Street races and the cops.

**onearmedbandit** · 27th November 2005, 13:39

Doh, now I see what you mean...

**WINJA** · 27th November 2005, 14:02

Originally Posted by Waylander

This was at 10pm mate.

ITS CAUSE THE PIGS ARE CHICKEN SHIT , WHEN I WAS A YOUTH WHEN THE COPS TURNED UP TO OUR DRAG RACES TO STOP US THEYD BE BOTTLED AND SOME WOULD GET A HIDING

**HDTboy** · 27th November 2005, 15:14

The way I see it, the "Boy Racers" (I hate that term) are better off drag racing in an industrial area late at night than in a residential area at 3pm.
I imagine the fuzz take a little bit of this view too. Which is why they'll only occasionally break them up -probably on a quiet night.
Another problem for the police is the sheer numbers of people racing at night, as soon as the cops show up you get 300 cars all trying to do runners, and that's when the problems start

**loosebruce** · 27th November 2005, 15:27

Originally Posted by HDTboy

you get 300 cars all trying to do runners, and that's when the problems start

I disagree i reckon thats when the fun starts

**The_Dover** · 27th November 2005, 15:51

Originally Posted by Weasel

I'd advise against it. As a bike at a car gathering you'd stand out like a sore thumb anyways.

Then when they all started getting tickets they'd know it was you. I'd imagine if they didn't find and kick the shit outta you they'd see your bike at some point and tear it to pieces.

It is really worth the hassle of a load of boy racers giving you crap so that the fuzz can make a bit more tax money?

Gaylander, Urban Vigilante, saviour of Hamiltron and the arch nemesis of boy racers across the country.

I'd highly recommend you go down there on your crumpet cruiser and visibly be seen taking number plates, photographs and advising them of their illegal behaviour.

Do you prefer grapes or flowers? Lol, need I ask?

**spudchucka** · 27th November 2005, 20:04

Originally Posted by Waylander

How come the cops never roll up to these spots in numbers and start handing out tickets?

They organise their events by mass texting and the cops aren't on the invite list.

They listen to scanners so they know what the local cops are up at any particular time.

As soon as they get any inclination that the cops are on to them they piss off and start organising their next meeting place.

They know the shift handover times and when the traffic cops are and aren't working.

The cops are under-resourced.

We don't know where they are at any given time without reliable information being handed to us by the public. Unless of course we are just lucky and stumble onto them.

Once in a while we do get lucky. I've had several events when two cops have effectively trapped 100+ vehicles on a country road and checked every one of them.

**spudchucka** · 27th November 2005, 20:06

Originally Posted by Motu

I've always wondered - for decades - why Cops don't target pub car parks.

Don't they? And all this time I thought they were fair game.

**WINJA** · 27th November 2005, 20:10

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Don't they? And all this time I thought they were fair game.

CERTAINLY ARE , ESPECIALLY THE KINGS ARMS IN NEWTON

**ZorsT** · 27th November 2005, 20:22

There are five or so places in the Nelson region where "they" like to "hang out" and "spill" diesel.

The silly thing is, all the cars start from Buxtons carpark RIGHT in the middle of town, and drive in a convoy to and from the destination(s)

**kro** · 28th November 2005, 05:48

These kids don't really fear the cops, they fear not being able to drive, and thats the fundamental difference, and mostly why they run from the law.

A few years back, a good friend of mine was experiencing the same trouble where he lived, but instead of calling the cops, he phoned all his mates who owned bikes, and they all converged on the gathering of boy racers togther, and sorted the dickheads out, they never returned to that venue, they were more afraid of these bikers than they would ever be of cops, because the bikers were not constrained by process, and procedure, they could bust nuts if need be, and walk away from it (mostly).

I don't condone "street justice" on the whole, but these kids in their fast cars are a new breed of idiot, one that does neither listen or learn from the law.

This was in Manurewa in case you're wondering.

**marty** · 28th November 2005, 06:36

like spud says. and if there's 300 cars, only 2 of them racing, 1 gets caught, what happens to the other 299? they can only be held for 15 minutes to check details. you can't have it both ways - you can't insist on freedom of movement and speed and manners of driving/riding, then expect that to extend to other people who are doing no different to what you'd do in similar circumstances. imagine if the cops set up a road block on the coro loop and stopped and turned over every bike and it's rider, just cause the cops had heard that 2 bikes 'may' have been 'racing' at the front? this place would implode. winja's arse would be bleeding.

**thehollowmen** · 28th November 2005, 09:02

video camera
hand it in to the cops on monday.

**Indoo** · 28th November 2005, 12:24

Originally Posted by WINJA

ITS CAUSE THE PIGS ARE CHICKEN SHIT , WHEN I WAS A YOUTH WHEN THE COPS TURNED UP TO OUR DRAG RACES TO STOP US THEYD BE BOTTLED AND SOME WOULD GET A HIDING

And I bet Winja was one of those brave souls hiding behind two hundred or so other courageous kids chucking bottles at the sole cop car that turned up and telling each other how tough they were.

I think your overcompensating just a little Winja by talking so much shit, I would imagine that being rather thick and in a dead end job, might be depressing but talking yourself up on here is rather pathetic.

**Lias** · 28th November 2005, 14:51

The irony of this is, the front page of the Waikato Times has a thing about a big crackdown on boy racers this weekend, busted a whole bunch fo them from what I skimmed in 3 seconds.