Dangerous driving highway patrol.

[jimbo600]

Yes, they should set an example for other motorists. Fast driving is required from time to time but if you are driving so fast that you can't keep within your own lane then you are stepping over the line of whats reasonable.

Sometimes frustration creeps in when you are trying to balance urgent response with safe driving, things like drivers that won't pull over for lights and sirens can lead to poor decisions being made. Most cops will have a scary moment in a patrol car at some stage in their careers. Hopefully its never anything worse than a near miss and they learn very quickly that its not worth it when things turn pear shaped.

By the way I had a pursuit a few nights ago, it was about 0130 hours, country road, nil traffic, fine weather, straight roads, it lasted about 5 minutes, got to speeds of 170 and comms ordered it be abandoned.

Stink mate. How much faster would you have got out of the old V6? What the offender running from?

[jrandom]

What the offender running from?

Mebbe Spud can't tell us without killing us, etc.

Reminds me of the time I was 13 or so, wandering down the road with some mates. Chap comes sprinting toward us wearing nothing but his undies, doing a fair clip. A real Keystone Kops bunch of boys and girls in blue pound round the corner about 100m behind him, point and yell, "Stop that man!". Well, me being a scrawny 13-year-old kid, I figured I didn't have much of a chance, but one of the guys I was with had a crack at tackling him (didn't work).

The pursuee hightailed it up the road, over a fence and through a school field. One of the cops pulled up beside me with hands on hips, sucking air (he looked like his condition might have degraded a little since his initial fitness test upon entry to the force). We asked him "so what'd that guy do, mister?". He replied, "We just wanted to talk to him..."

[spudchucka]

Like Comms saying abandon the chase means an absolute, in my experience it meant turn the lights of and keep going

There is a new procedure in place for abandonment. Comms as the pursuit controller can order a pursuit to be abandoned, the cops in the pursuit are required to acknowledge the order, turn off lights and sirens and then physically stop at the road side and give comms their position. Its pretty easy to tell over the radio if someone is still doing 170kph+. If cops don't follow the procedure they will be getting some serious counselling.

[spudchucka]

Stink mate. How much faster would you have got out of the old V6? What the offender running from?

I was on a side road near the outskirts of town, approaching a red light when two cars went flying past the other way, obviously racing. We chased both cars out of town, one of them pulled over quite quickly, I got his rego as we drove by and continued chasing the second car. I don't know what he was driving but the Holden was going to struggle to catch it. We closed the distance to about 100 metres when comms called it off.

Followed up with the driver that pulled over, he was pretty decent about it and he earned himself a break by pulling over, so he got a bit of a lecture and a warning.

[vifferman]

Phew! So there's a few cops on this forum, aye? SO can youse give us a few tips on how to get off tickets, evade arrest, and stuff?

[spudchucka]

Phew! So there's a few cops on this forum, aye? SO can youse give us a few tips on how to get off tickets, evade arrest, and stuff?

Know the rules and don't be a dickhead!!

[NodMan:Me]

Off to do my 2 day cross-over course in a few weeks coz I don't know how to ride a BMW, especially with the indicators on each handlebar ! lol
Should be a fun couple of days hopefully....

Mate its gotta be the best two days I've been paid for in years...probably since Motley days an the ole XJ750s...just a couple of suggestions...dont grind toooo much off the centrestand and dont lift the front wheel toooo much when any body can see it...somebody might get the wrong idea that ya actually enjoy ya work!!!!...and this from the man who only has two rules ...no1 HATE HONDAS and no2 HATE BMWS...in fact try the old " hey sarge this bike is way diff from my own bikes I think I need the EXTENDED TWO WEEK training course, where do I sign up please???"

[igor]

no1 HATE HONDAS and no2 HATE BMWS...in fact try the old " hey sarge this bike is way diff from my own bikes I think I need the EXTENDED TWO WEEK training course, where do I sign up please???"

hey noddy. speaking to No L at ACT today and he loved his course 2. Shame our boss don't want bikes and I don't wanna do terrific, due to the bullshit that is now being forced upon staff.

we be off for a two day ride in the next few days. Homotown - Rotoonhua - Opotiki - Motu Road - Matawai- Ah feck I no (but I am sure, lets go down here Bayes will have a few ideas) I went down a road a while back and it brought u out at some mini Niagara Falls the ya can pop thru to Tiniroto Pub and onto Wairoa - Mahia Beach

Next day return via Waikeremoanana to Homotown.

be thinking of u Jaffas stuck in traffic.