Street races and the cops.

[Waylander]

All these complaints about speeding kills and the higher and higher concentration of cops out on the roads with thier little speed checking toys.

What I want to know is this. Every weekend nights here out on Te Rapa, all the boy racers in thier jap imports, their Holdens and what not all gather and park up on the side of the street and start drag racing. Last friday night the cars parked up were about taking up 1.5ks and 3 rows deep. All of them racing at some point. How come the cops never roll up to these spots in numbers and start handing out tickets?

I gaurentee they will fill thier yearly quota in one night of this. Speed infringments, non warrented cars, peaple carrying passengers on restricted/learners liscense, being out past curfew time on restricted/learners liscense.

If they want to say speeding is a dangerous thing how come they don't do anything about it where it really matters?

[marty]

it's like this. all the traffic cops go home at 0200. 0300 at the latest.
if you knew how few cop cars were on the road after then, and the drunken shit they are dealing with when the pubs roll out at the south end at 0300, you'd realise why the boy racers are last in line of being picked on.

[Waylander]

This was at 10pm mate.

[onearmedbandit]

The police have had the same problem down here, known meeting areas. The problem is they break up the 'meeting', get a few tickets dealt with etc but the majority just move on to a new area. Could almost be they've decided that's the 'safest' place for 'em.

(I know that's more than likely not the case, but there is a chance.)

[marty]

ok. handover to night shift at 1030. basically no-one on the road. hamilton city is seriously understaffed.

[Motu]

I've always wondered - for decades - why Cops don't target pub car parks.If you want to hit drink driving start at the source.But oh no,stay away from there,that's harrasment.Get tough my arse.

[Waylander]

Would it help them then if I went out there and started writing down rego numbers? Or would they say the same thing they did when I called them that night, "Not enough officers avalilable." Should only take a few to track down rego numbers and issue tickets.

[Zed]

These type meetings have been taking place for years and years up here in Auckland, I can remember attending a few out South Ak way in my younger days and they can get totally out of control, especially when the drink/drugs element gets involved, which it does every time! Some years back a local resident drove his tractor into a few of the would-be racers and a bunch of them followed him back to his house where there was a big dust up, was in the newspapers and all.

I think the police are aware of these drags and the locations too, I have heard of them breaking up the meets from time to time, not sure what's happening down there in Hamilton though?

[onearmedbandit]

You're right Zed, these events have been going on for years. In fact as long as people have been modifying cars. And it will go on as long as people can still modify cars. Sheeesh, I've even attended a few myself.

[loosebruce]

ok. handover to night shift at 1030. basically no-one on the road. hamilton city is seriously understaffed.

Fuck! I'm in the wrong city, time to move me thinks......... Dss3 got a spare bed mate, no not yours ya bitch.

[dss3]

Fuck! I'm in the wrong city, time to move me thinks......... Dss3 got a spare bed mate, no not yours ya bitch.

Pffft, you couldn't get me that drunk!

[Karma]

Would it help them then if I went out there and started writing down rego numbers? Or would they say the same thing they did when I called them that night, "Not enough officers avalilable." Should only take a few to track down rego numbers and issue tickets.

I'd advise against it. As a bike at a car gathering you'd stand out like a sore thumb anyways.

Then when they all started getting tickets they'd know it was you. I'd imagine if they didn't find and kick the shit outta you they'd see your bike at some point and tear it to pieces.

It is really worth the hassle of a load of boy racers giving you crap so that the fuzz can make a bit more tax money?

[Waylander]

If it gets them off the backroads where I go and play? Yes.

[onearmedbandit]

Then they might start complaining about those pesky bikes tearing up and down their 'play area'!!

[Waylander]

I meant, if it keeps the cops off my playground lol.