Terrace tunnel standoff

**Katman** · 4th January 2019, 19:49

Originally Posted by Drew

Hope the guy is just an idiot, and not mental.

Either way, he could be your mate.

**husaberg** · 4th January 2019, 20:28

Originally Posted by Katman

Either way, he could be your mate.

Three posts all three obvious troll attempts, you really are a WINNER.

**jellywrestler** · 4th January 2019, 21:05

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109...oment-it-ended

So. . Was anyone else thinking - Fire hose?

How can a prick like this hold the city to ransom?

i laughed at the buses, there were big gaps between them, standard for our wellington bus service though

**jellywrestler** · 4th January 2019, 21:07

Originally Posted by Drew

Hope the guy is just an idiot, and not mental.

he's smart, any alcohol would've passed through his system by the time he came down... fuck standing there for half a day in that heat though

**JimO** · 4th January 2019, 21:34

[QUOTE=pritch;1131120855
A Tazer would not seem suitable, it would require a cop to go risky close to somebody armed with a knife, all while balancing on a pipe. Which is probably why they didn't use one.

[/QUOTE] why not just taze the pipe? would have given the idjet a zap

**husaberg** · 4th January 2019, 21:42

Originally Posted by JimO

why not just taze the pipe? would have given the idjet a zap

Pipe looks to be concrete and it looks like hes wearing jandals= no shock even if it was steel he would need to be grounded wich the pipe would be anyway
Net gun the cretin

**Drew** · 5th January 2019, 08:59

Nah, they're steel. But a taser would just spark and fizzle where it is put to it. Not liven the whole thing up.

**george formby** · 5th January 2019, 09:20

Originally Posted by AllanB

Wellington is set up to be isolated in a decent highway closing disaster.

Mind you look what happened to the South Island when we had the Kaikoura earthquake.

Most recently the Far North was isolated when a culvert blew the road out at Pukenui, peeps had to go through the forest or use the beach to get around.

A few years ago we had a bit of a wet. SH1 fell off, Twin Bridges road was blocked by land slides and the Waipoua forest road was impassable to heavy vehicles. We nearly ran out of bread. Terrible situation, I couldn't get to work...

**Moi** · 5th January 2019, 11:15

Originally Posted by AllanB

Wellington is set up to be isolated in a decent highway closing disaster.

Mind you look what happened to the South Island when we had the Kaikoura earthquake.

Originally Posted by Drew

There are a couple other ways on to the motorway. But the whole city is piss poorly designed.

So, no Plan B.

But it does seem that Wellington Council has lots of Plan Cycleway...

What if the viaduct to the SH1 and 2 junction had a major issue?

I wonder if in the washup after this event anyone will ask if there needs to be alternative routes planned and prepared for, so they can be implemented quickly?

**pritch** · 5th January 2019, 12:02

Was thinking about what could have been done to get this idiot down. NZ Police presumably had no suitable non-lethal gear or they would have used it.

A search shows up all sorts of kit, some borderline science fiction, others of such size they would need to be mounted on a truck.

Bean bag shotgun cartridges are the most economical option although there are problems with range and accuracy. In the Wellington situation though the guy gave them enough time to practice until they either got good or they ran out of ammunition.

Then there are pepper balls, frangible balls that explode on impact releasing irritant chemicals. At the more modest end of the market these are fired from a paintball gun but there are more expensive and more sophisticated options.

Both of these non-lethal, or more correctly less-lethal, options can seriously injure or kill someone but in some circumstances may be a better solution than a bullet.