Did anyone see Campbell Live on Tuesday night? (28 May)

[Kwakajack]

I was watching Cambell live on tuesday evening and his coverage of the BRAT (Boy Racer Action Team) in Hamilton. There was a reporter on tour with one police patrol car. What got up my nose was the fact that she glanced over at the radar when the cops pulled up a car and stated that the car had been doing 108, but the cop turned around and said, "naaa he was doing 110", obviously in a 50km zone. Were this on the open road, or anywhere else close to the stated speed limit, those two kilometres per hour in speed makes a huge difference between either not getting a ticket and getting one, or the size of the said ticket.

How many others out there noticed this, and it does make me wonder how many of those riders that get ticketed, fall foul of this.

[ZeroIndex]

I was watching Cambell live on tuesday evening and his coverage of the BRAT (Boy Racer Action Team) in Hamilton. There was a reporter on tour with one police patrol car. What got up my nose was the fact that she glanced over at the radar when the cops pulled up a car and stated that the car had been doing 108, but the cop turned around and said, "naaa he was doing 110", obviously in a 50km zone. Were this on the open road, or anywhere else close to the stated speed limit, those two kilometres per hour in speed makes a huge difference between either not getting a ticket and getting one, or the size of the said ticket.

How many others out there noticed this, and it does make me wonder how many of those riders that get ticketed, fall foul of this.

It was a 60kph zone and those boy-racing dumbarses deserve all the tickets they receive... on a positive note, did you notice the bikes? that's some of my doing... mine was the white bike

[vamr]

Entirely up to the discretion of the police.
Nothing you can do but live with it.

[Kwakajack]

This is very true. Still it is the discretion that gets up my nose. Speeding is inherently wrong, hell I know very well, but when faced with any fine, the least you can expect is the CORRECT fine for the speed, so in effect the speed that the radar scanner picks you at, not the speed at which the car was moving in order to catch you!

[Kwakajack]

It was a 60kph zone and those boy-racing dumbarses deserve all the tickets they receive... on a positive note, did you notice the bikes? that's some of my doing... mine was the white bike

I totally agree the boy racers deserve everything they get, especially when the lucky bastards have Meremere not all that far away! Yes I did notice the bikes and well done mate, I congratulate you and the riders with you

[ZeroIndex]

I totally agree the boy racers deserve everything they get, especially when the lucky bastards have Meremere not all that far away! Yes I did notice the bikes and well done mate, I congratulate you and the riders with you

Thanks, our contribution to Te Rapa is reporting cars that drop diesel, including there model/make/color and rego plate burn f##kers!!

...and our other contribution: Looking cool

[White trash]

Thanks, our contribution to Te Rapa is reporting cars that drop diesel, including there model/make/color and rego plate burn f##kers!!

...and our other contribution: Looking cool

Well done, you're to be commended.

But from watching the show, I got the impression that the bikes were part of the problem. You've got this cop driving down the road going on about the "boy racer" problem and street racing and this and that while the camera's cruising past a big row of bikes.

Looked to me as if you were lumped in with the troublemakers.

[ZeroIndex]

Well done, you're to be commended.

But from watching the show, I got the impression that the bikes were part of the problem. You've got this cop driving down the road going on about the "boy racer" problem and street racing and this and that while the camera's cruising past a big row of bikes.

Looked to me as if you were lumped in with the troublemakers.

We're at the roundabout, where until we dobbed in 2 of the diesel droppers, there were diesel drops EVERY Friday night...

[Toaster]

Wouldn't the comment have been said in jest? surely? The cop can only use the radar readout figure. The estimation of speed (in serious mode - not, lets make a stupid comment on national tv mode) is part of their evidence and required certification, and experience to be able to use that in court.

[avgas]

148, 150, 152.......whats the difference?

[MSTRS:Me]

What hes saying is that even though he was locked at 108 he saw 110 on the display before he locked it so hence he can give him a ticket for 110 as he was doing that speed. You dont have to lock speeds to give a ticket.

So comes down to the cop's word then, doesn't it? He can't prove his claim and we all know that cops never lie.

[Dilligaf]

We're at the roundabout, where until we dobbed in 2 of the diesel droppers, there were diesel drops EVERY Friday night...

Good on ya! Wondered why that roundabout had been cleaner lately...

[MSTRS:Me]

That is our hope too. But the problem is that there are cops out there who lie (just as people caught will lie too). Squeaky-clean and can prove it, should be the yardstick of all cops. Public confidence would replace the 'a' with an 'o' in the f_rce too.

[scumdog]

That is our hope too. But the problem is that there are cops out there who lie (just as people caught will lie too). Squeaky-clean and can prove it, should be the yardstick of all cops. Public confidence would replace the 'a' with an 'o' in the f_rce too.

Fucksakes, your niggling over TWO kmh??
Like what difference is it going to make to the outcome?
The dork was in a 60kmh area doing 48 OR 50 KMH OVER THE LIMIT = Loss of licence for 28 days in either case.

And yeah, the cop CAN go by what he saw on the radar, not what he locked on, done it myself when half asleep and the driver hit the picks before I could react and the locked on speed was 4 or so kmh less than what he was doing when the speed first showed on the radar.

[Deano]

Do you really think cops go out there and try to illegally ping motorists for speeds they dont do? Certainly nobody i know would do it and it would be accepted by other Police if it was done.

Your words.......