Wow! That was a lot of police people!

[caspernz]

Nelson street in Auckland has a minimum of 20 police people and 5 cars on it at the moment ... seem to be targeting red light jumpers.

Hell of a lot of resources booked out for that .... anyone fancy robbing a bank today ? No one available to stop you!

Yep that's a waste of resources alright. Instead of a red light campaign a sniper would be a real deterrent...and longer lasting

[Zedder]

Yep that's a waste of resources alright. Instead of a red light campaign a sniper would be a real deterrent...and longer lasting

But if they're dead, the Gubbermint won't get revenue from the fine, ACC levies, PAYE, RWT (That's if they're working of course) or GST.

[jasonu]

You are joking of course !

Wat shu talking bout Willis???
Running a red light is fucking dangerous and just plain stupid. Anyone doing it and getting pinged for it deserves all they get. Doing 104kph on the motorway wouldn't hurt a fly (unless it hit your windscreen that is).

[Big Dave]

70km/h+ down Nelson.

I got pinged for 68.

[5150]

I got pinged for 68.

On the back wheel?

[Stirts]

I got pinged for 68.

So you should, that is just selfish.

[Robbo]

Good on them, red light runners are bloody dangerous especially to bikers. Lets hope they follow this with mobile phone users while driving and tailgating.
I know we slag them on the 4km/h over issue but credit where credit is due.

[Big Dave]

On the back wheel?

Nah - on my Thunderbird.

[Big Dave]

So you should, that is just selfish.

No sweetie. That's first gear.

[caspernz]

But if they're dead, the Gubbermint won't get revenue from the fine, ACC levies, PAYE, RWT (That's if they're working of course) or GST.

Nope, I've got no sympathy for anyone who's into attempted manslaughter by motorised conveyance...they're likely to be from the shallow end of the gene pool anyway!

So you should, that is just selfish.

But predictable, the logic being he owes one...

[Zedder]

Nope, I've got no sympathy for anyone who's into attempted manslaughter by motorised conveyance...they're likely to be from the shallow end of the gene pool anyway!

I got the lack of sympathy bit and agree totally with it although I'm not sure on the killing off of red light runners though. There may be mitigating circumstances.

My post was more of a bitch about revenue gathering.

[paturoa]

I get the being visibile thing with a whole bunch of popos, cars et al (probably several of them on overtime too).

What they should be doing is hiring someone with a video camera to stand at a bunch of intersections and film them. That would change behaviours quickly, and generate some significant revenue too!

I note that the city council can hire people to film bus lanes. Surely the technique would work for red light runners too.

[wharekura]

...hiring someone with a video camera to stand at a bunch of intersections and film them...

Yep, that true - but with a copa they can do ya for expired rego / wof (I suppose the camera can do that to via license plate), licence check, booze check etc - i.e. more buckaroos. if they real lucky they could 'confiscate' banned substances and possibly ask for recompense for said offence.

[red mermaid]

Just for your info....Police do not get paid overtime.

You work the first 3 hours for free, and after that get hour for hour as time off in lieu, so 4 hours over time will get 1 hours time off in lieu.

I get the being visibile thing with a whole bunch of popos, cars et al (probably several of them on overtime too).

What they should be doing is hiring someone with a video camera to stand at a bunch of intersections and film them. That would change behaviours quickly, and generate some significant revenue too!

I note that the city council can hire people to film bus lanes. Surely the technique would work for red light runners too.

[caspernz]

Just for your info....Police do not get paid overtime.

You work the first 3 hours for free, and after that get hour for hour as time off in lieu, so 4 hours over time will get 1 hours time off in lieu.

Sounds just like the joys of working in NZDF, and it's called TOIL there too...and Joe Public doesn't appreciate it either way