 21:39

sorry dude but I agree with Winja - Yea matybee ya weren't speeding but he's just keepin the roads safe.
Shoe on other foot for a mo.
you're riding ya bike late one night and a drunk driver fucks up and you end up dead -cos a cop couldn't be fucked pulling him over.
I know its a pain in the ass but it might just save your life

**StoneChucker** · 29th May 2005, 21:52

It's not about the being pulled over, everyone is perfectly happy about random checks...

It's about the blatant lie to entrap you! Legally, the officer can give you a ticket if he wants to, whether you are speeding or not. Obvisouly, or I like to think so, this only happens on the extremely infrequent occasion. But the point is the officer lied.

Whats wrong with "Good evening, random licence / breath testing check. That's what the officer said to me the few times I've been pulled over.

You know me, I like cops - have nothing against them at all. Agree with random licence and alcohol checks too, so don't say I'm just bitter. I just happen to agree, that I find it very worrying that cops routinely talk shit to see what you'll say. They know that it's "flustering" to be pulled over, and may just agree to anything.

Anyone watch motorway patrol the other night, the tone with which people get spoken to is so ludicrously condescending it's just not funny.

But, can you blame them? Look at the way "we" slag off cops all the time. (I can live with the tone, but not the false statements).

**phaedrus** · 29th May 2005, 21:57

Originally Posted by spudchucka

The "complaint" is really quite pathetic and it doesn't warrant comment other than to point out its patheticness.

so, someone getting a little miffed because they have been falsely accussed is pathetic is it spud?

**Skyryder** · 29th May 2005, 22:02

Hey Spud just noticed Winj has the same avatar as yourself. Does this mean you nail him for impersonating a cop

Skyryder

**spudchucka** · 29th May 2005, 22:05

Originally Posted by phaedrus

so, someone getting a little miffed because they have been falsely accussed is pathetic is it spud?

Cop suspects someone has stolen a TV, cop says, "Where did you steal that TV from"?

Cop suspects someone was speeding, cop says, "Going a bit quick back there weren't ya"?

Cops ask all sorts of questions for all sorts of reasons, a persons reaction to a simple question can tell you alot about them and its a cops job to be nosy.

aff-man is being over senstive I'm afraid.

**spudchucka** · 29th May 2005, 22:08

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Hey Spud just noticed Winj has the same avatar as yourself. Does this mean you nail him for impersonating a cop

Skyryder

What makes you think I'm a cop?

I've been pulling your fulla's legs all this time. I'm actually an unemployed flag pole painter on a sickness benefit.

WINJA can get his cheap thrill that way if he wants, I really couldn't give a toss.

**StoneChucker** · 29th May 2005, 22:08

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Cop suspects someone has stolen a TV, cop says, "Where did you steal that TV from"?

Cop suspects someone was speeding, cop says, "Going a bit quick back there weren't ya"?

Cops ask all sorts of questions for all sorts of reasons, a persons reaction to a simple question can tell you alot about them and its a cops job to be nosy.

aff-man is being over senstive I'm afraid.

I agree mate, really I do. But, there is a difference between "Going a bit fast back there weren't ya" and "Going 84, infront of that old van"...

PS: The time I got a ticket on the way to Taupo, the cop used that exact line! ("Going a bit quick back there weren't ya"?). Do they teach that at the academy?

**phaedrus** · 29th May 2005, 22:16

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Cop suspects someone has stolen a TV, cop says, "Where did you steal that TV from"?

Cop suspects someone was speeding, cop says, "Going a bit quick back there weren't ya"?

Cops ask all sorts of questions for all sorts of reasons, a persons reaction to a simple question can tell you alot about them and its a cops job to be nosy.

aff-man is being over senstive I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by aff-man

i notice she is still at about 63km/h (just coming out of an 80 zone). So i kindly point it out to her saying there are a lot of cops about etc so she looks down and goes whoo[ps and slows down to like 52-53ish.

Originally Posted by aff-man

The officer comes over and says to us .... going a bit quiock there 84km/h.

yes, it's their job to be nosy - but could you tell me where the 84Km/h could have come from? Why not just "going a bit quick there"

call me over sensitive if you want but I would take a cop saying "you were doing [insert speed over the limet] " as an accusation and would expect the the follow up of tickets and fines.
[edit] forgot the bit about the van