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

[Katman]

turns out the boys were NOT speeding

But interestingly enough, it doesn't say in that article that they were NOT speeding, it says no comment was being made about whether they were speeding.

[Katman]

Personally, I think the outcome is as it always was going to be. The officer was certainly guilty of a careless manoeuvre and the public backlash that would have resulted if they'd tried to pursue any speeding charges would have only made the cops look worse.

[Swoop]

good thing you don't pay me what I'm worth - ya wouldn't be able to afford it!!

I knew there was a reason why 5c coins were done away with!! Doubled your income now!

Someone showed me the magazine. from memory it was a series of "wally of the year awards"
Then they awarded the cop a wally for his contradicting statements that;
1. "he didn't see the bikes"
and
2. "you were speeding"

The biker interviewed,stated speed at 95 km. They did the correct thing in my mind,i.e choose best place to hit,the front one would have looked to swerve and thought no good swerving to right and taking the other guy out behind,and/or risk head on to any other traffic,so swerve left try to miss the gravel and grass on road verge,or hit bonet of car.

They wouldn't have had the time to make that split-nanosecond decision if they were speeding. Poor buggers coming around the corner to find a roadblock, for that is exactly what it is.

[scumdog]

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

there ya go

No, wait - that can't be right??
The nay-sayers said it wouldn't happen, they said the cop would get off it, they said there would be a whitewash and nothing would happen..

I gues it was 'trial-by-media' and the John Campbell programme was the clincher - that and KB, they made it that the cops boss had no choice.

But there is now a deafening silence from the nay-sayers I notice

[Goblin]

But he's only been charged so far. Question is does he plea not guilty?

[McJim]

But there is now a deafening silence from the nay-sayers I notice

We are the knights who say.......'Nay!'





Nay! Nay!



Muwahahahahaha.

[GSVR]

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

there ya go

Very easy to assume. I assumed they had just come round a reasonably tight blind corner. Turns out its a sweeper that you could take at insane speeds. But that doesn't mean they did.

[Quasievil]

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

I know everyone.
I say the same thing, these guys always do stupid speeds on the trip, if they werent at this actual corner ,1/ I will be surprised and 2/ it would have only been for a moment.

I say the same

[MSTRS:Me]

But interestingly enough, it doesn't say in that article that they were NOT speeding, it says no comment was being made about whether they were speeding.

Here's a hair ------ I've split it for you already

No, wait - that can't be right??
The nay-sayers said it wouldn't happen, they said the cop would get off it, they said there would be a whitewash and nothing would happen..
But there is now a deafening silence from the nay-sayers I notice

Come on Scummy...we all know they are just waiting for the bikers to be charged...

I say the same thing, these guys always do stupid speeds on the trip, if they werent at this actual corner ,1/ I will be surprised and 2/ it would have only been for a moment.
I say the same

'Knowing someone' and being there are not the same. Only the physical forensic evidence will prove one way or the other.
Not saying you are right or wrong - just that it is a leap to say they were speeding based on (alleged) past performance.

[spudchucka]

Come on Spud...

Wasn't me officer!

[merv]

Wasn't me officer!

... and Merry Christmas to you Spud and Scummy and all the other orificers that grace this site. I guess only some of you get Xmas day rostered off and to those that don't I hope you have another day soon to enjoy some merriment.

Spud if you are off are you going to Wanganui on Boxing Day?

[MSTRS:Me]

Wasn't me officer!

Fixed. But you were thinking it. Right?

[spudchucka]

... and Merry Christmas to you Spud and Scummy and all the other orificers that grace this site. I guess only some of you get Xmas day rostered off and to those that don't I hope you have another day soon to enjoy some merriment.

Spud if you are off are you going to Wanganui on Boxing Day?

I'm working and on the wrong coast too.

[spudchucka]

Fixed. But you were thinking it. Right?

Well sometimes it is very frustrating, (knowing how the system works and seeing cops being disciplined / investigated for various things), when you tell people that a case like that will be investigated properly and the cop will be charged if found liable only to be offered back the usual tirade of "f&%ken cops look after their own" etc etc etc.

There have certainly been cases in the past where police have looked after their own but believe it or not today's police organisation is not like that at all. In fact its quite the opposite.

[MSTRS:Me]

Well sometimes it is very frustrating, (knowing how the system works and seeing cops being disciplined / investigated for various things), when you tell people that a case like that will be investigated properly and the cop will be charged if found liable only to be offered back the usual tirade of "f&%ken cops look after their own" etc etc etc.

There have certainly been cases in the past where police have looked after their own but believe it or not today's police organisation is not like that at all. In fact its quite the opposite.

That is not the impression we get from the outside though. It took a long time for the cop involved to be charged, but no time at all for the Austrian woman. That in itself gives rise to the calls of 'looking after their own'.