How to discover cop's name after incident?

[Mully]

nothing we were doing warranted this cop doing a U-turn

Was there a motorbike (or two) coming?

[Beemer]

Was there a motorbike (or two) coming?

Luckily for this cop, no! But when he did the second U-turn after speaking to us, that unfortunate 'accident' immediately came to mind.

[Taz]

The cowboys are getting worse it seems. What a dick.

[Beemer]

We had seen HEAPS of cops on the road between where we started from in Levin and where we were stopped so we would have been nuts to put our foot down. With our car you KNOW when you are doing much over 100kph as the T-tops whistle - no whistling today!

Like I said, no problem with us being warned to watch our speed even though none of us can recall doing 136, the only problem is with the dangerous overtaking and what we feel was over the top behaviour to give out a warning.

[rustic101]

Like I said, no problem with us being warned to watch our speed even though none of us can recall doing 136, the only problem is with the dangerous overtaking and what we feel was over the top behaviour to give out a warning.

Option one:

District Commander
Central Districts,
Civil Defence House,
180 Cuba Street
Palmerston North
Private Bag 11-040

Superintendent Russell GIBSON

Option two:

National Manager
Road Policing Support
Level Five
PNHQ
180 Molesworth Street
Thorndon
Wellington

Superintendent Paula ROSE

[Beemer]

Ta, will maybe copy the letter to both.

[Winston001]

Not sure how I feel about this. The officer appears to have taken risks in order to stop a line of cars. His attitude and conduct towards the stopped drivers was courteous. No tickets were issued.

Sounds like an error of judgement. How many of us can say we've never made a passing manoeuvre or something which we regret? I do think we should hold police to a high standard but none of us are perfect.

[rustic101]

Not sure how I feel about this. The officer appears to have taken risks in order to stop a line of cars. His attitude and conduct towards the stopped drivers was courteous. No tickets were issued.

Sounds like an error of judgement. How many of us can say we've never made a passing manoeuvre or something which we regret? I do think we should hold police to a high standard but none of us are perfect.

You are absolutely correct this was an 'error of judgement', the consequence of which could have or may have been tragic if this type of driving behaviour continues. Complaining; is not about 'getting the Constable' in the shit, but rather drawing attention to the dangerous situations those upholding the Law in are putting themselves and other road users in.

[Beemer]

Not sure how I feel about this. The officer appears to have taken risks in order to stop a line of cars. His attitude and conduct towards the stopped drivers was courteous. No tickets were issued.

Sounds like an error of judgement. How many of us can say we've never made a passing manoeuvre or something which we regret? I do think we should hold police to a high standard but none of us are perfect.

If he'd passed ONE of us and pulled us over then I doubt any of us would be drawing attention to this, but he overtook all eight of us and at least one or two other vehicles. He passed at least four of us in dangerous spots - yellow lines, blind corners, on an overbridge - and then made us all pull over and stop at the beginning of a huge long straight instead of travelling along it further and pulling us over then. No tickets, courteous cop - absolutely appalling driving. If this had been a member of the public, I'd still be trying to track down the rego so I could lay a complaint. Very much a case of do as I say rather than do as I do if their ad campaigns are anything to go by. Maybe driving was 'in his blood'?

[MSTRS:Me]

You are absolutely correct this was an 'error of judgement',...

I don't agree. In cases like this, it is more a dangerous decision. It was an HP on SH1...do you think he didn't know his patch well enough to know there would be a better place to overtake all those cars? Just like all the other ones that have/have not got away with it.

[rustic101]

I don't agree. In cases like this, it is more a dangerous decision. It was an HP on SH1...do you think he didn't know his patch well enough to know there would be a better place to overtake all those cars? Just like all the other ones that have/have not got away with it.

Not arguing, rather being diplomatic as I do not know the full situation.

[Beemer]

I don't agree. In cases like this, it is more a dangerous decision. It was an HP on SH1...do you think he didn't know his patch well enough to know there would be a better place to overtake all those cars? Just like all the other ones that have/have not got away with it.

Agreed - unless he materialised out of thin air (you never know with cops...), he'd just travelled down the very stretch of road he then turned around and overtook us on, so I would assume he knew the long straight just a tad further north. We were NOT travelling at warp speed nine (not even warp speed three...) and he could have caught up with us easily, or if we WERE doing the excessive speed he reckoned, surely calling ahead to another unit would have been wiser.

[MSTRS:Me]

Agreed - unless he materialised out of thin air (you never know with cops...), he'd just travelled down the very stretch of road he then turned around and overtook us on, so I would assume he knew the long straight just a tad further north. We were NOT travelling at warp speed nine (not even warp speed three...) and he could have caught up with us easily, or if we WERE doing the excessive speed he reckoned, surely calling ahead to another unit would have been wiser.

What? And miss his quota/bonus? Surely you jest...

[scumdog]

What? And miss his quota/bonus? Surely you jest...

Bonus?

We can get a bonus?

Surely you speak in jest?

[MSTRS:Me]

Only on roads with sufficient traffic volume.
Best be spending your prowling time only on major roads, eh? That'll leave the 'better' roads less stressful...