Listen up y'all civilians: Do as we say not as we do...

[Blackshear]

like always obey speed limits. (regardless of any require urgency._

Seen quite a few of your brethren out west casually plodding along at 60-65, makes my trips quicker and less anxious. Thumbs up!

Best ones are ambo's on busy motorways...

[Usarka]

Perhaps she was a smarmy bitch on a power trip... but there's no way I'm taking what is (not even) printed in a newspaper as gospel on any subject.

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[scumdog]

I really don't give a rat's that she was talking on the phone, she possibly had to make an appointment to get her nails done.

I do think that chasing them down to stop them & tell them not to be pulling faces at her was a couple of steps over the line.

She could have just thought "ah a busybody with no clue about the law hahahaha" and gone on her way. But then again how would that give her an opportunity to wield the power of the force?

Waaay too much common sense to be in a KB thread, 10 black marks for YOU!

[scumdog]

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You could put any other KBers name in there and still be right on the mark

[imdying]

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Sorry, missed the question mark after 'not even'.

[pete376403]

Bad apple are one thing but talking on a cell phone while driving is not an indication of one.

So police are safe doing this (because legislation says so), but nearly 12,000 other people are not safe (cos legislation say so).

Brillliant, all the government needs to do is pass legislation saying everything is safe and the road toll will drop to nothing

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...tickets-issued

[jazfender]

Eh the pig's a pig but also: fuck that guy. He got so upset about it he went to The Herald.

He's the dude that calls noise control on primary school discos, monitors other peoples' lives and writes to the TV guide.

Also known as a bitch.

[RDJ]

Police blame cellphones as road toll rises - Tuesday Jul 21, 2009

""The number of fatal crashes on Auckland roads has risen sharply after a two-year lull, and police say cellphone use is partly to blame.

Fifty-four people have been killed this year in the region - just one down on the toll for the whole of 2008 and seven fewer than in 2007.

Crash investigators say they have anecdotal evidence that more and more motorists are talking and texting on cellphones while behind the wheel.

Auckland City road policing manager Inspector Gavin Macdonald said the dangers of using a cellphone while driving were clear.

"If something happens, like a child walks out in front of a car, you have only a couple of milliseconds to react, and when you are on the phone it's even worse."

Mr Macdonald had also noticed an increase in pedestrians killed crossing the road while talking on the phone.

The law does not explicitly forbid a person from talking or texting while driving, though police can enforce the Land Transport Act if a driver's cellphone use is reckless or dangerous.

Constable Gareth Hartley of the Otara motorcycle patrol said the police bottom line was that cellphone use was "a no-no".""

[DrunkenMistake]

All your doing is quoting what was said,
are you going to also argue that the police can not exceed more than 5km over the speed limit if in pursuit or on their way to an emergency because there are stats that say speed kills and people speeding in sign posted areas are more likely to cause an incident due to the lack of time to react?

I have said this time and time again,
The police do their Job like everybody else, and picking out one bad apple then calling them all bad apples would be like me going up to a Muslim and calling him/her a terrorist because a bad few blew some shit up.

I work in a dead end job yes, and I do my job daily to the level that is required of me and usually a little bit more, but I do have days where I just dont follow the rules set before me, wither its safety rules, customer service rules IE swearing on the floor etc, or just simply doing something like not tucking my shirt in. It doesn't mean because I have chosen to ignore the set rules that every single person working in the same industry as myself are untidy, unsafe, and plain outrageous.

If you dont like what happens then take off your nice 'clean' shoes, and try somebody else's on for size, Become a cop, then Ill listen to your whine.

[RDJ]

QUOTE=DrunkenMistake

All your doing is quoting what was said, are you going to also argue that the police can not exceed more than 5km over the speed limit if in pursuit or on their way to an emergency because there are stats that say speed kills and people speeding in sign posted areas are more likely to cause an incident due to the lack of time to react?

No - that's your strawman argument, not mine.

I have said this time and time again, the police do their Job like everybody else, and picking out one bad apple then calling them all bad apples would

...be neither logical nor a good idea and I am not doing that.

If you dont like what happens then take off your nice 'clean' shoes, and try somebody else's on for size, Become a cop, then Ill listen to your whine.

You have no obligation to read what I post. The original post was for the reason I titled it; i.e. where we road-users are basically told that even when there is no emergency* it is safe for the police to talk on the phone but life-threateningly unsafe for the rest of us. *I assume during an emergency response the police driver would not be talking on his/her cellphone.

[Smifffy]

Eh the pig's a pig but also: fuck that guy. He got so upset about it he went to The Herald.

He's the dude that calls noise control on primary school discos, monitors other peoples' lives and writes to the TV guide.

Also known as a bitch.

The herald seem to have a 'thing' about cellphones in cars.

[tigertim20]

All your doing is quoting what was said,
are you going to also argue that the police can not exceed more than 5km over the speed limit if in pursuit or on their way to an emergency because there are stats that say speed kills and people speeding in sign posted areas are more likely to cause an incident due to the lack of time to react?

I have said this time and time again,
The police do their Job like everybody else, and picking out one bad apple then calling them all bad apples would be like me going up to a Muslim and calling him/her a terrorist because a bad few blew some shit up.

I work in a dead end job yes, and I do my job daily to the level that is required of me and usually a little bit more, but I do have days where I just dont follow the rules set before me, wither its safety rules, customer service rules IE swearing on the floor etc, or just simply doing something like not tucking my shirt in. It doesn't mean because I have chosen to ignore the set rules that every single person working in the same industry as myself are untidy, unsafe, and plain outrageous.

If you dont like what happens then take off your nice 'clean' shoes, and try somebody else's on for size, Become a cop, then Ill listen to your whine.

so you admit you are responsible for 'lowering the tone'?

[DrunkenMistake]

so you admit you are responsible for 'lowering the tone'?

Haha yah wouldnt surprise me!

[scumdog]

So police are safe doing this (because legislation says so), but nearly 12,000 other people are not safe (cos legislation say so).

Brillliant, all the government needs to do is pass legislation saying everything is safe and the road toll will drop to nothing

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...tickets-issued

Well I guess some cops are only as sharp as the 'average' person - but there's an large (and I don't mean Fat Max) element of society waay worse and are incapable to driving properly - even before they get a cell-phone in their clammy little paw...so I guess the law-makers took THEM into account when making the law...


And you knew that anyway, eh!

[tigertim20]

Well I guess some cops are only as sharp as the 'average' person - but there's an large (and I don't mean Fat Max) element of society waay worse and are incapable to driving properly - even before they get a cell-phone in their clammy little paw...so I guess the law-makers took THEM into account when making the law...


And you knew that anyway, eh!

I agree to a point, but I have seen a few pretty poor pieces of driving by cops too. If its for the sake of doing their job, I dont see an issue with it, you buggers do a cunt of a job Ive no desire to do, and if it help yas to catch cunts that steal bikes, more the better!