Reporting dangerous driving.

[Drew]

Couldn't be arsed reading the thread, someone give me the basics, so far I've deduced that people are calling for Rashika to let us all know when Dangerous will be driving. Is he that bad behind the wheel we should be warned?

[Goblin]

Havnt read the whole thread but....
I was *555ed by a lying scumbag boi racer in early May last year. I did nothing dangerous the whole journey yet I was hunted down like I had just murdered my children. The cop called for back up and soon there were 3 cop cars there to apprehend me. I was coincidently on my way to the funeral for the Guzzi Couple yet the constable insisted I needed to give him a "formal statement" and graciously allowed me to attend the funeral, all be it late now, and to go to the station at 1.30pm to so.
I stupidly went back to the station to wait for an hour when the cunstable decided to turn up. I was trying to text my daughter to arrange someone to be there for my boys when they got home from school but cunstable told me to put my phone away. I was treated like utter crap and when I told the constable I feared for my safety when this clown was tailgating me, talking on a celphone, weaving all over the road on my bumper, he laughed and said if it were my ex husband or boyfriend he could understand but a stranger is no threat!

Ten weeks later I was sent a ticket for Dangerous Driving and a letter saying I would be summonsed in due course. Another few weeks and a cop knocked on my door and handed me a summons.

After half a dozen trips to Tauranga for a registrars adjournment cos the cops wouldnt send me full disclosure, meetings with my lawyer(more of your hard working folks tax dollars in legal aid thankyou!), then finally on the 16th Jan it got dismissed by the judge because the "witness", who gave a false address, never showed up.

Missed out on my kids school trips cos I had to appear in court. My kids and I missed our annual camping at Ohiwa with all the cuzzies for 3 days cos I had to be in court and all because some dickhead loser didnt like being overtaken by a blond chick in a beema and the cop believed him over me.

I now know to never trust what a cop says as he had no right to tell me I had to give a formal statement. My lawyer told me I should have told him to shove it and gone home to my kids but thats the power cops have over the general public. We believe everything they say.

After that rant, I have had a few occasions where I have wanted to *555 drivers who have put me and my kids in danger on the roads but its a bit dangerous to do a U-ey on a twisty road and chase down a driver who nearly killed me and my boy, so I didnt bother.

[Soul.Trader]

That's incredible, Goblin. What an utter abuse of the system - both by the idiot who phoned you in, and the senseless cops who pursued the matter. Shocking.

[Genestho]

Wow, I imagined this thread to have dropped away, and Ive been gone awhile...good to see you all still leaving posts, on boths sides of the situation.

I have had a reply to my questions re:*555 and its lack of stucture and effectiveness from Annette King, (strange how quickly after I posted in this thread..) but havent had time to have a decent read yet, she seems to have all the answers and the bases covered from what Ive read just quickly...I'll throw something on my website over the next few weeks in regards..and I'll keep looking into it all, I still have questions.

And from what I read in the Herald over the weekend perhaps even the hot Sun and the Moon are to blame for the mindless crap that goes on in NZ....I wonder what we blame the impotent justice system on? Perhaps sentences are given and judged on where the planets are aligned?..Scary shit...

Thats my outloud thought anyway...
Please continue to leave posts on your experiences, much appreciated.
Cheers Jos

[discotex]

...even more so because we have a lot of biker-sympathetic cops down here. (and a lot say "If the bugger is prepared to come here, get off his bike, take his helmet off and shuffle up the steps in all his gear then his complaint must be serious")

Pretty sure that's what the cop thought when I stopped to chat to on the southern after I was almost clipped by a dude undertaking at 150km/h in the left of three lanes as he gapped it between me and a truck to get into the fast lane.

I think the poor cop was so shocked that a sprotsbike would voluntarily stop to talk to a cop on lazer gun detail. I know my mate was. He thought I'd been busted but I was

Quick description of the car and he was off to have a word. Probably nothing came of it except the tosser would have realised he was being watched.

