Well done Mr Policeman Te Awamutu.

[scumdog]

Small town, big crime

Andrew writes: "I would just like to thank the 'friendly' police officer in Te Awamutu who unleashed a verbal tirade at my 75-year-old parents on Tuesday this week for the horrendous crime of driving too slowly through his town while they tried to find the motel they were staying at that night. You will be pleased to know you managed to ruin the rest of their day, and the next time they look to support a small town by staying overnight, you can rest assured that it won't be Te Awamutu."

Can't help but think this was a verbal warning that was retold a little differently...

Possibly - but it wouldn't have made for such a good rant.

[Berries]

Fuck. Te Awamutu has got a motel?

[steve_t]

I hope that if I get really old and my reactions get slow, I'll still have the presence of mind to realise if I'm holding up traffic behind me and pull over to the left to allow them to pass. If I haven't got the mental capacity to be aware of what's around me when I'm looking around for something, it's probably time to hand in the licence

[tigertim20]

The old twits should learn to pull over and sort themselves out and so should the twat of a son. You don't get to fuck everyone else off because you can follow direction or are to cheap or old to invest in a GPS.

Well done Mr Policeman
Robbed from sideswipe this morning.

hmmm tis always another side to the story though.

I recall a few years ago, a middle aged bloke and his wife were ticketed for riving too slowly between Blenheim and Picton. Copper wrote them a ticket even after the fella driving explained.

his explanation?
His wife had been released from hospital that day and was very sore. she had a couple hundred internal stitches and he was trying to make the drive as comfortable as possible for her.
He had been pulling over whenever he could to let traffic pass.

He did write in and get off the ticket, made headlines and the officer got a bollocking over it.