Police killing us again!

**peasea** · 20th April 2010, 20:23

Originally Posted by Pixie

They don't want witnesses to muddy the water.Look at the trouble they caused in the Scott Watson trial.

Ketch, sloop, muddy waters, the list goes on.

**miloking** · 20th April 2010, 20:25

Originally Posted by Blackshear

But really, what's with all the fucking u-turns on blind corners?

Dont tell us about it, ask Indoo & Scumdog they will explain it to you....

**terbang** · 20th April 2010, 20:27

Mr Rickard, Messers Schollum, Dewar and Shipton are living proof of the trust we can have in our police force.

**Dodgey Dave** · 20th April 2010, 20:29

It makes no difference how fast the bike was traveling, the cop made an unsafe uturn. nobody in their right mind would make a uturn in the same place as the cop...its a 100km/h zone, double yellow lines and 70 metres from the crest of the hill! what if it was a truck coming, it would have split the cop car in half. sounds like the cop was actually having to do a 3 point turn as the road was very narrow!
and now we find out just 150 metres up the road was a side road where it would have been safe to turn around.
its all about catching speedsters because speed is measurable and therefore easy to issue tickets.

**Katman** · 20th April 2010, 20:31

Originally Posted by Dodgey Dave

It makes no difference how fast the bike was traveling,

Unfortunately, the public see it through a different set of eyes.

**R6_kid:Me** · 20th April 2010, 20:36

Originally Posted by Dodgey Dave

It makes no difference how fast the bike was traveling

Actually it makes all the difference. If the bike hit the police car at a slower speed then things could be very different. If the cop didn't do the three point turn things could be different. If they ute hadn't gone past the cop 52kmh over the speed limit things could be very different.

Originally Posted by Goblin

How come the neighbour didn't hear the ute doing 154kmph ?

He probably did, but the article wasn't focussed on the speeding ute. It was focussed on the cop doing the three point turn and the motorcyclist that subsequently collided with the patrol car and died.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 20th April 2010, 20:41

Originally Posted by Dodgey Dave

double yellow lines and 70 metres from the crest of the hill!.

I don't see a double yellow line???

**Muppet** · 20th April 2010, 20:42

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Actually it makes all the difference. If the bike hit the police car at a slower speed then things could be very different. If the cop didn't do the three point turn things could be different. If they ute hadn't gone past the cop 52kmh over the speed limit things could be very different.

You're damn right it does, if you're going slower you have more time to stop if someone pulls out. If people here are so confident that 'speed doesn't kill' then tomorrow drive around a built up area at 80 km/h and see how long you last, right or wrong if someone pulls out on us at that speed we're fucked!

Has anyone here actually ridden a bike on that road and can tell us honestly if you were doing 100 km/h and came over the hill and saw a car doing a u-turn, could you stop in time? I'd be keen to hear from someone who's been on that stretch of road not all these 'would be's if they could be's' on this thread. Like I said earlier, you should be travelling at a speed that allows you to stop safely in the length of the lane VISIBLE.

**idleidolidyll** · 20th April 2010, 20:43

more likely they will kiss ass and say only what their copper buddies want them to say

in my experience, the coppers here lie and lie then run away when the truth becomes all too clear

so tell us scumdog, patrick etc: what would you do if you saw a private car or even a bike doing a 3 point or U turn on that piece of road?

**peasea** · 20th April 2010, 20:43

Originally Posted by miloking

Lol,i would still prefer nothing ass related...so i guess better obey the road code then!

Especially in Orks. Worst cops I've ever had the displeasure to deal with, Wellington second.

Get out of town, relocate to somewhere where the air (and the cop fraternity) is cleaner. But not Te Kauwhata.

**miloking** · 20th April 2010, 20:43

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

I don't see a double yellow line???

Fuck sakes, there is single yellow as per picture from this side and double yellow on the other....what fucking difference does it make father of two is dead!

**idleidolidyll** · 20th April 2010, 20:44

was the 'speeding' bike the neighbour heard in 2nd, 3rd or top gear?

sound without sight is like sex with yourself

**miloking** · 20th April 2010, 20:44

Originally Posted by peasea

Especially in Orks. Worst cops I've ever had the displeasure to deal with, Wellington second.

Get out of town, relocate to somewhere where the air (and the cop fraternity) is cleaner. But not Te Kauwhata.

i heard Dunedin has decent fuzz? (as long as you are white and "local" )