Come on traffic cops... you are losing my respect

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 21:05

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Frustration is understandable.

I think Lou calls it occupational immunity, others call it a perk.

Quite right....every job has to have it's perks.
Me, I get to play with myself in my pockets whenever I want.
Man, this job is the best!!!

**scumdog** · 22nd September 2006, 21:08

Originally Posted by McJim

So you're telling me the police can afford big block Holdens, afford the fuel to put in said Holdens but still can't afford hands free kits for their work 'phones?

I say move to Astras/Vectras a couple of VX220's for pursuit and give the police a pay rise AND provide hands free kits for their work 'phones.

Jeez - no wonder you guys complain - poor sods - whose in charge, let me have a word with them.

Big block Holdens??? Mwahahahaha!!!

Wheezing, ageing old-skool Buick designed 3.8litre V6 powered four-door dungers with 173,00km and weighing over 2,000kg with two guys and all the crash gear, guns etc, oh yes, we've got power to spare baby!!!

Of course the mufit turbo 200ZX was fun when I had it.

**scumdog** · 22nd September 2006, 21:10

Originally Posted by idb

Quite right....every job has to have it's perks.
Me, I get to play with myself in my pockets whenever I want.
Man, this job is the best!!!

Then you must have TWO cocks you lucky bugger!!

(Well ya can't get THAT silly playing with just one!!)

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 21:11

Originally Posted by inlinefour

I was doing my own thing today and I happened to see something rather amusing. A HP driving along, in a residential area, while talking on a bloody cellphone. Someone stated something about the perks of the job? I'm sorry but that is utter bullshit and a good example of the crap attitude that underpins the whole problem. Rather than taking perks of the job, it is my firm belief that all members of the Police should act as role models , rather than breaking the law and then having other Police just say its perks of the job! Had the same HP have stopped me for any reason what so ever, I would have just laughed at him and they wonder why they are loosing public respect. Someone should teach more people that respect is earnt, not just given.

PERK!

8910

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 21:12

Originally Posted by Fishy

I saw a cop driving down the motorway texting on his cellphone not so long ago, I rode up beside him and waved my finger at him. He just smiled.

I also had a big islander cop with a white cop chick in the passenger seat pull out in front of me on purpose in Pakuranga about 3 weeks ago, I skidded approaching his car and swore my fucken head off at him and he just laughed!!!! so I shouted some more expletives at him gave him the fingers and carried on. The cop in the passenger seat just looked completely shocked the whole time. If he wasn't a cop I would have got off and smacked him one and removed his mirror.

PERK!

8910

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 21:18

Originally Posted by inlinefour

He was breaking a law, the law of common sense

My sense is certainly not common...in fact it is probably un-common... but I'm the only one with it and if everyone agreed with me (as they should) then it would be common....so it's all your faults.
Oh...this is so much fun I just can't contain myself.

**inlinefour** · 22nd September 2006, 21:47

Originally Posted by scumdog

Red bling is merely an indication I dod not agree with what you are saying, it does not mean I want to rip your guts out and jump on them, 'kay?

We talk into radio handpieces when driving all the time, no different to answering a cell-phone (But I would understand you being a tad perturbed if you saw the cop using his radio AND his cell-phone at the same time).

As to why the HP didn't stop? Danged if I know but I guess on motorways it might not be convenient, the hands-free thing is a no-go, the Govt is too cheap to supply them. (The Gov't is too cheap with lots of seemingly important stuff that the public expect its Police to have)

And what is the fine demerits and the precedent code for 'breaking the law of common sense'???
And I'm not sure everybody out there in KB land would be happy with me pulling them over and giving them a ticket for breaking the law of 'common sense as mentioned by inlinefour'!!

Now imagine this, if I was to smoke and then as a nurse was to try to educate a lung cancer sufferer as to why they should not smoke anymore. Rather hypocrytical(sp). Likewise, when the Police try to tell the public what they can and cannot do, but in the same day, are doing the same stuff themselves. Now its irrelevant the cellphone/radio, as your explaining it. However I am certian that there are plenty of Police who would like to tell anyone caught doing said behaviour(s) why they should not and/or hand out a fine. Again being just as hypocrytical(sp) as the above example of the smoking nurse...

So in summary yet again for those who are a tad very slow, the Police should be setting an example and behaving as role models. But considering the preformance from some here, perhaps thats not really possible? Am I to believe that they would rather make excuses instead???

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 22:06

Originally Posted by inlinefour

Now imagine this, if I was to smoke and then as a nurse was to try to educate a lung cancer sufferer as to why they should not smoke anymore. Rather hypocrytical(sp). Likewise, when the Police try to tell the public what they can and cannot do, but in the same day, are doing the same stuff themselves. Now its irrelevant the cellphone/radio, as your explaining it. However I am certian that there are plenty of Police who would like to tell anyone caught doing said behaviour(s) why they should not and/or hand out a fine. Again being just as hypocrytical(sp) as the above example of the smoking nurse...

So in summary yet again for those who are a tad very slow, the Police should be setting an example and behaving as role models. But considering the preformance from some here, perhaps thats not really possible? Am I to believe that they would rather make excuses instead???

So...can I take it that as nurse you don't partake in any unhealthy activities?
No junk food, no drinking; get the right amount of sleep (not too much mind you!); at all times wear a fluorescent vest, hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed boots (because you never know!); plenty of exercise; you maintain yourself at a perfect weight for your height and age; you don't get involved in any hazardous activities like motorcycling for example?

I certainly hope not because you should be setting an example for the rest of us!!!

**inlinefour** · 22nd September 2006, 22:09

Originally Posted by idb

So...can I take it that as nurse you don't partake in any unhealthy activities?
No junk food, no drinking; get the right amount of sleep (not too much mind you!); at all times wear a fluorescent vest, hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed boots (because you never know!); plenty of exercise; you maintain yourself at a perfect weight for your height and age; you don't get involved in any hazardous activities like motorcycling for example?

I certainly hope not because you should be setting an example for the rest of us!!!

I take it from the level of skills you clearly have in making excuses and flinging shyte that your most likely a MP? You getting tired of verbally bashing Helen and/or Don now?

I ride motormarsickles at unhealthy velocities, make of it what you wish...

**scumdog** · 22nd September 2006, 22:10

Meeh, we're trained/allowed to do a shit-load of things the public are NOT.

Like shooting/tazering people, using cell-phones while driving, parking where we like/speeding etc etc.... .

**RT527** · 22nd September 2006, 22:18

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Alternatively it might be that he just needed to take a dump or there was a shout of doughnuts back at the station.

So what you saying there dude, That me doing 120 clicks down the road was ok cause I needed to take a dump, Think I`d have a chance of getting off that one...Dont think so...Me thinks one rule for some another rule for the rest, and that kinda sucks .Now if it was for the Doughnuts,Meh I can understand that

**idb** · 22nd September 2006, 22:21

Originally Posted by inlinefour

I take it from the level of skills you clearly have in making excuses and flinging shyte that your most likely a MP? You getting tired of verbally bashing Helen and/or Don now?

I ride motormarsickles at unhealthy velocities, make of it what you wish...

Fuck it...you've flushed me.
Now...which one do you think I am?

I don't care what speed you ride a motorcycle at...it's clearly unsafe according to any statistics you care to cite and you obviously should be obeying the law of common sense and setting an example to the rest of us.
I suspect maybe you have immunity from commonsense.

As an MP of course I can do whatever I like because, not only am I paid by you to tell you what to do, I don't have to set an example to anyone since no-one respects me anyway.

Oh...the delicious irony of it all......!