Police Officer Plays at Targa Rally

**WINJA** · 28th October 2005, 17:14

Originally Posted by gareth_d

its a race on closed roads... so unfortunately it dont count but i bet he'll be getting a :eyepoke:

ROADS NOT CLOSED TILL HES CLEARED IT , HE WAS THERE TO CLEAR THE ROAD NOT DRIVE DANGEROUSLY

**dveus** · 28th October 2005, 18:33

quote from the Targa website

Originally Posted by Targa Times

We have a new road safety message from the New Zealand Police “Do as we say not as we do”. Yesterday the reports of a Patrol Car getting airborne on one of our stages (photo’s to come) proved that Pig’s Can Fly and after SS18 they proved they could also swim. A local cop from the district decided to offer some help by driving his Patrol Car through to check 4 trouble. At the start of the stage he was heard talking to some officials about his talent as a driver “Yeah Right”. As he came down the hill to our infamous left hander across the narrow bridge, opposite from our Hospitality Villa. He completely over cooked it and speared straight through the fence and down into the creek. Needless to say his ambition to be Police Commissioner floated down the river.

There is a daily writeup of mishaps that happen over on www.targa.co.nz well worth a read, whoever writes them has quite a sense of humour.

**Mooch** · 28th October 2005, 21:29

Originally Posted by vifferman

The article in The Harold this morning said he was a local cop. In that case, you'd think he'd know the road. Maybe the sight of 100 spectators distracted him, or encouraged him to try to be a hero.

Then this is really funny and in view of the Targa report then he's going to be in for shit. I remember a person with a similar attitude at Rally school who said how great a driver they were , ended up crashing very early on , and it was one of those , if you biff it , you pay for it events.
For those commenting about ABS , if you go into a corner too hot the car will normally go straight ahead regardless , you make vary the angle of the car slightly by turning the wheel , but it will still go straight ahead until the inertia gets to the point where the front wheels gain traction again.
Here’s a video link (been here before) showing a car losing it (had ABS but didn’t help)
http://www.erborrico.com/206raba.wmv (2.5 meg)

And this one demonstrates exactly what beamer was talking about.
http://www.miamiracing.com/movies/Porsche%20Crash.mpg (.9 meg)

**Scorpygirl** · 28th October 2005, 22:18

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

The Harold also reported that the cop was not meant to be there.. he wasnt the cop assigned to clear the road.

Oh God.... Another hero!!!!

**spudchucka** · 29th October 2005, 07:37

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

The Harold also reported that the cop was not meant to be there.. he wasnt the cop assigned to clear the road.

The full story is bloody funny but I'm afraid I aint sharing. And no it wasn't me.

**Patrick** · 29th October 2005, 13:08

Originally Posted by spudchucka

The full story is bloody funny but I'm afraid I aint sharing. And no it wasn't me.

Nor me...welcome by the way Dynomytus50... PM me sometime (since I can't PM you at the moment from your "block.")... You're playing in my old playground...

**inlinefour** · 29th October 2005, 13:31

woot a dumbarse, would have hoped that the individual would have known better...

**Lou Girardin** · 31st October 2005, 08:24

I can just see it, Mr 'Plod in the creek' was pursuing mulitple vehicles travelling at very high speed, but he'd pulled out of the chase a minute before the crash.