My husband and his mates may have lived if somebody had bothered to make the *555 call when the drunk driver had crossed the centre line earlier in his journey and had been weaving for awhile.

Nobody made that call.

Strange how so many witnessed it and did nothing.

I've only called *555 a couple of times and both times it was after following the person enough to be sure they were likely to kill someone. I'm not into narc'ing but if someone is all over the road you have to do something.

I'd call 111 now as *555 is clearly being marketed as a whinge line rather than a "psycho is about to kill someone" line. It says as much when you ring it.

[Patrick]

he had no right to tell me I had to give a formal statement. My lawyer told me I should have told him to shove it and gone home to my kids but thats the power cops have over the general public. We believe everything they say.

Huh??? Course he can!! He can ask for a statement, up to you if you wanna give one. By not doing so, there is then only one side of the story, so that one side said you were driving badly.

Guaranteed ticket, since you declined to give your version once requested.

From what you told me anyhow on this one, a good result....

[Goblin]

Huh??? Course he can!! He can ask for a statement, up to you if you wanna give one. By not doing so, there is then only one side of the story, so that one side said you were driving badly.

Guaranteed ticket, since you declined to give your version once requested.

From what you told me anyhow on this one, a good result....

Yeah I did want to give my version of events but I had to wait for an hour for him to show up. Then he thought I was lying! The "witness" gave a false address and had no intention of turning up to court to give evidence. I was dragged through the system on total lies.

What really gets up me now tho, is when I tell people the end result, they say that Ive paid for the crime by being dragged through the system so its ok. Well I didnt do the fecking crime!!! This is a minor traffic thing and it PISSES me off so I can never even begin to fathom going thru what the likes of LN, Peter Ellis, David Bain and possibly even Scott Watson, have been through.

But yeah...was a good result in the end. Cheers

[Patrick]

I can never even begin to fathom going thru what the likes of LN, Peter Ellis, David Bain and possibly even Scott Watson, have been through.

But yeah...was a good result in the end. Cheers

The juries have spoken...

LN = consent issue.
PE = Guilty.
DB= DEFINITELY Guilty
SW = GUILTY

Tee Hee..., (Couldn't find a stirring spoon thingie...)

[Goblin]

The juries have spoken...

LN = consent issue.
PE = Guilty.
DB= DEFINITELY Guilty
SW = GUILTY

Tee Hee..., (Couldn't find a stirring spoon thingie...)

But the juries never got to hear ALL the evidence in most cases.....but that's another thread....ya big stirrer!

[Patrick]

But the juries never got to hear ALL the evidence in most cases.....but that's another thread....ya big stirrer!

Shite!!! Only one little nibble... Gotta change location...

[janno]

Well here's a police story which will cheer all you naysayers up - although it was in Brisbane last week.

My ex husband commutes daily along the gateway motorway to work, and on the way home was quietly filtering throught the traffic (in Brisbane the cars move aside to encourage the bikes!!!) and a truckie decided to show Graeme he didn't like bikes filtering, and repeatedly tried to run him over. So much so that he was moving right over the lane markers in to the next lane in an effort to get him.

My ex has been riding for about 35 years, so got past him no trouble and spied a cop at the next offramp. He pulled up, and so did the car behind!! A complete stranger!!. Both told the cop what had happened, cop said, right, wait here, and pulled the truck over. Mr Truckie was ranting and raving, cop said quiet down or I'll do you for attempted GBH with a vehicle. Mr Truckie shut right up then, but unfortunately for Mr Truckie, also happened to blow positive for a drugs result. Oh what a shame - that's his licence gone . . .

So I still like to think there are plenty of good police out there who can see reason . . .

[Patrick]

Well here's a police story which will cheer all you naysayers up - although it was in Brisbane last week.

My ex husband commutes daily along the gateway motorway to work, and on the way home was quietly filtering throught the traffic (in Brisbane the cars move aside to encourage the bikes!!!) and a truckie decided to show Graeme he didn't like bikes filtering, and repeatedly tried to run him over. So much so that he was moving right over the lane markers in to the next lane in an effort to get him.

