Wanker Cop

[ManDownUnder]

You cleaver illiot

that's crever... "CREVER!"

irriiot!
[edit] "PIRROCK" [/edit]

MDU

[Blackbird]

Yeah, there are some asshole cops around welly at the moment.
The ones on bikes are the worst

Not the one who helped me lane split and get through rush hour traffic from just south of Raumati South to get to the ferry on time - he was a great guy!

[marty]

Thats why some cops don't like to test people wanting to know if they are alright to drive. If they have a crash and are found to have alcohol in their system then they start spouting that a cop said he was alright to drive, (who would be the wanker then?).

Bottom line is if you think you need to be tested before driving then you probably shouldn't drive at all.

we used to put 1000 cars a day thru checkpoints, and we NEVER breath tested people who came up to us and said 'i've been drinking - can you see if i'm ok to drive?' if the person fails, should he then have his keys taken and be forbidden for 12 hours? if they pass - say a fail youth - and you say 'it's a fail youth' - they think 'i'm ok for another beer, THEN i'll drive', they get stopped, fail, and bleat all the way to court that they were breath tested and told they were ok to drive.
bottom line is. if you're the designated driver, and you've been drinking, then you obviously have zero respect for your mates, and you deserve to be told to fuck off and walk.

[Da Bird]

we used to put 1000 cars a day thru checkpoints, and we NEVER breath tested people who came up to us and said 'i've been drinking - can you see if i'm ok to drive?' if the person fails, should he then have his keys taken and be forbidden for 12 hours? if they pass - say a fail youth - and you say 'it's a fail youth' - they think 'i'm ok for another beer, THEN i'll drive', they get stopped, fail, and bleat all the way to court that they were breath tested and told they were ok to drive.
bottom line is. if you're the designated driver, and you've been drinking, then you obviously have zero respect for your mates, and you deserve to be told to fuck off and walk.

In our patch, we are now taking keys off anyone who "Fails Youth", even if they are an adult, precisely for the above reason... if we let them go, knowing they have alcohol in their system, then they crash and kill someone, someone will want to know why we let them go.

BC.

[chris]

AND he was under the limit.....don't forget that bit

Erm, how did he know that he was under the limit?

On the way to the car i saw a motorcycle cop pull up and just sit there doing nothing. I went up to him and asked if he could do a breath test so that i can be sure i am arite to drive home.

If the policeman had not been there, would you have just got in and driven anyway? Your statement seems to suggest that you would have done. You obviously not sure whether you were in a fit state to drive.

I am not getting on a moral high horse here, but I would not have got in the car with you.

[spudchucka]

In our patch, we are now taking keys off anyone who "Fails Youth", even if they are an adult, precisely for the above reason... if we let them go, knowing they have alcohol in their system, then they crash and kill someone, someone will want to know why we let them go.

BC.

And that would just be another scandal for Lou and Co to bleat about!

[WINJA]

In our patch, we are now taking keys off anyone who "Fails Youth", even if they are an adult, precisely for the above reason... if we let them go, knowing they have alcohol in their system, then they crash and kill someone, someone will want to know why we let them go.

BC.

HAVE TO AGREE

[scumdog]

AND he was under the limit.....don't forget that bit.

Must get one of those intuitive devices that tell me I'm under the limit- and by how much!!

[N4CR]

If I was designated driver/rider (I don't even have a cage liscence) I wouldn't drink full stop...

I think 250learna was trying to gauge how much he would have had to drink before he was over the limit, in order to keep it safe - might have been an 'out of interest' type idea.
I don't think he intended to drive drunk at all but was curious to see what sort of reading the amount he had consumed would give.

And I agree with bikey cop... best policy. If you guys let someone go who was under the limit but still a decent reading who crashes and it got into the media 'all hell breaks loose' and it's cop bashing time again.

[Biff]

Thanks to the cops here for explaining why they don't like to test people that ask. I guess it all makes sense when you put a funny hat/helmet on.

[Wolf]

In our patch, we are now taking keys off anyone who "Fails Youth", even if they are an adult, precisely for the above reason... if we let them go, knowing they have alcohol in their system, then they crash and kill someone, someone will want to know why we let them go.

BC.

HAVE TO AGREE

That's going in my diary!

[WINJA]

That's going in my diary!

I DONT THINK ITS LEGALLY RIGHT I JUST THINK ITS MORALLY RIGHT , BUT ITS EASY FOR ME TO SAY AS I DRINK NO ALCOHOL AT ALL

[Sniper]

That's a bit daft of him. Isn't accident/crime prevention better than cure/arrest?

I've apprached a cop with the same question before and he actually got on his radio to a colleague of his that had a kit. His colleague drove to where I was just to meet me and test me. I passed (2 glasses of wine). But he did warn about the fact that although I may be legally ok then 5-10 minutes later after my body absorbed more alchomohol I may not have been.

Surprised he didnt stop you there and then. A welsh accent is hard to discern from a drunk slur. Hehe (PT)

[Wolf]

Surprised he didnt stop you there and then. A welsh accent is hard to discern from a drunk slur. Hehe (PT)

I'll be watching this thread closely from now on - I see an ideal opportunity to learn some Welsh obscenities...

[Wolf]

I DONT THINK ITS LEGALLY RIGHT I JUST THINK ITS MORALLY RIGHT , BUT ITS EASY FOR ME TO SAY AS I DRINK NO ALCOHOL AT ALL

Seriously, good on ya. I'm in agreement, too.

I do drink, but not if I'm the group's DD and if I think there's a chance I'll be driving I'll have a couple of drinks early in the evening of a good long night out and stick with non-alcoholic drinks thereafter to give my body time to metabolise what little I've drunk.

I don't need alcohol to have a great night out - at some of the best parties I've attended the only "psychotropic" drugs to be had were caffeine and nicotine. We all had a great time and it cost sod all without the expense of alcohol - and the witty comments actually were witty; they didn't just seem to be witty because you were drunk enough to try to belch the National Anthem.