Rent a cop?

[kiwi cowboy]

Who here thinks this is a good idea???.

I interested in peoples thoughts.

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/1523...roads-bridges/

I do see an advantage in it being the vehicles that never get a warrent and are'nt roadworthy bein caught through more inspectors.

I also see a posible major problem of there being a bunch of little nazi's contracted to the gubberment stopping everybody they can and WILL probably have a "performance target".
If their having a bad run "IE" not able to ticket anybody these buggers could try and ticket you for bugger all and then you would have to spend time and money fighting it.

Not to mention the possible time wasted potentially every day you go somewere.

[Zamiam]

Terrible bloody idea although I might setup a company to do it. Almost certainly the ticket writers will share in the ticket revenue so will end up stopping as many people as possible.

[rastuscat]

Woo hoo......

Hire me !!!! At least then I could just do the job, and people wouldn't expect me to be a bloody social worker as well.

[nzspokes]

Cool, good way to get rid of some of those overpaid police officers....

[FJRider]

I also see a posible major problem of there being a bunch of little nazi's contracted to the gubberment stopping everybody they can and WILL probably have a "performance target".

You mean a company like NZTA ... ????

[FJRider]

Woo hoo......

Hire me !!!! At least then I could just do the job, and people wouldn't expect me to be a bloody social worker as well.

You tell us your problems (sympathy is our middle name) ... why can't WE tell you ours ... ???

[bogan]

What the giveth with one hand, they taketh with the other.

Fucking dodgy looking van like mine will get pulled over every bloody time I go past one. And how much of a check can they do? anything over 5mins is going to fuck with peoples schedules, and anything under is only good for a tyre wear check.

muppets

[Akzle]

Who here thinks this is a good idea???...

... i saw this three days ago. wondered how long before someone would start a thread.

the government legislating private corporations to have the same "authority" as the police to forcibly detain people, what could go wrong?

if you don't stop for them, will they phone the police for backup?

this is a fucking stupid idea, your govenrment trying to get another foot on your neck (while saving the almighty budget)
-edit-
and OP, you are right. private corporations are in the profitable business, of, well, profitable business.

if it floats, it will not end well.

[FJRider]

Terrible bloody idea although I might setup a company to do it. Almost certainly the ticket writers will share in the ticket revenue so will end up stopping as many people as possible.

Only if they get their quota ...

[kiwi cowboy]

You mean a company like NZTA ... ????

Possabily worse than them in some ways as they would be driven by targets and profit.

[kiwi cowboy]

... i saw this three days ago. wondered how long before someone would start a thread.

the government legislating private corporations to have the same "authority" as the police to forcibly detain people, what could go wrong?

if you don't stop for them, will they phone the police for backup?

this is a fucking stupid idea, your govenrment trying to get another foot on your neck (while saving the almighty budget)
-edit-
and OP, you are right. private corporations are in the profitable business, of, well, profitable business.

if it floats, it will not end well.

The private corporations acording to that document i read says the private peeps would be contracted by gubberment so not sure who would take the profits.

1-The private business which would mean they would be out to screw everybody for as much as they can get away with including dodgy tickets which would be up to you to fight at your cost.

2-the gubberment which could mean pressure from them to hit targets so they get there cut plus pressure from there bosses to make a return\profit for there company.

[FJRider]

Possibly worse than them in some ways as they would be driven by targets and profit.

Considering ... a few law changes need to be made for it to happen in the first place ... as it is proposed. The simplest solution would be having a Police officer stopping the traffic .... and writing tickets. The contractor just doing the testing.

Your gate way would be perfect ...

[Nova.]

how long before the first one gets punched over you reckon?
do they have the same laws as cops in reguards to assualt

[Akzle]

The private corporations acording to that document i read says the private peeps would be contracted by gubberment so not sure who would take the profits.

well, you can guarantee that the company would need profit. (otherwise it's a charity, innit) a government can operate at a running loss (just check out NZs), a company can not. so, it either needs to be paid enough by the govt to cover it's expenses, inflation, employees, capital etc, or it needs to collect that from the citizenry.

it stands to reason, that for a company to get the tender, they would need to be able to operate more efficiently than the current road-land revenue (police), then the roading budget would be cut from the PO and the lesser amount paid to the company.
then the company (not the govt-police-taxpayers) would be responsible for paying to take people to court/ debt collection, thus ensuring that the company recoups it's costs, and pays the govt for the privilege of using it's courts.

of course, we could just execute all the lawyers, put the judges on a raft and make people sort their own fucking problems out...

[bogan]

how long before the first one gets punched over you reckon?
do they have the same laws as cops in reguards to assualt

I don't think it would happen, why bother stopping if you were just going to punch the plonker. Unless it was an arm out the window at you drove past, but that would fucking hurt!