Sneaky sneaky policeman

[strandedinnz]

He's hiding in the bushes at the top of Nelson street in Auckland with a video camera .. hunting the greater spotted red light jumpers I think :-)

[manxkiwi]

If that is what he's doing, I say good. I'd rather red light cameras all over the place than speed cameras. Running a red is totaly dangerous every time. Speeding is bit more grey.

[Swoop]

I object to this behaviour completely!

Take away his camera and give him a 12g shotgun with solid projectiles. Shoot every vehicle that runs a red light!

Fuckin' red light running scum.

[Akzle]

i had this theory - that red lights activate a pendulum/ 18T wrecking ball that sweeps the intersection, probably triggered just between orange and red for those "i can make it" types.

i think collins would be on my side for this... plus there'd be a heap of car spares available at the corners of every intersection...

probably have to have high pressure hoses, too, to wash the aucklander out of them, though.

[HenryDorsetCase]

i had this theory - that red lights activate a pendulum/ 18T wrecking ball that sweeps the intersection, probably triggered just between orange and red for those "i can make it" types.

i think collins would be on my side for this... plus there'd be a heap of car spares available at the corners of every intersection...

probably have to have high pressure hoses, too, to wash the aucklander out of them, though.

Some might say that it would be the first wash in weeks for the majority of Aucklanders.

rather than pendulums (too slow) something like the electric or steam powered catapults that launch jet fighters off of carriers would be good. No arguing with those.

[Akzle]

Some might say that it would be the first wash in weeks for the majority of Aucklanders.

rather than pendulums (too slow) something like the electric or steam powered catapults that launch jet fighters off of carriers would be good. No arguing with those.

i did contemplate a trebouchet and/or slingshot, but the mechanics got a bit tricky, plus the associated maintenance costs...
(and where would you fling them? bit of an air traffic hazard.)

[fyrgem]

i did contemplate a trebouchet and/or slingshot, but the mechanics got a bit tricky, plus the associated maintenance costs...
(and where would you fling them? bit of an air traffic hazard.)

Just have the orange light activate a barrier at the lights, like the ones in US that fire steel poles up from the ground. That'll stop 'em in their tracks!

[McFatty1000]

Have to admit, people would only have to see it once in action to never run red lights again. Even spikes would change peoples minds pretty quickly

[Road kill]

Some might say that it would be the first wash in weeks for the majority of Aucklanders.

rather than pendulums (too slow) something like the electric or steam powered catapults that launch jet fighters off of carriers would be good. No arguing with those.

I wash twice every week Mofo.

[McFatty1000]

I wash twice every week Mofo.

Consider yourself one of the few then?

[paturoa]

Good on them. About time too, if that is what was actually happening.

This realy pisses me off from another perspective. For a few years there have been many people every morning and evening, sometimes several on the same road, with expensive video cameras, filming hideous abuse of bus lanes. Oh the horror! Imagine the danger of some a'hole cager using a bus lane.

But seriously they wouldn't have to hide in the bushes as the red light runners are everywhere. Oh and can they film the tail gaters while they're at it.

[vifferman]

The orofice I work in overlooks an intersection in D'Auckland. It's not super busy, but at the beginning/end of the day, lunchtimes, etc., there's a fair traffic flow through it. I'd say at a rough estimate, less than 10% stop at the stop sign onto the busy (2 lanes each way) road. A cop with a video camera sitting there for 30 minutes could fill his year's quota of "public contacts" writng up and mailing out tickets. Then again, maybe (given that so many cars just blow through the intersection as if it's a give way) the stop signs should be ripped out and 'Give Way' signs cemented in...

[Grizzo]

They are sneaky fuckers, but this case, the sneakydom is warranted.

[Berries]

The orofice I work in overlooks an intersection in D'Auckland. It's not super busy, but at the beginning/end of the day, lunchtimes, etc., there's a fair traffic flow through it. I'd say at a rough estimate, less than 10% stop at the stop sign onto the busy (2 lanes each way) road. A cop with a video camera sitting there for 30 minutes could fill his year's quota of "public contacts" writng up and mailing out tickets. Then again, maybe (given that so many cars just blow through the intersection as if it's a give way) the stop signs should be ripped out and 'Give Way' signs cemented in...

You have got to ask, if 10% of the cars don't stop, and they don't crash, is the stop sign required? I would suggest not. If failing to give way at an intersection was enforced hard, like twelve month ban for causing a crash hard, then there would not be any need for stop signs anyway. If the visibility is so bad that you have to stop to see then you have to stop to see. If it isn't, you don't. Too many stop signs are just bullshit to appease some moaner or as a result of a complete dickhead failing to give way. Rip them all out, let Darwin manage the road rules.

[Road kill]

It just makes it easier to proportion blame when somebody does fuck up an cause a crash.
If there's a standard rule in place the cops can point the finger with little argument and your insurance pays out sooner as well.
It's not as if the intersection rules are policed very hard anyway.