Police killing us again!

**Kiwi675** · 19th April 2010, 08:57

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-sto...nd-police-car/

**scott411** · 19th April 2010, 08:58

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...RIp-Paul-Brown

**MSTRS:Me** · 19th April 2010, 09:08

"The officer has activated his blue and red emergency lights and sirens and begun a turning manoeuvre to follow the offending vehicle as a motorcycle came over the brow of a hill and collided with the turning patrol car."

The cardinal sin (yet again) of doing shit in a blind spot...
How many times/investigations must there be, before a clear instruction is given..."Do not stop or turn without several hundred metres clear road in both directions"

**CookMySock** · 19th April 2010, 09:09

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

**Bulldog** · 19th April 2010, 09:10

His expert Police training taught him well not to turn across the road right after a crest :/ numbnuts. He will have to live with his actions for the rest of his life.

**MSTRS:Me** · 19th April 2010, 09:12

Actually, this might be a good time to suggest that cops take the Hippocratic oath..."First, DO NO HARM"

**Fatjim** · 19th April 2010, 09:14

Of course there's two sides to the story. Looking forward to Scummy's take on this.

**Grahameeboy** · 19th April 2010, 09:16

Maybe we should let the case be investigated first...how far was the brow of the hill from the accident? We don't know yet.
Police are human too and whilst we expect they have a higher duty of care...they are not hypocrites if they make a mistake which car drivers and bikers do all the time so I guess we are all hypocrites at some stage.

**Slyer** · 19th April 2010, 09:23

Speed kills...

**Grahameeboy** · 19th April 2010, 09:26

So do cigarettes..............

**CookMySock** · 19th April 2010, 09:28

It is interesting to note the rider had no opportunity to take evasive action, yet he will be among the most qualified among us to do so.

How difficult then it must be to swerve a fast-moving bike around an incident on the road.

Steve

**Usarka** · 19th April 2010, 09:29

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Maybe we should let the case be investigated first...how far was the brow of the hill from the accident? We don't know yet.
Police are human too and whilst we expect they have a higher duty of care...they are not hypocrites if they make a mistake which car drivers and bikers do all the time so I guess we are all hypocrites at some stage.

The quote from the road policing manager is probably a good place to start.....

"The officer has activated his blue and red emergency lights and sirens and begun a turning manoeuvre to follow the offending vehicle as a motorcycle came over the brow of a hill and collided with the turning patrol car."

**steve_t** · 19th April 2010, 09:45

I guess the LEO got all excited about the speeding cage and didn't think about where he was in relation to the brow. How many accidents will it take before the po-po get clued up on (or banned from) doing u-turns. At least the reporting didn't insinuate that the motorcyclist was possibly in the wrong this time

**Grahameeboy** · 19th April 2010, 09:46

Originally Posted by Usarka

The quote from the road policing manager is probably a good place to start.....

"The officer has activated his blue and red emergency lights and sirens and begun a turning manoeuvre to follow the offending vehicle as a motorcycle came over the brow of a hill and collided with the turning patrol car."

True but detail is required...