Nice Policeman issues lenient ticket!!

[Jonty]

Now THAT'S the kind of post this site wants...

Yeah we couldn't have this thread going all soft now could we Mind you he was very polite, I think I was the last one he needed for his quota so he could go home

[madboy]

If people spread too much positive feedback about cops it dilutes the negative feedback that is so often prevalent. The media doesn't provide balance, why the hell would anyone else want to?

[sels1]

. People generally prefer spread stories of misery...just listen to talk-back radio..

I try very hard to avoid whinge-back radio, but someone in my house keeps shifting the dials back....

[T.I.E]

i have meet some cool cops out there, hey i got a ticket a hand slap, but no i am god attitude, which is what pisses me off the most.
i just ask to be spoken to in a civil manner, and ill give it back.

and to those police out there whom don't have a CHIP on there shoulder, cheers guys/gals, keep up the good work. you make it a pleasure to get a telling off and a ticket.

[Madness]

Yeah, you nutter, carving up cars on the mway... playing with 636s off traffic lights... you bad bad boy.

I was merely keeping you on yer toes!!!! Glad I saw ya coming thru in the mirror or ya would have embarrased me!! Nice to meet ya by the way.

[JohnR]

Yeah we couldn't have this thread going all soft now could we Mind you he was very polite, I think I was the last one he needed for his quota so he could go home

How many times...? It's not a quota it's a "Key Performance Indicator"

[Madness]

Actually the reading on his laser-gun was 138km/Hr. He asked me what speed my speedo was indicating and I replied truthfully. " I haven't looked at my speedo since last Tuesday"
:slap:

[ChookThief]

Of course alot of cops use the "attitude test", its not hard to pass but you need some common sense, unfortunately those that complain the most about Police probably lack the ability to pass this test.

[Lou Girardin]

And some of us don't need to pass the attitude test because we seldom meet cops in a professional capacity.

[skidMark]

sorry but...i win got let off a couple of weeks ago...on a charge of careless *cough*the wrong way round a roundabout to overtake a truck*cough* hmm i seem to have a cold.

that cop deserves a medal

did ticket me for not displaying plate or rego tho...

gave me 14 day compliance tho went in later that day to central and got it complied. means i don't have to pay

you be civil with a cop and show you have a good attitute and they might not be so hard they think your an arrogant prick and they will do you for everything if they just don't like you if you come across as a person with a good attitude thats when you get "good" discretion.

MA

[Felicks]

For what it's worth, roadside police are under pressure to not only issue speeding infringements as that person sees fit, a percentage is supposed to be in the 11 - 15 km range over the limit. Often the bosses have different views from thse who actually write the tickets.

A good number of General Duty cops (orange and blue) choose to use their discretion at minor to moderate levels of speeding and general driving offending. At the end of the day they are probably too busy dealing with "criminal" work rather than "traffic" work. (Just because they don't have their red and blue lights on doesn't mean they are doing nothing!) However, if you ride like an idiot past them - good luck to ya.

But highway patrols (blue and yellow) are dedicated traffic and I would say use their discretion far less.

At the end of the day, the attitude test is the most important thing you can learn - use it to your advantage.

[Mental Trousers]

Depends on whose opinion it's a 'bad career choice', so far I thinks it's a pretty good one - especially for the and factors

There's a total lack of freebies involving hot chicks these days though so I say it's a bad choice.

[sugilite:Me]

I hope listing his badge number on the site does not get his arse busted. We need as many good cops on the road as possible.

Quota hungry cops give me the shits.
I was towing a trailer up to AK with a race bike on it. (red flag to a bull) I was about 25 minutes out of Matamata about 2:30 am and a cop pulled out and followed me for a looooong time. We were the only traffic on the road and I knew he must be having trouble filling the quota, I think I looked at the speedo waaaay more than the road the whole time...anyways, he disappears and I wondered to myself if he was going to do the "old ambush" on me.
A fair few km's later, I went down a hill and around a corner and what do you know, he came flying around the corner to catch me doing .....85 kmh lol. I was waiting for you pal!
What I wondered was, what speed did he have to do to pull that ambush off, as I did not see his lights in my mirrors and the length of road involved, I'd say well over 160! Give your self a ticket prick.

[Speedracer]

I spotted a cop pull out 2 cars back. So I stuck carefully to the speed limit while the cars in front slowly got away on me. As we hit the motorway I started flashing all the oncoming cars. Anyway, after a while there was only the cop behind me - he sat about 400m behind for about 15 mins while I happly flashed away. I got a few waves, I think he must have at least spotted a bus driver waving and I noticed him slowly gaining on me. I stopped flashing and he overtook. 2 ks down the road on go the flashers and he u turns to pull someone over for speeding....

Oh well at least I didn't have to stick anywhere near 100 the rest of the way.

[Edbear]

Sorry , but have to tell this one. On the way back from the gym last night, daughter's fiance driving, he's 28 and spent the last 15 years in Germany, so German is his first language. Got stopped at a checkpoint. Now Rudy's a fairly typical young chap, baseball cap on backwards, Honda Ascot with wide mags, loud stereo, etc. Cop asks to see his licence, but as we'd been to the gym, Rudy had left it on the dining table, couldn't produce it, of course. Mr PC asks what licences he has, and Rudy tells him, "A full NZ licence and a full German licence, Sir!" Well, blow me down if we've not been pulled up by surely the only German speaking cop North o the Bridge! HE and Rudy chat away in German, while the cop checks the Rego and WOF, which is current, of course! Finding out Rudy's gonna be my son-in-law, the cop assures me he's a good kid!