Police muscle in on funeral cortege

[Skyryder]

The bottom line and I think this is the point that Winja is making that there is one law for us and an exemption for the Police. This certainly appearsto be true not only for the motor cade drivers but going by some police comments on this site they cana break the speeding laws with impunity. The only time that the Police 'are percieved' act against there own is when it come to the media's attention. This is what I should have done when I reported the Police redlight runner. Never did hear from them. Bloody well won't make that mistake next time I see one go through a redlight.

Don't often agree with you Winj but on this I do.

Skyryder

[buellbabe]

Sadly I have been to a few biker funerals in my time, the most recent of these on New Years day. The people organising the funeral run let radio stations AND the cops know what was planned and the cops stopped traffic on StateHW 1 so that all the bikes could pull out from Puhoi safely. My partners funeral run had a police escort thru Hamilton. The cops stopped all the traffic at every intersection for us. We showed courtesy to the cops by letting them know what we were planning and they returned the favour. Went to another biker funeral where once again the local cops were informed and consequently they let it be known that they would turn a blind eye to no lids...
Its a huge shame the the cops in question in this instance weren't better informed and IMO they showed a total lack of respect.

[Skyryder]

Rubbish, you have no idea what you are talking about.

Those guys didnt get off, the parlimentary driver did on appeal. The Police have not appealed their convictions to my knowledge?

I'm of the opinion that they all have appealed and won. Read something to that effect some time ago. If one civilian driver got off then there is no reason as to why the police drivers would not get off.

Skyryder

[WINJA]

its 140 is the limit you loose your licence for 28 days

160 isnt dangerous? of course it is, just people love speed, human nature.

But if you get caught you get caught.

HELENS MOTORCADE GOT UP TO 160KMH , IM WELL AWARE OF THE 140 INSTANT LOSS , AT THE TIME OF THE PIGS NEGLEGENT DRIVING THE LIMIT WAS 150 .

[WINJA]

if you were in the car youd know its speeding wouldnt you .
anyways why would i belive anything you say , your just another lieing pig with an agenda , that agenda is to make a wage the safest way possible

[igor]

In the new boy racer legislation you can get locked up and have ya car impounded for racing.

did you know under the definition of race that if the cop wants to be a real prick every person he stops for speeding he could charge them with this. yes they made a little error when they wrote the legislation and racing can be only one vehicle drawing attention to themselves and exceeding the speed limit. but at the moment the policeman are being nice.

cause they are such nice blokes

they also may a error in the breach of liquor ban legislation but yet again the police are being sensible about it and not binning every person who brachs it but using commonsense

best to keep ya mouth shut or you could be the first to piss a cop off and his common sense goes out the door due to YOUR BIG UNEDUCATED MISINFORMED MOUTH

love IGOR

[scumdog]

if you were in the car youd know its speeding wouldnt you .
anyways why would i belive anything you say , your just another lieing pig with an agenda , that agenda is to make a wage the safest way possible

If you ride as well as you write it would be money easily earned when you're around!

Anyway why would I believe you, you're just another lying member of the public with an agenda............

[Lou Girardin]

Instead of new cops having to pass a fitness test before they join, could they adminster a common sense and simple respect test instead?

[scumdog]

Instead of new cops having to pass a fitness test before they join, could they adminster a common sense and simple respect test instead?

But Lou, they're meant to be a cross-section of society, a reflection of them - and look at society, hardly overburdened with common sense and respect are they?!

[Patrick]

Instead of new cops having to pass a fitness test before they join, could they adminster a common sense and simple respect test instead?

Yep, like a drivers licence test? Thats all common sense isn't it?

Look how far that gets people... should you wear a helmet on motorbikes while driving on roads? Ummmmmm.....

The MAXIMUM speed limit on a 100kmph road is.....? Ummmm...

Bugger... too hard... it hurts...

Respect test is easier. Speak how you would like to be spoken to... but there is always exceptions to the rules I suppose....

[Lou Girardin]

But Lou, they're meant to be a cross-section of society, a reflection of them - and look at society, hardly overburdened with common sense and respect are they?!

Yeah sure spud, but you could have done without the rapists, wifebeaters/people beaters ( 2 more in court down south), drug dealers and assorted other bottom feeders.

[Lou Girardin]

EDIT: Drug dealers?

Yup, last year a cop in Rotovegas sold/gave confiscated meth to his mates.
Besides, saying you're not as bad as other cops is like me saying I'm law-abiding compared to some of the inveterate runners on this site. Probably true, but still not good enough.

[spudchucka]

Yeah sure spud,

Don't drag me into this one darling.

[knuckles]

I have never taken nor seen a cop take a bribe, or any other similar type of corruption.To be honest you couldnt do it, we really do pride ourselves in that we dont do that sort of thing, were better than that.



YEAH RIGHT...

[Indoo]

... you're not as bad as other cops is like me saying I'm law-abiding compared to some of the inveterate runners on this site. Probably true, but still not good enough.

There will always be bad cops, just like there will always be doctors who molest patients, teachers who sleep with kids, priests who rape children and lawyers who defraud clients.

The fact that those Police brought before the court which you referred too, were dobbed in by other colleagues who are now testifying against them which kinda negates your inference of wide spread corruption.