Police killing us again!

[Zamiam]

How is it the cops fault if someone else crashes into an innocent member of the public?

I said I didn't have the solution BUT maybe if the cop wasn't chasing them the idiot wouldn't loose control and take out some innocent party. I am sick of the Police saying they called off the pursuit 2 seconds or so before the accident so as to excuse themselves from being a party to the accident.

[Coldrider]

......with maybe the ability to see further over the crest than we can?

Can you work out the gradient of that road just by looking at the picture?

tripped yourself up here, just shows your talking shit.

[Zamiam]

IT IS! because the cop could clearly see that the chase has been going on for while and offender is just not goint to pull over...so now its just a waiting game until the "retard" hits someone (for price of speeding ticket). If they call off the chase like they are directed nobody gets hurt...but sadly cops dont give a flying fuck about other people on the roads when chasing the $$$$

Acutaly i dont even condone chasing criminals (not just speeders), why should I or my family die on the next corner because someone escaped prison or something and cops want to have some fun on high speed chase!

Life is too fucking short to be killed for nothing (especialy by NZ police)!

Exactly well said - lets not forget its about revenue generation NOT road safety. You'll never convince me that putting a patrol car or a speed camera on a straight piece of road, at the bottom of a hill or end of a passing lane is in the interest of road safety. Yes speeding is a contributing factor to many accidents BUT its speed inappropriate for the environment (be that road conditions, driver condition, vehcile condition or what have you).

[Katman]

tripped yourself up here, just shows your talking shit.

How do you work that out?

I'm merely pointing out that a photo can be a highly misleading source of information.

[Katman]

Yes speeding is a contributing factor to many accidents BUT its speed inappropriate for the environment (be that road conditions, driver condition, vehcile condition or what have you).

Now there's an interesting thought.

[cowpatz]

Another cop takes a life needlessly. What was he thinking? Me thinks Enid was a thinking ....Those goddam Dukes again....whoo, whoo, whoo.. Quick...decisive.....and wrong.
On face value he should be looking at a manslaughter charge.
If I were the family I would be looking at a civil action.
This obsession they have with speed and the chase has to stop. More are killed than saved!

[Coldrider]

How do you work that out?

I'm merely pointing out that a photo can be a highly misleading source of information.

No, you suggest the scene may look different with a photo taken from another position.
I suggested the scene may look different from where the photo was taken (ie the vision of the officer).

[Beemer]

The rider has been named - http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3595...ollision-named

Very sad for his family.

Photos can be deceptive, especially when zoom lenses are used, it can shorten the perspective somewhat. But it's still a very dangerous place to do a U-turn. What if the mate of the guy doing 154kph had been right behind him?

[cmoore]

It certainly looks like a dumb spot to turn....my guess is a head rush...and excitement at the chase....if joe public did this they would be charged for sure, we will have to wait and see what happens....very sorry for the rider and his Family, didn't look like he had a chance...

[MSTRS:Me]

Argue all you like about angles and shit. The yellow just lies there telling its own story...

[FROSTY:Me]

Im in NO way taking the cops side in this.Dangerous place to pull a u'ey PERIOD --if you know that bit of road. its resulted in a death which is tragic.
BUT--the guy doing 150 km/h was doing so up onto that self same blind crest at one and a half times the legal speed limit. Should the cop really NOT chase someone going at that speed?

[Ronin]

Im in NO way taking the cops side in this.Dangerous place to pull a u'ey PERIOD --if you know that bit of road. its resulted in a death which is tragic.
BUT--the guy doing 150 km/h was doing so up onto that self same blind crest at one and a half times the legal speed limit. Should the cop really NOT chase someone going at that speed?

Yes, yes he should. When it is safe to do so.

[Stirts]

Fuck sakes.... I thought all Police cars had radios!?! Could he not radio ahead to a fellow cop to give chase to the speedster? (Given that he had to pull a 3 point turn more like) Oh wait....how silly of me, would mean he would be handing his quota to another cop.

[miloking]

It's still not the cops fault for killing someone unless the police vehicle has a collision with another vehicle. If cops didn't chase criminals, then every second criminal would be robbing banks all day long knowing that they won't get caught. Vehicle theft would increase dramatically as well, as would almost every other crime. Murderers, rapists and kiddy fiddlers would have a field day. Great idea isn't it!

Yes, because kiddy fiddlers are frequent participants on high speed chases lol

Seriously, i dont care what is the reason for chase, escaped prisoner,bank robber or someone who raped his sister but why should that be my problem and affect my life by being hit by either of them while sitting somewhere on intersection.

Also thats why police has radio and helicopter units...so we dont have to get killed by them (or the people they chase) in cars.

[SMOKEU]

Fuck sakes.... I thought all Police cars had radios!?! Could he not radio ahead to a fellow cop to give chase to the speedster? Oh wait....how silly of me, would mean he would be handing his quota to another cop.

Contrary to popular belief, there is not a cop hiding on the side of the road every 500m waiting to bust people for speeding.