Police caught speeding 685 times last year.

**90s** · 19th June 2007, 13:42

See: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=10446556

Implies 250 paid tickets not waived and actuall paid. Can it be?

I'm stroking my chin Jimmy Hill style here ...
(bling for the first to post a good pick of Jimmy and a suitable explantion for those that don't get it)

**TerminalAddict** · 19th June 2007, 13:44

linky linky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hill

**90s** · 19th June 2007, 13:52

Originally Posted by TerminalAddict

linky linky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hill

Very quick! From your link:
"The term "Jimmy Hill" is also often used to describe someone as not telling the whole truth. It is likely the linking grew from people suggesting someone is not telling the truth by scratching their own chins, and from the distinct chin feature of Jimmy Hill. A often used phrase is "Are you taking the Jimmy Hill?"."

We would tend to say "Jimmy"

So, are the cops really paying or is it all porkies
(as in pork pies - lies)

**Swoop** · 19th June 2007, 13:52

Originally Posted by peasea

It doesn't seem like a big number to me...

That is the way I was reading it. Compared to the millions of kilometres driven on patrol, etc.

**Clockwork** · 19th June 2007, 14:34

Originally Posted by Dynamytus50

250 times. So the 7000 officers who between them drive around in patrol cars on shift work 24 hours a day 365 days a year were caught speeding 250 times between them without being able to provide details of why they were speeding. None of the speeds were in huge excess, most likely due to inattention, but they did get issued tickets. While no speeding is good in police cars (unless it is justified) as you get jumped on so quickly i hardly think this is worth a beat up.

Well I don't care so long as none of the ones ticketed were HP

**peasea** · 19th June 2007, 17:39

Originally Posted by Swoop

That is the way I was reading it. Compared to the millions of kilometres driven on patrol, etc.

Correct.

Also.....count the number of times you/I speed and do and don't get caught versus the k's we do. Use the same formula on the police mileage and bingo, you don't come up with a few hundy tickets do ya? It'd be more like in the thousands, it's just that shredders work harder for some than they do for others.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th June 2007, 17:49

Originally Posted by Swoop

Of course YOU would never do such a dangerous thing...

no I wouldn't (I don't know how to txt

)

**deanohit** · 19th June 2007, 18:03

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Or maybe this is the video he is talking about?

Cool vid.that bike looks awesome.also some big respect for you with the wheelies.

**riffer** · 19th June 2007, 19:12

Shit. Who cares?

I've got more important things to worry about in my life than some coppers speeding.

Imdying's fabricated exhaust; now that's cool...

**Slingshot** · 19th June 2007, 20:02

Originally Posted by riffer

Shit. Who cares?

I've got more important things to worry about in my life than some coppers speeding.

Imdying's fabricated exhaust; now that's cool...

More important things like.....posting on a website to say that you don't care about something?

**shcabbeh** · 19th June 2007, 23:39

I'd be interested in comparing the amount of coppers' deaths with the amount of public deaths as a result of speeding.

**riffer** · 20th June 2007, 08:25

Originally Posted by Slingshot

More important things like.....posting on a website to say that you don't care about something?

Nah - more important things like finding roads with no radar, laser or speed cameras - you bloody nana. (right back atcha

)

**scumdog** · 20th June 2007, 13:33

Originally Posted by peasea

Correct.

It'd be more like in the thousands, it's just that shredders work harder for some than they do for others.

All tickets are accountable - they all have individual numbers.

They get audited and (not talking about speed-camers here) the carbon copy of the ticket you have just received goes off to the Infringement Beureau (sp?) so if you tore up YOUR ticket and the cop tore up the carbon copy there would be a letter at some stage asking the cop where the missing ticket "between number xxxxx and zzzzz" has gone.

Of course in any system there is likely to be a hiccup - but not for hundreds of tickets..

**peasea** · 20th June 2007, 15:50

Originally Posted by scumdog

All tickets are accountable - they all have individual numbers.

They get audited and (not talking about speed-camers here) the carbon copy of the ticket you have just received goes off to the Infringement Beureau (sp?) so if you tore up YOUR ticket and the cop tore up the carbon copy there would be a letter at some stage asking the cop where the missing ticket "between number xxxxx and zzzzz" has gone.

Of course in any system there is likely to be a hiccup - but not for hundreds of tickets..

I was thinking more of camera pics....
Numbered tickets are a bitch aren't they?