My ex has been riding for about 35 years, so got past him no trouble and spied a cop at the next offramp. He pulled up, and so did the car behind!! A complete stranger!!. Both told the cop what had happened, cop said, right, wait here, and pulled the truck over. Mr Truckie was ranting and raving, cop said quiet down or I'll do you for attempted GBH with a vehicle. Mr Truckie shut right up then, but unfortunately for Mr Truckie, also happened to blow positive for a drugs result. Oh what a shame - that's his licence gone . . .

So I still like to think there are plenty of good police out there who can see reason . . .

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... top result. And good on the car driver pulling up too...

[jcupit69]

Well here's a police story which will cheer all you naysayers up - although it was in Brisbane last week.

My ex husband commutes daily along the gateway motorway to work, and on the way home was quietly filtering throught the traffic (in Brisbane the cars move aside to encourage the bikes!!!) and a truckie decided to show Graeme he didn't like bikes filtering, and repeatedly tried to run him over. So much so that he was moving right over the lane markers in to the next lane in an effort to get him.

My ex has been riding for about 35 years, so got past him no trouble and spied a cop at the next offramp. He pulled up, and so did the car behind!! A complete stranger!!. Both told the cop what had happened, cop said, right, wait here, and pulled the truck over. Mr Truckie was ranting and raving, cop said quiet down or I'll do you for attempted GBH with a vehicle. Mr Truckie shut right up then, but unfortunately for Mr Truckie, also happened to blow positive for a drugs result. Oh what a shame - that's his licence gone . . .

So I still like to think there are plenty of good police out there who can see reason . . .

Awsome, thats just made my day!!!! Hope i get as lucky next time some asshole decides he doesnt like bikes on the roads!

[Genestho]

I decided that I cant be part of a thread and not put the results of my letter, I had many questions for Annette

One as you all know was questioning *555


I have been informed by Ministry of Police to inform the general public to call in erratic driving on 111. *555 is apparently only for minor traffic incidents, so thats why theres no structure to complaints, and each call is dealt with differently.

I know its been said here, but I had to get it from the horses mouth so to speak.

Im personally quite concerned about tying up 111 lines with potential life threatening danger versus immediate life threatening danger.

Im hoping that there is the facility for BOTH of these calls if I promote 111

Time will tell how that works.



Im concerned with a news story from the Herald not long after Leon, Si and Toni were killed.

"Hang up but call us back if he crashes"
A motorist followed the driver and made a call to *555, after initially being told the driver would be intercepted she was told to hangup but call 111 if he crashes.

The erratic driver got from Thames to Auckland on a Saturday night of a long weekend and was never intercepted, the motorist following said she believed this driver to be drunk "crossing the road on the wrong side numberous times, braking suddenly, driving 55/60km’s in 100km areas."


She called three times and no units were available, she even followed this driver to Bombay Hills Mcdonalds carpark, and was still told - no units available. So she left the carpark.

So Im assuming the driver got away.

Not good enough, bloody lucky he didnt kill anyone.

As Ive said right from the start of this Journey, I believe that Motorists should have faith that if calls are made - drivers will be intercepted, its not the publics problem if there are no units available. (although it does become the publics problem in the end, some suffering injuries - sometimes permanent, and as our three families know - some die)

731 drivers with three or more convictions were prosecuted among a total of 3588 drink drivers - The Bay being the highest rates for the country.

[scumdog]

The other side of the coin:

We got one of those "She's all over the road and running onto the grass verge at times and driving at a slow speed, she must be drunk" Priority 1 calls via Comms from a 'concerned motorist'.

Fact: Yes, she was doing above - but due to her car overheating at anything over 70kph she was pulling over onto the grass verge (or edge of the road) to let traffic pass her instead of holding it up.

Person phoning in never mentioned 'all over the road meant just moving to the left or the fact the slow car never went near the centre-line etc.