Where are the police and camera vans?

[george formby]

After many years of defending road policing on here, I've now had 18 months to look at the situation from the other side.

When in the Police you think you are doing good stuff to reduce the risk of crashes, and the impact of crashes.

In the last 18 months I've been commuting to and from work and doing quite a few km on the open road.

I pretty much stick to the rules, but far more because it's a good idea, rather than any perceived influence of the Police. There are days when I stray from the straight and narrow, but generally not so.

Potentially I suspect that because I'm pretty much a goodie two shoes I just don't have to worry about the Police.

I actually have a great deal of sympathy for those who live in the paranoia that is displayed on here. It can't be fun.

Meantime, I don't feel that Police have much influence on my riding. I'm on the north side of Christchurch, and pretty much all the cops in Christchurch hang out on the East.

I'm generally Captain Sensible and the Feds don't really register on my radar, either. I did have a wee chuckle t'other day following a Fed. He was quite a few vehicles ahead of me and disappeared off up an overtaking lane which snakes up a hill, funnily enough. Close to the top of the hill is a road which provides a view of the highway below......

When I reached the overtaking lane I gave the bike a good squirt, clear the plugs you know, until I caught up with another vehicle. Due to a number of considerations I chose to sit behind them at about 80kph. My lucky day.. As I come around the corner who do I see sat at the ridge road junction... Yup, the Sheriff. They gave me a good stare and pulled out on their merry way. I can only assume I looked like a good candidate for a pull. Not that day, though. Sorry. Smart bit of observation from the Feds I thought. That stretch of road can be a bit of a race track and it would have been a justified pull had I a #46 on my helmet.

[Swoop]

My guess is he'd clocked someone travelling south, did a U-turn, then chased them at way over 100 km/h until catching them at Hampton Downs.

Now if Joe Public did those sort of speeds, it would be called incredibly dangerous and a threat to other road users. But it's OK if a cop does it???

A friend was a motorway cop a few years back. They were quite open about the fact that "counting to twenty" before hitting the lights and sirens was normal practice. As a confirmed petrolhead, this cop was enjoying the chase and ability to speed whenever they could (and get paid to do so).
If they lost the person, "meh, another will be along soon".

[rastuscat]

A friend was a motorway cop a few years back. .

One of my early lessons in the job 2as not to sweat it if a roadent (a road rat) got away, as karma says they'll come back soon enough.

In fact, it's one of the things senior cops say to young cops. Young cops tend to get all wound up when someone gets away. Older cops tend to be far more relaxed about it.

It's a penis thing.

[R650R]

About 7 of them in my suburb 9am this morning... including one parked on my lawn with siren blaring while they tooled up and got spikes ready.
Was already awake and about so enjoyed the free entertainment.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay...ectid=11775684

[Moise]

A friend was a motorway cop a few years back. They were quite open about the fact that "counting to twenty" before hitting the lights and sirens was normal practice. As a confirmed petrolhead, this cop was enjoying the chase and ability to speed whenever they could (and get paid to do so).
If they lost the person, "meh, another will be along soon".

Yeah, it's a traditional macho male job. None of the cops who've stopped me over the years gave a shit about road safety.

One guy was just about wetting himself because he saw a detector bracket on the windscreen and thought he'd been Really Smart catching me. He looked so disappointed when I told him that the detector wasn't even in the car.

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[Swoop]

About 7 of them in my suburb 9am this morning... including one parked on my lawn with siren blaring while they tooled up and got spikes ready.
Was already awake and about so enjoyed the free entertainment.

Interesting that a towbar is fitted on that car. Jetski or boat to tow perhaps?

[jasonu]

I'm generally Captain Sensible and the Feds don't really register on my radar, either. I did have a wee chuckle t'other day following a Fed. He was quite a few vehicles ahead of me and disappeared off up an overtaking lane which snakes up a hill, funnily enough. Close to the top of the hill is a road which provides a view of the highway below......

When I reached the overtaking lane I gave the bike a good squirt, clear the plugs you know, until I caught up with another vehicle. Due to a number of considerations I chose to sit behind them at about 80kph. My lucky day.. As I come around the corner who do I see sat at the ridge road junction... Yup, the Sheriff. They gave me a good stare and pulled out on their merry way. I can only assume I looked like a good candidate for a pull. Not that day, though. Sorry. Smart bit of observation from the Feds I thought. That stretch of road can be a bit of a race track and it would have been a justified pull had I a #46 on my helmet.

Sounds like profiling. You should write a letter.

[jasonu]

In fact, it's one of the things senior cops say to young cops. Young cops tend to get all wound up when someone gets away. Older cops tend to be far more relaxed about it.

It's a penis thing.

Are you saying all cops, both young and old are penises?

[caspernz]

Interesting that a towbar is fitted on that car. Jetski or boat to tow perhaps?

My first thought was cutbacks in the Hawkes Bay area mean the "booze bus" is now just a caravan?

[R650R]

Interesting that a towbar is fitted on that car. Jetski or boat to tow perhaps?

Always thought it was quite common, usually for uplifting stolen pushbikes.
Checked other frames and the SGT's wagon has one too. They do have a trailer here that the SAR guys have all their gear in.

[R650R]

My first thought was cutbacks in the Hawkes Bay area mean the "booze bus" is now just a caravan?

Pretty sure we still got the full monty HINO truck. Their not shy of log jamming the hawkes bay expressway in rushour to do it either, tailbacks so bad they have third party traffic control and warning signs... Although quite common here and other places now is for single or two car units to do random checkpoints.
I must be due soon for several hours of late night doors opening and closing outside my house interspersed with random tow truck noises.....

[Moise]

Pretty sure we still got the full monty HINO truck. Their not shy of log jamming the hawkes bay expressway in rushour to do it either, tailbacks so bad they have third party traffic control and warning signs... Although quite common here and other places now is for single or two car units to do random checkpoints.
I must be due soon for several hours of late night doors opening and closing outside my house interspersed with random tow truck noises.....

A few years ago they set up a full on checkpoint on a motorway offramp out west. Chaos doesn't even begin to describe the results.

It's very easy to access traffic count data on line, but I expect that's waaay beyond the boys (and girls) in blue.

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[R650R]

A few years ago they set up a full on checkpoint on a motorway offramp out west. Chaos doesn't even begin to describe the results.

It's very easy to access traffic count data on line, but I expect that's waaay beyond the boys (and girls) in blue.

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I remember 15 years ago they had one on Manakau on ramp northbound at about 8pm. Entering a god dMN MOTORWAY!!!! Lucky I didn't have the GSXr too tapped out....

BTW it never rains but it pours, another chase past house this morning at 2 am !!! Followed closely by a UFO a short time after on the other main road. I assume it was a back up unit but all I saw was a white led roof light.
Maybe I should do the maths on 30m visible roadway, human eye still seeing what it saw 1/6 second ago and estimate terminal velocity....

[jellywrestler]

Are you saying all cops, both young and old are penises?

just lack them...

[mossy1200]

One of my early lessons in the job 2as not to sweat it if a roadent (a road rat) got away, as karma says they'll come back soon enough.

In fact, it's one of the things senior cops say to young cops. Young cops tend to get all wound up when someone gets away. Older cops tend to be far more relaxed about it.

It's a penis thing.

Stay in the force to long and it drops off?