Tickets for 4km/h over the speed limit this Queens Birthday weekend

[rustic101]

But it may reduce harm to others, catch the assailant and help preserve evidence.

The magic word 'May', and I note your point.

However, speeding to an event increases the serious risk to innocent people or property, in fact even the attending unit. What the public see [in the media] is nothing compared to the actual number of crashes or harm to innocent by standers caused by Police and other Emergency Services on route to an incident.

[caseye]

OK I've taken that breath.
"Speeding to get to them will not prevent them from being raped, beaten or hurt"
In this case, It Did prevent a probable death.
While the use of a speeding car to get there in time to do this is not something that should be done, it is necessary if we want that girl to live anything like a normal life ever again.
I don't disagree with your call about where we as citizens should be directing our anger and yes I am bloody angry.
We are told, give them what they want.
Nowadays that just means they get that and an extra kick when they shoot us, for the sport.
I did not say that Police who risk THEIR life and yes those of others in their quest to save anothers, (still following me here? lol I almost didn't) were weak, I said we are weak and forever giving in to experts who spout drivel about what to do in a situation where you are being robbed, beaten, assaulted.
Our own Police are spouting the experts opinions, Lock your front door in broad daylight in your own home IN CASE a neanderthol comes looking to rob or kill you.
Where do we live again?

[Ixion]

If we argue as we do ( well as I do anyway) that police should use their discretion to determine when speeding is safe , surely we must extend the same grace to them, to allow them to use their discretion to judge when speeding in the course of duty is safe or at least justified by the circumstances ?

[Max Preload]

The magic word 'May', and I note your point.

If they don't speed it certainly won't improve the chances of those things being achieved.

[caseye]

If we argue as we do ( well as I do anyway) that police should use their discretion to determine when speeding is safe , surely we must extend the same grace to them, to allow them to use their discretion to judge when speeding in the course of duty is safe or at least justified by the circumstances ?

Ixion the judgement call made by a Police officer is just that, if they then have an accident through their own actions, they are treated exactly the same as any other motorist.
While some here would disagree that this is the case, it is.
It gets worse, because if they do have an accident they are charged, they go to court, they are found guilty or not guilty and then they are further dealt with by the Police.
In those cases where its a guilty conviction, often, they lose their lifes ambition/career too boot.

[rustic101]

OK I've taken that breath.
"Speeding to get to them will not prevent them from being raped, beaten or hurt"
In this case, It Did prevent a probable death.
While the use of a speeding car to get there in time to do this is not something that should be done, it is necessary if we want that girl to live anything like a normal life ever again.
I don't disagree with your call about where we as citizens should be directing our anger and yes I am bloody angry.
We are told, give them what they want.
Nowadays that just means they get that and an extra kick when they shoot us, for the sport.
I did not say that Police who risk THEIR life and yes those of others in their quest to save anothers, (still following me here? lol I almost didn't) were weak, I said we are weak and forever giving in to experts who spout drivel about what to do in a situation where you are being robbed, beaten, assaulted.
Our own Police are spouting the experts opinions, Lock your front door in broad daylight in your own home IN CASE a neanderthol comes looking to rob or kill you.
Where do we live again?

On the corner of Victoria and Harris streets most days or nights

[bsasuper]

often, they lose their lifes ambition/career too boot.

Poor buggers, welcome to the real world

[scumdog]

Poor buggers, welcome to the real world

You mean you too would have to step away from your chosen career forever if you crashed or got done for drink-driving?????????

[caseye]

On the corner of Victoria and Harris streets most days or nights

LOL, gotcha. Nice.

[caseye]

You mean you too would have to step away from your chosen career forever if you crashed or got done for drink-driving?????????

Ya beat me too it!

[Luckylegs]

Fuck your mother you little piss ant faggot

Wipe your chin !

[flyingcrocodile46]

You mean you too would have to step away from your chosen career forever if you crashed or got done for drink-driving?????????

Special goods truck drivers, bus drivers (taxi, Ambulance, Helicopter?) Bound to be others

[HenryDorsetCase]

If we argue as we do ( well as I do anyway) that police should use their discretion to determine when speeding is safe , surely we must extend the same grace to them, to allow them to use their discretion to judge when speeding in the course of duty is safe or at least justified by the circumstances ?

when did logic ever apply?

[Fluffy Cat]

I notice in our great media today that the powers that be are spouting of the success of the Zero Tolerance weekend. This in effect means that ZT is in. How objective they are....must have been one of the wettest weekends for years with droves of drivers staying home and driving to the conditions.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this was just a front....A bit like Hitlers invasion of Poland......Tell a big enough lie.......

[PrincessBandit]

According to the almighty stuff website news thingybob - "it's too early to say whether we will introduce it permanently, says Paula Rose"...."police had assured the AA that they were not targeting the end of overtaking lanes, and they were also targeting slow drivers who hold others up". They also said it would be some time before the total tally of tickets (good alliteration there) would be known from this weekend but at this stage it was significantly less than they'd expected.