Dangerous driving (BWG542)

**toymachine** · 25th April 2007, 18:17

I just about got taken on by a Nissan Largo reg# BWG542 around 6pm, Swanson RD in west aucks..

Going along (luckily straight) this van came flying up my right literally less then 30cm away (from me, not the widest point on the bike), then pulled a handbrakie of sorts into a left hand road just down the road abit. Initially I was going to carry on but i followed and got the reg#, went down the rd, turned around and ended up behind him again turning towards my street (now he was driving real slow).

How do I go about reporting this? head down to the police station tomoro or is there a number I can ring?

**fireliv** · 25th April 2007, 18:23

Isnt it *555 from your mobile?? That the number I always use to see when riding along the motorway, plus I think its what my bro has on speed dial (He's a truckkie, sees lots of crazy shit)

**rainman** · 25th April 2007, 19:14

Go to the police website (http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.html) and use the Report a Dangerous Driver form. If the driver gets a certain number of these (3 or 4?) the coppers pay 'em a visit, as I understand things. You can also go to the local station and lay charges but understand it's going to be your word against theirs unless you have witnesses or video footage...

**rainman** · 25th April 2007, 19:19

You might also want to look at this thread I started when the same sort of thing happened to me: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=43217

**Toaster** · 25th April 2007, 20:11

Yep, go report that scum to the boys (and girls) in blue. Sounds like they deserve a good spanking. Good job mate.

**Stella** · 25th April 2007, 21:23

My mum and a friend were witnesses in a thing against this idiot driver recently. They were passed dangerously then saw him do other stupid things so the passenger did the *555 thing. So did another woman on the same stretch of road.
He tried defending himself and apparently was 'a real arsehole' but got convicted, 6 months disqualification and $600 fine.

The police were really pleased and kept passing 'we're going to nail the bastard!' looks while they were giving evidence

Do it

**Patrick** · 27th April 2007, 16:27

Originally Posted by Stella

My mum and a friend were witnesses in a thing against this idiot driver recently. They were passed dangerously then saw him do other stupid things so the passenger did the *555 thing. So did another woman on the same stretch of road.
He tried defending himself and apparently was 'a real arsehole' but got convicted, 6 months disqualification and $600 fine.

The police were really pleased and kept passing 'we're going to nail the bastard!' looks while they were giving evidence

Do it

Now that is more like it! (more like what really happens as opposed to the half heard stories on here...)

**The Pastor** · 27th April 2007, 21:03

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.

**imdying** · 27th April 2007, 21:54

Originally Posted by renegade master

For karma reasons i'd say don't do it as it may just happen to you when your broke on 80 demerits and just about to lose your job.

Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

**The Pastor** · 28th April 2007, 00:02

Originally Posted by imdying

Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

Go hug a tree you hippie.

**Drew** · 28th April 2007, 00:08

Originally Posted by imdying

Which you'd quite rightly deserve. Nobody gets into the situation you describe without doing it to themselves.

Get bent, we all fuck up, and do things that are a bit dodgy. "Deserve it",pffft eat shit.

**Darkman** · 28th April 2007, 00:23

Originally Posted by FIZZERMAN

Get bent, we all fuck up, and do things that are a bit dodgy. "Deserve it",pffft eat shit.

I never do anything dodgy!!

**Forest** · 28th April 2007, 06:41

I wouldn't put too much faith in *555.

A few weeks ago I was driving behind a weaving car on the South-Western motorway at around 4am. The car started drifting towards the median barrier, crashed into it, and continued driving. Then the guy slowed down and stopped in the middle of the off-ramp before he carried on.

I doubled back from the next exit and found where the guy had parked his car. He was lurching around on the pavement - pissed as a fart. So I gave the location and rego details to *555 and hung around at a discrete distance to wait for the police.

I waited 45 minutes for the cops to show, but nobody came past. So I gave up waiting and left.

Maybe it was just a busy night. I really don't know.

**Grub** · 28th April 2007, 07:08

That is really unusual Forest. They take *555 calls, especially ones about drunks in cars, *very* seriously. They'll often have several cars, not just one, hone in on where the offender is. You did all the stuff they needed too with rego, location and maintaining observation.

There must have been other stuff going on. 2-4am is when all the baddies are out and about doing bad stuff. Maybe th fact that he'd parked it up meant that they didn't have to worry about them being an immediate danger to others?

Theyy wouldn't have been at all upset if you had rung them back and said that you were still observing this guy, did they want you to wait or not. They would have told you what was happening. Not many people hang around, it would have made a difference