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    Aaugh! The Highway Patrol!

    On the pre-breakfast pootle this morning, I noticed three HP cars on the new section of the Waikato Expressway (Ngaruawahia bypass). Two on the other side of the road - one having a conversation with a motorist - and a third one on my side of the road. He was up ahead of me in one of them there orange patrol cars and I gradually caught him up (at 95km/hr.). He pulled left as we exited the expressway and as I passed him, he flipped on the gogo lights and indicated that he wanted to converse with me. So like the law-abiding citizen than I am, I moved over and stopped.

    He was a very pleasant young man and was really only checking paperwork. He wasn't even going to view my licence until I offered it to him. All checked out fine of course (I said I was law-abiding). We proceeded then to talk bikes and idiots on the roads for a few minutes until he left me to continue my pootle.

    The only thing he didn't seem to approve of was the fact that I had a radar detector aboard. I assured him that I wasn't a hoon () and that it worked very effectively as a speedo monitoring device - every time it chirps, I check the speedo - solely against speed drift you unnerstand. He didn't seem too worried after that.

    Lucky I was all up to date with the rego and wof, eh? And had changed the worn out S20 on the back...

    First time I've been stopped in five and a half years.
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    Should have done a runner
    "Sorry Officer, umm.... my yellow power band got stuck wide open"

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigAl View Post
    Should have done a runner
    +1 to this. FTP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    On the pre-breakfast pootle this morning, I noticed three HP cars on the new section of the Waikato Expressway (Ngaruawahia bypass). Two on the other side of the road - one having a conversation with a motorist - and a third one on my side of the road. He was up ahead of me in one of them there orange patrol cars and I gradually caught him up (at 95km/hr.). He pulled left as we exited the expressway and as I passed him, he flipped on the gogo lights and indicated that he wanted to converse with me. So like the law-abiding citizen than I am, I moved over and stopped.

    He was a very pleasant young man and was really only checking paperwork. He wasn't even going to view my licence until I offered it to him. All checked out fine of course (I said I was law-abiding). We proceeded then to talk bikes and idiots on the roads for a few minutes until he left me to continue my pootle.

    The only thing he didn't seem to approve of was the fact that I had a radar detector aboard. I assured him that I wasn't a hoon () and that it worked very effectively as a speedo monitoring device - every time it chirps, I check the speedo - solely against speed drift you unnerstand. He didn't seem too worried after that.

    Lucky I was all up to date with the rego and wof, eh? And had changed the worn out S20 on the back...

    First time I've been stopped in five and a half years.
    So what you're saying is that he had no legal reason to stop you?
    Some days I find myself agreeing with Mashman...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    So what you're saying is that he had no legal reason to stop you?
    Some days I find myself agreeing with Mashman...
    His reason to stop him was legal. Just the same as popo doing bulk breath testing. Checking is legal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    His reason to stop him was legal. Just the same as popo doing bulk breath testing. Checking is legal.
    Random breath testing required its own Act of Parliament.
    Stopping someone without cause is legally problematic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigAl View Post
    Should have done a runner
    Well...maybe next time
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    Well...maybe next time
    What's this maybe shit? Twist that wrist til it will go no further. Even Oscar agrees with me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Random breath testing required its own Act of Parliament.
    Stopping someone without cause is legally problematic.
    Check this out:http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/gl/roi/Pag...ndividual.aspx

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    On the pre-breakfast pootle this morning, I noticed three HP cars on the new section of the Waikato Expressway

    First time I've been stopped in five and a half years.
    42 years since I was last pulled. My cop had a single red light on his HG Holden, cost me $12.00. Never did pay my mother back the fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    So what you're saying is that he had no legal reason to stop you?
    Some days I find myself agreeing with Mashman...
    You're kidding me right.
    He was on a motorbike. A sports bike none less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    On the pre-breakfast pootle this morning, I noticed three HP cars on the new section of the Waikato Expressway (Ngaruawahia bypass). Two on the other side of the road - one having a conversation with a motorist - and a third one on my side of the road. He was up ahead of me in one of them there orange patrol cars and I gradually caught him up (at 95km/hr.). He pulled left as we exited the expressway and as I passed him, he flipped on the gogo lights and indicated that he wanted to converse with me. So like the law-abiding citizen than I am, I moved over and stopped.

    He was a very pleasant young man and was really only checking paperwork. He wasn't even going to view my licence until I offered it to him. All checked out fine of course (I said I was law-abiding). We proceeded then to talk bikes and idiots on the roads for a few minutes until he left me to continue my pootle.

    The only thing he didn't seem to approve of was the fact that I had a radar detector aboard. I assured him that I wasn't a hoon () and that it worked very effectively as a speedo monitoring device - every time it chirps, I check the speedo - solely against speed drift you unnerstand. He didn't seem too worried after that.

    Lucky I was all up to date with the rego and wof, eh? And had changed the worn out S20 on the back...

    First time I've been stopped in five and a half years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    So what you're saying is that he had no legal reason to stop you?
    Some days I find myself agreeing with Mashman...
    Tell me more about this 'no legal reason' you speak of??
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    fucken was it what. at least a half dozen, mobile and camped, (all on the northbound side - heh) of 1 between fangar-eh and wellsford.

    none on 16 =)

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    I saw you there this morning - by the amount of talking going on I thought the bullshit was being laid on pretty thick. The expressway was 80kph for the first week and the cops were enforcing it pretty hard. I went on it for the first time yesterday, I think I'll be staying off it in future.
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