Red light runners

[scumdog]

IMHO Bikey Cop (and others) have said it all.
The return on investment is not high enough, i.e. it's to hard for the Police (the organisation, not the individuals) to generate enough revenue without increased cost.

Also our instinct for self preservation works against because obviously the number of incidents at traffic lights is not significant enough to warrant a campaign, e.g. "ticking bombs" at uncontrolled intersections.

So get out there and become statistics so we can get some action!

True, true JohnR - but who wants to be the sacrifice???

We need more staff of high quality - but will the Helengrad occupants give us that??

[Big Dave]

*Or*
You can simply remember that there are lots of cheese dicks in cars who's petty little lives have them so wound up that they can't be arsed stopping at red lights any more and it's only a matter of time before they injure someone.

Be aware of it and make sure it isn't you before you gas it.

[scumdog]

*Or*
You can simply remember that there are lots of cheese dicks in cars who's petty little lives have them so wound up that they can't be arsed stopping at red lights any more and it's only a matter of time before they injure someone.

Be aware of it and make sure it isn't you before you gas it.

Yep, there is a shit-load of pencil-necked cheese-dicks whose time is SO important that they can't wait 2 minutes at a set of lights, it's all ME Me me.

Let 'em try that down here with all our uncontrolled intersections, the first prang would see them tied up for 20 minutes+, worse if they couldn't source another vehicle.
THEN they would see how the rest of the world see the value of their time.

[JohnR]

Yeah. I suppose if a "Red Runners" campaign did come about the Police (the individuals, not the organisation) would have yet more work to fit into their day.
And more "law abiding citizens" being persecuted by vindictive, revenue collecting "cops" who should be out catching real criminals.:slap:
So probably not a flash idea

[scumdog]

Yeah. I suppose if a "Red Runners" campaign did come about the Police (the individuals, not the organisation) would have yet more work to fit into their day.
And more "law abiding citizens" being persecuted by vindictive, revenue collecting "cops" who should be out catching real criminals.:slap:
So probably not a flash idea

So you could say that speeders, drink-driver, red-light runners are the ones responsible for keeping cops from dealing with the real criminals, sort of 'parties to the crime', the REAL contributors to present day crime???

[KLOWN]

I thought red light cameras were the ones in the grey boxes near intersections? When I was saving up for a car I had a 85(?) skyline, very good mechcanically(sp) but was shitty outside and was worth about $500 I tried to hit red light runners when i got the green was quite fun and got lots of surprised people swerving out my way I've also kicked in some car panels when crosssing the road (with the green man lit up) and the car ran a red. My fav though was when I was in new market and was about to cross the one way street by two double seven and an old lady was already crossing the road and a car turning right into the road had to hit the brakes to not hit the old lady (she was already crossing the road and the car shouldn't have gone, I can only assume he didn't c her) and he sat on the horn nand yelled at her to get outta the way you old hag, blah blah, blah. I walked up to the driver side window and yelled in his face (about an inch way) that he ain't no spring chicken and he was in the wrong etc, it shut him up real quick and he went bright red and all the onlookers were giiving the driver dirty looks. was really funny.

[JohnR]

I think we have the making of a conspiracy theory here Scumdog!
Errant motorists being used by organised crime to keep the "heat" off their activities

[scumdog]

I think we have the making of a conspiracy theory here Scumdog!
Errant motorists being used by organised crime to keep the "heat" off their activities

Hah! So it is not just me, others have realised what the real problem is!!

These organise crime types are soooo sneaky!!

Now know to ignore all traffic offences and to focus on these bad criminal types, like the drongo who walked into the pole on 20/20 tonight!! - remove all poles.
Ohh yes, drugs make people smarter!!


Efing spitting lack-witted leech on society!

[JohnR]

Yes. And the "occupants of Helengrad" are either in on it, run it, don't really care as long as they don't get any of the shit on them or are just to dumb to see it

[scumdog]

Yes. And the "occupants of Helengrad" are either in on it, run it, don't really care as long as they don't get any of the shit on them or are just to dumb to see it

The only time Helen&Co worry about cops is when there is a screw-up, and THEN they can't wait to dump on them.
Could be worse, I could be an MP!!

If I was in the 'cack' because of Sir Helen I would make damn sure she came along for the ride too.

[scumdog]

This actually hapens to us a lot. In some situations its crazy... wa waaing through town and all this traffic and shit, and the hot dispatcher shreiks at us to stand down cause its all over red rover. Then all the car drivers are staring at us and I'm looking back and I'm all like.. WTF???:spudwhat:

I know what you mean, I often shoot up a side road out of sight after getting stood-down just so the boss doesn't get calls about 'the cop-car flying past and then turns his lights off'
They'd never understand

[Lou Girardin]

I don't think you'd get many city drivers bleating "revenue collecting" at red light blitzes. The recipient would, but who gives a damn about them.

[MisterD]

Anyways aren't roundabouts sposed to improve traffic flow and cut down on lights??? YEAH RIGHT.

Just you wait until we have roundabouts with traffic lights on them......you'd think it would defeat the purpose, but...

[sAsLEX]

Yep we had a couple of those in Aussie. During peak periods the traffic lights would operate. At night or the weekends it was the roundabout.

What I need at the end of my street, they just replaced the round about with traffic lights, a pain in the arse out of peak times!

[marty]

the best example of red light runners i've seen is waiting at the end of wiri station rd, to turn right onto roscommom rd. i was first in the que, right hand lane. for 2 phases the left lane of the north bound roscommon traffic carried on crashing the red light through the whole phase of green for wiri station traffic, until the petrol tanker next to me got fucked off with it, and on our next green (we had sat there for nearly 5 minutes, through 2 green phases) he just pulled into the traffic flow, driving straight into the fuel depot. a nose to tail ensued in the intersection as the roscommon traffic was travelling so fast....