Speeding tickets. Why the angst?

[ducatilover]

Identify yourself to me when I next lock you up and I'll say 'Ere, you're nicked'.

Oh for the good old days.

Absolute gold, repped!


Must spread rep

[scumdog]

Ah bleedy 'ell coppa!

"Blimey, wot you lot doin' then? - if'n ya don't stop it I'll be feelin' your collar, bunch of bleedin 'nits"

[Scuba_Steve]

Yeah, its the traffic cops who have brought the Popos into disrepute.

For the avg public yea it is, cops would have a lot more respect if it weren't for the traffic. As scummy said it's the frontline they see, the others come under "outta sight outta mind"

[ducatilover]

"Blimey, wot you lot doin' then? - if'n ya don't stop it I'll be feelin' your collar, bunch of bleedin 'nits"

"I'll tell 'ye ma' ya old coot"

[Brian d marge]

these are the boys



or these , now them the boyz ...they had a car.......



but if you were a bit of a lad , you got the;





or ........... a double picked guitar and a fro ,,,,






Ah the good old days .....now all you get is ....




Safer communities together byatch ......


Stephen

[Scuba_Steve]

Don't worry guys I've found a instructional vid on how to act if a cop pulls you over

[Reckless]

And on KB it seems you have a run in with one or two cops (over what you consider is trivial ) and all cops get tarred with the same brush: Bastards.

Where once in my entire post did I tar any cop with any brush? or call anyone a bastard! Hit a nerve did I ?? Well sensitive ain't we all!
Hasn't my post bought all the cops on KB out in force??
Seems like there is a large amount of sensitivity here
I did my level best not to appear anti cop and quote real cases/facts!
Whooaa which direction is this "us and them" attitude coming from now??

I didn't even mention the cop I followed on my trip back at xmas after meeting, riding with and leaving Katie!
I followed him for ages after the desert road towards Taupo somewhere! Slowing to 70-80k and ducking to the extreme left, kicking gravel into the road in some occasions whilst slowing left to hide behind the brow of hills, hunting for tickets I'd guess. He seemed very desperate to get someone?? Because of these actions I caught him up and had to pass, he then proceeded to follow me about 2 meters behind at 95k for ages. Intimidating me or trying to force me faster, I dunno quite what his game was! I'd hate to think he was also feeding my plate into his computer with one hand, being that close? I was a bit freaked to be honest. First time its ever happened in 30+ years on a bike. Eventually after me keeping a constant 95K in the left hand wheel track he disappeared. You don't forget these things they are unnecessary and do erode the respect you have!

I'm simply asking the question do you think you are reaping what you sow with these new policies??
You will obviously say no but the question then remains why the Angst??

Nuff said I am again wasting my time on flipping Kiwibiker something I swore I wouldn't do LOL!! But the silly ticket of the biker for 90k in a the 100 for a law that has now been rescinded drew me to the keyboard! And I foolishly included an incident or two of my own within the last 12 months?

If you want to write off anything that could be learned as the rant of a cop hater suit yourselves but it was rustacat that posed the original question?

Have I been trolled probably?? but hey it was fun! Don't mind a good debate to pass a night home alone!

nuff said we will agree to disagree! Feel free to have the last word

[scumdog]

Where once in my entire post did I tar any cop with any brush? or call anyone a bastard!

And where has anybody ever said YOU did??

Troll.

[Jack Miller]

I never suggested the 'Popos' (maybe I should be childish and call all non-police 'scrotes' in return)

Don't like Popo? what would you like us to call the enforcers of the road user rule? Is there a non-offensive, neutral title you and all your colleagues would accept? Don't want to offend.

[scumdog]

Don't like Popo? what would you like us to call the enforcers of the road user rule? Is there a non-offensive, neutral title you and all your colleagues would accept? Don't want to offend.

Just cops or traffic cops would be fine, 'cos at the moment various people on here call us : PIGS popo Popo cops and from time to time other names..

But refer to us how you will - I just thought I'd throw that tease in about scrotes.

[Scuba_Steve]

Just cops or traffic cops would be fine, 'cos at the moment various people on here call us : PIGS popo Popo cops and from time to time other names..

But refer to us how you will - I just thought I'd throw that tease in about scrotes.

In that case I shall call you John!

[ducatilover]

I suggest Cock-juggling-sweaty-palms.

[scumdog]

I suggest Cock-juggling-sweaty-palms.

Now THERE'S a mouthful.

(As the actress said to the politician)

[ducatilover]

Now THERE'S a mouthful.

(As the Elton said to the other queer cunt)

Fixed for ya mate

[MarkW]

As with most of the threads on KB I wasn’t going to post on this one. But…

I am of the age where I was taught that the Police deserved respect at all times.

Over the last twenty years there have been an ever increasing number of reported situations where there has been a failure by the Police to maintain the standards that I would expect the Police to maintain. Honesty, integrity and openness in particular.

A few of these situations involve the judicial system and the various processes in place in New Zealand. I accept that the Police do not control the judicial system but the Police are the public face of the judicial system.

The greatest direct contact that the Police have with the general public is in the area of roads and transportation.

In my opinion an effective law is one that is accepted by 90% of the general population and enforceable (and enforced) against the 10% that can’t or won’t accept the law.

Speeding law is one of the laws that many people break – some people more than others and to a greater degree.

Some front line Police exercise considerable discretion in the enforcement of this country’s speeding laws and some don’t. The problem is that the speeder doesn’t know which type of Policeman (or woman) is going to be doing the next stop.

So – why the angst about some speeding tickets? Simple really – getting one is like winning a negative lottery.

It is a game of chance. Complicated by some of the arbitrary numbers set as speed limits. And the perception of “a safe speed” varies from person to person. Throw in the complications from the “powers that be” that whilst the limit is 100, on a holiday weekend you’ll get a ticket at 105kph and on a non holiday weekend it will be a ticket at 110kph. But if the Police person is feeling generous even 110kph may not be enough to earn a ticket.

I will continue to use the 100kph limit as an example – if when the law was introduced it was introduced and enforced that 100kph was no ticket and 101kph was a ticket we would all have known where we stood. We would have yelled and screamed but at least we would have been certain about what the rule was. And we would have learnt very quickly that 100kph was OK and 101kph was not.

But now in reality – there are so many mixed messages out there that many people don’t believe any of the messages. And so ignore them.

Toss in some of the more radical situations involving the Police at all levels that have been reported in the recent past and in many cases the respect that the Police once had has been severely depleted.

This thread has been worthwhile and to scumdog and rastuscat in particular I say thank you for your time and efforts in trying to find the answer to a very complicated problem. Unfortunately there isn’t a simple solution.