Police roadside breakdown procedures?

[Trudes]

I think its only motorway patrol cars that have that.

Ahhhh, I see.
Is the gorge not part of the motorway? Maybe it ends at the junction/overpass.

[sidecar bob]

This is probably just the mechanic coming out in me, But a lack of clutch fluid does not stop a car from moving, to the point where it must be parked up in a dangerous place, In fact, I could probably happily have driven it to Taupo with none.
Sounds all a bit melodramatic to me.

[mashman]

I thought traffic cop cars have those ram bars on the front of their cars for situations like this?

or perhaps just use an old fashioned tow rope

[imdying]

You got it. Lets look at root causes of problems, not try to blame others. Real issue was the car had a faulty clutch. This fault would have been happening for a long time before it failed.

Bingo, we have a winner.

Next issue is yet another meth fueled truck driver hitting a stationary vehicle.

[Number One]

Yep sounded like a rant to me. if not then meh who cares it's only you that is getting their knickers in a twist. So carry on then as no one cares.

Actually it seems YOU are the one with your knickers in a twist.

[Number One]

You got it. Lets look at root causes of problems, not try to blame others. Real issue was the car had a faulty clutch. This fault would have been happening for a long time before it failed. Cant blame the Police for that. :

Wasn't blaming the Police for THAT actually AND the car was new to the nanny so yes it probably was happening before this but he didn't know until he couldn't change gears.

I do wonder what the what she thinks the Officer was to do? Push the car up the hill by hand?

IF you had READ properly you would have seen that the POLICE MAN TOWED HIM UP THE STREET TO A GAS STATION WITH HIS CAR.....after calling a tow truck to take the car all the way to Porirua for fixing.

I apologise to the forum for my sexist assumption.

Not at all! sexist assumptions are KB fuel aren't they?

This is probably just the mechanic coming out in me, But a lack of clutch fluid does not stop a car from moving, to the point where it must be parked up in a dangerous place, In fact, I could probably happily have driven it to Taupo with none.

Spot on though unfortunately he didn't know about matching the revs so you can get the car back into a gear. Lesson learned on that one but it won't be an issue now.

Once again for those who can't be arsed reading fully...

THE ISSUE I WANT FEEDBACK ON IS: WHAT IS Police procedure for the following situation - Police arrive on scene of breakdown. They tell driver car not in safe position and it must be moved off road. Driver can not do this as car won't go into gear. Police remove driver from car to side of road to 'discuss' leaving child in 'unsafely positioned car' - dumbarse rubbernecking truck driver hits car - action stations now..ooo I better tow you up the hill now!

THIS very well could have been a very sorry incident...thankfully it wasn't in this case

[Toaster]

If the broken down car was hit by a truck, where was the police car positioned at the time fo the crash? Did it have its warning lights on?

The truck driver is always going to be at fault for his actions.... all drivers need to be able to stop within the length of lane visible.

The principle behind it is that all drivers have to be careful and prudent in the circumstances. If you can't see what is ahead, you have to slow down to compensate. Simple.

[DrunkenMistake]

You have a .. foreign .. Male .. Nanny?

and your worried about the Cops actions?

[BoristheBiter]

Actually it seems YOU are the one with your knickers in a twist.

As you were the one that started this thread I would have to say that your knickers are probably a lot my twisted than mine.

Really is it that big a deal?

[Str8 Jacket]

You have a .. foreign .. Male .. Nanny?

and your worried about the Cops actions?

One should think before one opens ones big huge gob.......

[DrunkenMistake]

One should think before one opens ones big huge gob.......

One believes you have become their first customer.

[oneofsix]

Ahhhh, I see.
Is the gorge not part of the motorway? Maybe it ends at the junction/overpass.

Correct the gorge is not motorway. If it was there would be no pushbikes or footpaths. Motorway starts after J'ville turnoff, going uphill, and at the start of the interchange going downhill, where push bikes and footpaths separate off.

Seems there are some very defensive type people on here
The cop fucked up. He wasn't the least bit concerned about the Nannies, kids or other motorists safety, just concerned about having a verbal wank. The truck probably blew his chance to give the Nanny a ticket
If the was so worried about the unsafe car position he should have righted this first then had his verbal wank, event prove the was correct to worry about the car's position but his actions were wrong! This is another example of the being used to enforce instead of assist, poor attitude IMO.

Regarding the truck being at fault, maybe, maybe not. How many times have you seen a cager cutoff a truck when it tries to change lanes going up there. Perhaps he took the option to change lanes instead of getting himself stuck on the hill but got cut off and by then the option to stop in time is gone.

[Number One]

You have a .. foreign .. Male .. Nanny?

and your worried about the Cops actions?

How terrifically ignorant and prejudiced of you

Really is it that big a deal?

UM you tell me? You keep on responding and FTR I've been commando ALL day so no bunching here

[FJRider]

... and FTR I've been commando ALL day so no bunching here

Too much information ...

[Number One]

Seems there are some very defensive type people on here
The cop fucked up.

He wasn't the least bit concerned about the Nannies, kids or other motorists safety, just concerned about having a verbal wank.
If the was so worried about the unsafe car position he should have righted this first then had his verbal wank, event proved the was correct to worry about the car's position but his actions were wrong! This is another example of the being used to enforce instead of assist, poor attitude IMO.

That's what I thought too... and exactly the kind of thinking I was testing out. Thanks for not replying with 'don't say bad stuff about the cops wah wah it might hurt their feelings' or 'fly off the handle with rabid assumptions about the foreign nanny and his lack of mechanical skills' crap. Seems to me there are a whole lotta people on KB who could do with a damn good ROOT

FTR there are coppers that I have HUGE respect for and then there are some 'other' cops. The problem is that it would seem the shit arsed ones amongst them make THE MOST NOISE. There aren't many 'good work stories' being told out there about GOOD COPS. Frankly I have had my fill of the 'others' lately.

AND before some dickwad responds with 'if you do the crime don't expect to be handled with kid gloves' - my experiences of shit arsed, arrogant and innappropriate police behaviour were all experienced during our journey as VICTIMS...we were NOT the offenders.

ALSO where was this guy from?? Why tow someone to a gas station in Newlands just to call a tow truck to transport the 'injured' vehicle all the way to PORIRUA.

He was a bully, in the end my nanny couldn't get any information out of him because he just kept railroading his questions and by the sounds of it being an arsehole to him. The Manny is a honey and doesn't say a bad word about anyone - he's ridiculously respectful and mild mannered so I don't believe for a second that he would have given the copper any trouble.