Bloody Effin Revenue Collectors

**vifferman** · 11th June 2004, 14:12

Originally Posted by KATWYN

How do you get images like that out of your head.

I found it hard enough staring down the exposed open
femur & seeing peices of sinue in the road of a guy that
lost it on a corner in a motorcycle accident, your mind plays
tricks at what you are staring at I reakon...but hey he got his knee
down...wonder if that was worth it

* Makes a conscious decision never to get in a car, on a bike,
ride in a helicopter or sit on a bulldozer ever again

*

That does it. I'm staying in my cubicle at work, and never going anywhere again. Yes, Mr Spud (and Katwyn) - I am squeamish. I had to leave a first-aid course a couple of years ago because the description of broken bones sent me into shock.
Pathetic, innit? But it's not all bad. I give blood regularly, so I'm not a total wuss.

**spudchucka** · 11th June 2004, 14:12

Originally Posted by KATWYN

How do you get images like that out of your head.

I found it hard enough staring down the exposed open
femur & seeing peices of sinue in the road of a guy that
lost it on a corner in a motorcycle accident, your mind plays
tricks at what you are staring at I reakon...but hey he got his knee
down...wonder if that was worth it

* Makes a conscious decision never to get in a car, on a bike,
ride in a helicopter or sit on a bulldozer ever again

*

On the whole a bit of black humour and a large quanity of beer sees you right. The only ones I struggle with are kids.

**vifferman** · 11th June 2004, 14:16

Well, Spud - you have my respect (despite postings in other threads that might seem to the contrary...)
I guess we (the public) don't really think about that aspect of your job.

**dangerous** · 11th June 2004, 19:13

Originally Posted by KATWYN

* Makes a conscious decision never to get in a car, on a bike,
ride in a helicopter or sit on a bulldozer ever again

*

Ohh hell had beter wrap up in cotton wool then and hide inside under the covers............ Oh crap that wont work the bloody roof might fall in

spud: how fast was the bulldozer going

**Big Dog** · 11th June 2004, 19:23

Originally Posted by dangerous

Ohh hell had beter wrap up in cotton wool then and hide inside under the covers............ Oh crap that wont work the bloody roof might fall in

spud: how fast was the bulldozer going

Would not have thought that speed makes a lot of difference at 9 tonnes.

**KATWYN** · 11th June 2004, 19:44

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Would not have thought that speed makes a lot of difference at 9 tonnes.

Family member had a 20 tonne D7 (D8?) dozer roll over him about 30 years ago.(it rolled off the transporter and over him) he lost his arm & broke some other bones as well and had a puncture to the side of his head.
It was a few weeks later the doctors discovered he had also broken his pelvis on top of everything else just wasn't picked up on at the time!

And there is just about nothing that man can't do. Even now 30 years
later his son still makes the mistake of putting both a knife and fork in
front of him when he sets the table!

**marty** · 11th June 2004, 20:31

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Would not have thought that speed makes a lot of difference at 9 tonnes.

it does when you hit it.....

**Big Dog** · 11th June 2004, 20:36

Originally Posted by marty

it does when you hit it.....

Doh. Thats gotta suck. Sharp immovable object, at least if my physics is right You would have to be moving bloddy fast to move 9 tonne with a 200kg sport bike.

**marty** · 11th June 2004, 20:38

well igor. nice to see you came on here, dropped some names then are threatening to crawl back in your hole.

last i heard brockie was fine. still cleaning carpets i think. i remember when he sold his turbo skyline for getting 2 tickets in 2 days from the same te kuiti cop. (one heading south, the other coming back.........)

and like spud, i've had my share of fire, amputations, combine harvester head ons, truck v truck head ons, bike v truck head ons, car v bike head ons, eating of shotguns/303's etc, hangings etc. nothing worse than a messy one at 0703am on a sunday morning

one that really impressed me was a guy who tried to cut off his own head. with a razor blade even. top effort that.

**dangerous** · 11th June 2004, 20:40

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Would not have thought that speed makes a lot of difference at 9 tonnes.

well thats very true but I thought the thread was about 'bloody effin revenue collecters' and speed being the reason for it

silly me

Originally Posted by marty

it does when you hit it.....

Good save

**marty** · 11th June 2004, 20:53

Originally Posted by igor

point proven.

lack of training these days, programed to right tickets and not use common sense.

go ask Leo, he should no.

know, i don't think he would no. it's about 100 years since he's even written out a ticket. i don't even think he's driven one of his highway babies in anger. no doubt he'll be standing on the road directing cars at the fieldays again - i'm sure that's the highlight of his year.......:spudwave:

**dangerous** · 11th June 2004, 21:05

Originally Posted by marty

know, i don't think he would no. it's about 100 years since he's even written out a ticket. i don't even think he's driven one of his highway babies in anger. no doubt he'll be standing on the road directing cars at the fieldays again - i'm sure that's the highlight of his year.......:spudwave:

Ohhh dear....... low blow that one

**scumdog** · 11th June 2004, 21:12

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Some occassions that are particularly memorable:

A teenager that flipped his car on a bridge and got a flip top head as a result.

A drunk driver that hit a power pole resulting in his back seat passenger being beheaded.

A buldozer rollover that crushed the operator's head like a watermellon. His wife wouldn't be talked out of coming to view his body in the mortuary and I had to spend an hour scrubbing the dirt out of all the cracks in his skull and face to make him look at least a little presentable.

A helicopter crash - just plain messy.

A head on in which one vehicle ignited, trapping two in the car. They ended up as two hunks of charred meat, barely recognisable as human, no arms, no legs, no heads. The only thing that looked human was the spinal column that was exposed on one of them and the shoe that was stuck to the remains of the other. Both had car parts melded into the flesh. The smell was lets say a little interesting.

The driver of the other car in that one wasn't wearing a seat belt and had a rugby ball sized hole in his chest. Apparently he might have still been alive when Ambo's arrived as they had placed a neck brace on the old dude. I guess they hadn't seen the chest hole at that stage.

Thats just a few that I remember with clarity. Sorry if anyone reading that is squeamish.

Yeah, like being by a burning car at a crash site and having a woman arrive in a car a few minutes later saying "wheres ....." and saying "who the hell is ...." and getting hte reply "he's my son,that's his car" what can you say at a time like that??

Or seeing a young guy hanging by the waist from his wrecked car screaning his head off and bleeding everywwhere

Or looking at the van wreckage and trying to figure how many bidies are actually inside it,

Yeah, speed on for all you want, I'll put your bits in the bag, I'll tell your mothet/father/family you ain't comming home alive amd your body will be released in a day or two........

**Lou Girardin** · 11th June 2004, 21:24

Yeah right, Spud. You prepare bodies at the morgue.
Save the emotive crap, I've seen all that stuff too. And a biker skewered on a hay rake. It will always happen; even if Police and LTSA get their full enforcement wish list.
You may believe the dogma, most people don't.
Apparently, the 1 million odd drivers prepared to kill aren't very good at it. They only killed 32 people last year.

Wrong Brockie, Marty.