Bikers collide with Police car in Buller Gorge (1 December)

[Pixie]

Oh please. Body roll and noise to judge the speed of oncoming bikes 'accurately.' What planet are you on?


Skyryder

Twat
I wrote VEHICLES

[Pixie]

Ah, another myth to add to the "highly trained expert marksmen" that Police are meant to be.

FFS We would need another 300 extra staff to cover when the others were not on deck due to being away for 'expert' training for various elements over a month or so each year.

Highly Trained me arse!!

I expect your bosses will tell you that training will only make police drivers and weapons users "over confident" and therefore dangerous".

Quote: "Training only makes drivers over confident..."
Supt Dave Cliff - Whangarei roadsafe meeting

[McJim]

Yep but using the pavement doesn't count

Actually rear wheel drive cars generally have a much tighter turning circle than shorter wheelbase front wheel drive cars. Best I've seen is a London cab and they are quite big fuckers too.

[spudchucka]

TFamiliarity breeds contempt?

Sort of like how you can fang it along nice bits of winding road 99% without ever finding an obstruction on the road and then on that one day..........

[spudchucka]

Now that's just plain silly.




Not anyone ? - That's a bit silly too Spud. Check out the chicken strips of some GSXR1000's, 999's etc to see how hard some guys don't ride their bikes.

Not very objective.

The tyres on my Monster are testament to the fact that I ride like a Nana but I can still bash my way through a gorge like that at way more than 90 - 95 kph without finding the edge or limit of grip.

[spudchucka]

its always the cars fault by default aint it.

Particularly if it has Xmas lights on top.

[spudchucka]

Oh yeah? In that case, common sense would tell you (as it has most of us) that the cop was a complete pillock turning where he did.

Show me where I've said otherwise.

[scumdog]

Come on Spud , I can almost see you smiling ?? Cops make fuckups like anyone else .(done some myself and had to do the 367's)
Guess the pulse went up when he saw the speeding motorist and he just had to nab him ?// Gaz.

Not giving a defence but these new Commodes have air-bags in the 'A'-pillar which make the 'A'-pillar almost as thick as the 'C'-pillar in the average car, i.e. one very big blind spot.
And the rearwards vision is also equaly obstructed.
I wonder if there is any correlation between these blind-spots and the (lately) crashes??

[MSTRS:Me]

Sort of like how you can fang it along nice bits of winding road 99% without ever finding an obstruction on the road and then on that one day..........

....some stupid cunt leaves his brain at home.

Show me where I've said otherwise.

Never said you did, but based on what we know at this stage, 2 bikers who were doing nothing wrong, were left with no options...yet you would have them (perhaps equally/at least partially) responsible for what happened.

[Quasievil]

Cop charged with two counts of dangerous driving, turns out the boys were NOT speeding

there ya go

[Mom]

Well, well, it was about time!

[MSTRS:Me]

Hoo-fuken-ray. Vindication.
Where did you find that out Q? And what do you say to 'what you know of the bikers?' now.

[yungatart]

Cop charged with two counts of dangerous driving, turns out the boys were NOT speeding

there ya go

That's exactly how it should be.
It may go some way to restoring faith in our police force and justice system, but I doubt it.

[banditrider]

Article from Nelson paper here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonm...4695a6007.html

[Usarka]

Not giving a defence but these new Commodes have air-bags in the 'A'-pillar which make the 'A'-pillar almost as thick as the 'C'-pillar in the average car, i.e. one very big blind spot.
And the rearwards vision is also equaly obstructed.
I wonder if there is any correlation between these blind-spots and the (lately) crashes??

Especially if you're a tall fecker. death by safety???