I'm an idiot

[Tank]

Ya must meet all the wrong type of cops eh?

My discretions exceed my tickets by about 5 (or more) to 1.

A shame the bosses don't count discretions eh - my 'contact rate' would be waaay up!!

Just curious

If you pull someone over and give them a small talk and let them on their way without a ticket - does that count as a 'contact'?

[Horse]

Some people say between the upper case @ and the $ - but we know it's the 'hatch' key don't we.

Octothorpe.

[Swoop]

The officer must have used his discretion. Like the Motorway Patrol chap last night doing 170+, but without any other traffic around the officer didn't hit him with a "dangerous" charge as well as the speeding.

What do they use for spotting hash?

A knife?

[scumdog]

Just curious

If you pull someone over and give them a small talk and let them on their way without a ticket - does that count as a 'contact'?

Sadly no - but I do it a lot anyway.

For some they may see it as a disincentive to show discretion "The bean-counters only count tickets as contacts so why bother with warnings" might be thier thoughts.

PS A fair percentage of tickets I DO give out are 'compliance' ones.

[moT]

See, I didnt lose my licence even though I did 170
only charge is 'exceeding 100kmph posted speed limit'

the maximum fine was 1000 bucks and I got 980
and I expect 50 demerits

Im well chuffed with this because theoretically that night I could have got..

DIC'd
No Rego
No Warrant
No L plate
L Driver driving after 10pm
L driver exceeds 70kph

Now that would have sucked..
The good news is I am 100pc legit now with a restricted licence
the bad news is I got a fine the other day coming home from taupo
had been at the motott trackday, was driving my dads truck and towing bike..
pinged at 104 when meant to be doing 90, I disliked this cop.

YOU ARE THE MAN SHAME YOU GOT CAUGUHT ITS STRANGLY SATISFYING SPEEDING AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT KNOWING YOU JUST FD THE LAW IN THE A WELL DONE BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

[scumdog]

YOU ARE THE MAN SHAME YOU GOT CAUGUHT ITS STRANGLY SATISFYING SPEEDING AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT KNOWING YOU JUST FD THE LAW IN THE A WELL DONE BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

Luckily that 'feeling' is a one way street eh???

BTW The 5-0 forget about somebody getting away as soon as they get to the first donut&coffee shop.

[Big Dave]

Octothorpe.

Aye - and a few to the left of the ampersand.

[skidMark]

So hang on.

You get pinged, then come on here so we can all tell you what a fuckwit you are.

Oh cmon man, ive been doing that with every post for 3 years...

[Matt_TG]

I think you have been superceded Mark, good on ya for noticing the irony though

[skidMark]

I think you have been superceded Mark, good on ya for noticing the irony though

Im just too busy working to have time to bitch about shit on here...

But ya know. i get bored :P

[Katman]

But ya know. i get bored :P

I don't think too many of us mistook your new lifestyle for 'Stimulation Plus'.

(But stick with it. I'm impressed).

[skidMark]

I don't think too many of us mistook your new lifestyle for 'Stimulation Plus'.

(But stick with it. I'm impressed).

LOL cheers i think

[spudchucka]

Sadly no - but I do it a lot anyway.

For some they may see it as a disincentive to show discretion "The bean-counters only count tickets as contacts so why bother with warnings" might be thier thoughts.

PS A fair percentage of tickets I DO give out are 'compliance' ones.

I think back in the days of the MOT they had official warning notices that you handed to drivers the same as an ION. That way there would be a paper trail and the warning would amount to something tangible that the bean counters would be able to include in their pretty graphs and therefore amount to a contact.

[Ixion]

I think back in the days of the MOT they had official warning notices that you handed to drivers the same as an ION. That way there would be a paper trail and the warning would amount to something tangible that the bean counters would be able to include in their pretty graphs and therefore amount to a contact.

Yes. That's correct. They said "WARNING ONLY". I collected a few of them . For different things. I made sure not to collect another one for the same thing, for the rule was that if you got a warning for something, and then got pulled up again for the same thing soonish after, the proverbial ton of bricks descended on your head. It was a good scheme. And there was some system whereby Officer Snake knew that Officer Bumblebee had issued you with a warning last month.

I think they should reintroduce such a scheme. With computerisation it should be very simple.

[scumdog]

Yes. That's correct. They said "WARNING ONLY". I collected a few of them . For different things. I made sure not to collect another one for the same thing, for the rule was that if you got a warning for something, and then got pulled up again for the same thing soonish after, the proverbial ton of bricks descended on your head. It was a good scheme. And there was some system whereby Officer Snake knew that Officer Bumblebee had issued you with a warning last month.

I think they should reintroduce such a scheme. With computerisation it should be very simple.

They do it in the States, when I was out with the 5-0 there they logged it on the computer - and when any dude was checked it gave a list of warnings he had and what they were for.

I have tried to push for it here but I guess I'm not close enought to the shiney-bums that come up with the 'good ideas' for it to be accepted yet.