Unmarked police bikes in Perth

[Ulsterkiwi]

mighta been me. chopsticks and all.

i text too.

total "was not a factor" in ax' MVA to date: txting, speeding, alcohol impairment, fiddling with the radio/missus, rolling joints, doing spots, LSD...

this guy drove a Kia and looked really really sad, you did come to Wellington recently didn't you?

[rastuscat]

Brillent idea!

"Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich said the new fleet of unmarked bikes would strongly target inattentive driving, which he described as an “unacceptable phenomena.”

"A trial of unmarked police motorbikes 12 months ago saw officers issue a staggering 1300 infringements for people using their mobile phones and more than 200 infringements notices for people not wearing their seatbelts in just four weeks"

Lets just hope the NZ popo take note of the Aussie popo's targeting ACTUAL! AND BLATANT!! ROAD SAFETY ISSUE'S!!...and with the figures shown above...they could even keep there greedy Govt's revenue collection plans flowing, with the side effect of making an ACTUAL impact to road safety!...instead of just pissing off 99% of the nation with there current BS campaign on 1k over "speeding"


...plus Rastuscat and the boys could get some cool new toys to race!....I mean..."use"

Watched it yesterday. Cool. I see stuff every day which people tell me I didn't see.

One of my troops has a cellphone focus. Best he's done is 14 in one day. He tops the district cellphone stats. It's easy on a bike, even a big yellow and blue one.

One of the others has a seatbelt and stop sign focus. He writes more seatbelt tickets than anyone else in our district every year.

The third one can't make his mind up, so he's good at both, just not as focused.

The Chur Chur Popo motorcyclists focus on seatbelts, traffic lights, stop signs and cellphones. And driving like a knob, quite a common offence down here.

I'll mention to the boss about plain bikes. They look cheaper than the Teutonic monsters we have just now, so maybe it'll fly.

[willytheekid]

Watched it yesterday. Cool. I see stuff every day which people tell me I didn't see.

One of my troops has a cellphone focus. Best he's done is 14 in one day. He tops the district cellphone stats. It's easy on a bike, even a big yellow and blue one.

One of the others has a seatbelt and stop sign focus. He writes more seatbelt tickets than anyone else in our district every year.

The third one can't make his mind up, so he's good at both, just not as focused.

The Chur Chur Popo motorcyclists focus on seatbelts, traffic lights, stop signs and cellphones. And driving like a knob, quite a common offence down here.

I'll mention to the boss about plain bikes. They look cheaper than the Teutonic monsters we have just now, so maybe it'll fly.

AWESOME!
...I do hear the new supercharged Kawasaki H2r's are great on fuel!(and high on fun!)...just the tool for the job me thinks

It is a bloody great idea tho...plus!...it might make the average road user notice motorcycles more (And we can ALL pretend to be popo!)


ps...Tell ya boss if there short on funds for new bikes...WE can help raise funds for said bikes...benefits us all in the end, and we are all riders (And KBers)...community spirt & all that ...just a thought!

[Big Dog]

Watched it yesterday. Cool. I see stuff every day which people tell me I didn't see.

One of my troops has a cellphone focus. Best he's done is 14 in one day. He tops the district cellphone stats. It's easy on a bike, even a big yellow and blue one.

One of the others has a seatbelt and stop sign focus. He writes more seatbelt tickets than anyone else in our district every year.

The third one can't make his mind up, so he's good at both, just not as focused.

The Chur Chur Popo motorcyclists focus on seatbelts, traffic lights, stop signs and cellphones. And driving like a knob, quite a common offence down here.

I'll mention to the boss about plain bikes. They look cheaper than the Teutonic monsters we have just now, so maybe it'll fly.

In the last few years I have caught people:
* masturbating, many times and both genders - Not everyone fumbling in their laps has a cell phone there. Watch out for females with a tiny remote in their hands and a big smile.
* reading newspapers or other physical mediums.
* reading from a kindle... using a steering wheel mount to make it hands free...
* Sexting - Trying to take selfie upskirts etc
* writing - Pen and paper, stylus and tablet etc.
* getting some head in the cue for the motorway... yea not too many reasons a jacket bobs up and down like that.
* drinking alcohol.
* Smoking drugs.
* winding tapes back with a pencil.
* talking on a cellphone - usually with it held almost to their lips as if they are taking a bite from a cookie...
* playing tug o war with the dog in the passenger seat.

Oh the humanity.
Yes I have *555 the worst offenders. I'd rarely make it to work at all if I called in everyone.

[ellipsis]

... saw a pic of one if their bikes...KTM with the full on motard look...wouldn't that be a cunt...being booked by someone on a Motard...

[Berries]

2:20 looked like an unnecessary display of acceleration to me.

[Big Dog]

2:20 looked like an unnecessary display of acceleration to me.

I would have thought if you were going to pick on their riding you would point out that he crosses a raised median form the wrong side of the road before that...

[SPman]

... saw a pic of one if their bikes...KTM with the full on motard look...wouldn't that be a cunt...being booked by someone on a Motard...

Also Honda CB500Rs. Also CB650s,Yamaha Teneres and maybe an MT 09. They've got radios and lights so they can pull you over. The trial they had 'twas with satandard bikes, so the regular wapol had to stop the drivers and ticket them. Most of the bike cops here seem to be using Contour cameras.

[R650R]

In the last few years I have caught people...

You voyeur lol...

I thought I'd seen a fair few dodgy things from the truck till I saw the infamous Pajero woman at about 2 am one morning. The most disturbing thing was a patrol car with its lights off pulled away from her before she entered the motorway at Ramarama....

I was going to *555 her as DUI, all over the lanes and neatly hit the barrier, must have just been when she was undressing while driving and tooling up....

Anyway I pulled alongside and Jesus Christ what a show she put on, gave up on the phone, no way I cold subject a poor innocent rookie Auckland cop to seeing that. It was bad enough that I had to see it.... Warned a truck ahead on the CB, oh yeah bro sweet as, already seen that show before lol

[Murray]

Watched it yesterday. Cool. I see stuff every day which people tell me I didn't see.

One of my troops has a cellphone focus. Best he's done is 14 in one day. He tops the district cellphone stats. It's easy on a bike, even a big yellow and blue one.

One of the others has a seatbelt and stop sign focus. He writes more seatbelt tickets than anyone else in our district every year.

The third one can't make his mind up, so he's good at both, just not as focused.

The Chur Chur Popo motorcyclists focus on seatbelts, traffic lights, stop signs and cellphones. And driving like a knob, quite a common offence down here.

I'll mention to the boss about plain bikes. They look cheaper than the Teutonic monsters we have just now, so maybe it'll fly.

Do any focus on real crime. Had a bag snatcher thwarted by staff last night (had all her diabetes medicine in bag, could have been serious)- response "nothing taken so heres a number if you want to refer too" no police getting description, nothing, not even a visit??

[R650R]

Do any focus on real crime. Had a bag snatcher thwarted by staff last night (had all her diabetes medicine in bag, could have been serious)- response "nothing taken so heres a number if you want to refer too" no police getting description, nothing, not even a visit??

If you'd phoned CRL they'd get passed a description and keep a look out.
There's so much happening they can't be responding in person to every minor event. It's not like your five mins chatting with Columbo is going to end a major crime spree.
Think of it like the emergency dept at hospital, depending on your injury you somewhere between a nurse and a surgeon. Your bag snatching that nearly was is like walking I to ED and demanding a surgeon hand you a plaster for a paper cut.

[Murray]

If you'd phoned CRL they'd get passed a description and keep a look out.
There's so much happening they can't be responding in person to every minor event. It's not like your five mins chatting with Columbo is going to end a major crime spree.
Think of it like the emergency dept at hospital, depending on your injury you somewhere between a nurse and a surgeon. Your bag snatching that nearly was is like walking I to ED and demanding a surgeon hand you a plaster for a paper cut.

Fair enough but when rastus goes through the focus of a number off poppo and its all vehicle related you start wondering??

[R650R]

Fair enough but when rastus goes through the focus of a number off poppo and its all vehicle related you start wondering??

Not when he's a bike cop and likely fulltime highway duties along with his immediate colleagues...

[Berries]

I would have thought if you were going to pick on their riding you would point out that he crosses a raised median form the wrong side of the road before that...

I was being a smart arse. If I was serious I would ask how many crashes are prevented by giving people tickets for using their mobile phone while the car is stationary? I get the seat belts, you never know when someone else is going to fuck up and hit you, but using a phone while stationary and failing to stop at a stop sign when you can see perfectly well that there are no vehicles approaching are two of things that make me think the easy option is being taken. Tickets, contacts, revenue yes. Reducing crashes? Mmm, not so sure. If the traffic wasn't stationary I might think differently.

Getting back to riding over the median, being an unmarked bike nobody will think it was a policeman so it will be just more fodder for the anti brigade. Then again, if you weren't meant to ride over them they shouldn't build them with mountable kerb should they?

[Big Dog]

I was being a smart arse. If I was serious I would ask how many crashes are prevented by giving people tickets for using their mobile phone while the car is stationary? I get the seat belts, you never know when someone else is going to fuck up and hit you, but using a phone while stationary and failing to stop at a stop sign when you can see perfectly well that there are no vehicles approaching are two of things that make me think the easy option is being taken. Tickets, contacts, revenue yes. Reducing crashes? Mmm, not so sure. If the traffic wasn't stationary I might think differently.

Getting back to riding over the median, being an unmarked bike nobody will think it was a policeman so it will be just more fodder for the anti brigade. Then again, if you weren't meant to ride over them they shouldn't build them with mountable kerb should they?

The last woman answers that

Even with the lights and audible notice she paid no heed. How aware could she really be? If she is that unobservant in that moment how distracted for the first few minutes after she puts the phone down?
I see so many people fidget like they are full of p when they put their phones down. Desperate for a reply.


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