Unmarked police bikes in Perth

[willytheekid]

How do you know we're not doing it already?

Cos we haven't seen any mufti's parked on the side of the road...enjoying the last of the tasty cheese sausage rolls from little river!

[rastuscat]

Cos we haven't seen any mufti's parked on the side of the road...enjoying the last of the tasty cheese sausage rolls from little river!

Ah, the old "I didn't see them so it doesn't exist" defence.

Come on Wheelie, surely your observational skills are better than that.

Funny. I sent a copy of that vid to my boss. He contacted the head cheeses in Wellytown only to find that they were already on to it. He's asked for two plain ones for Chur Chur. Maybe it IS Christmas, after all.

Nothing happens fast, watch this space.

[Murray]

The technology exists to moniter eye movement and other factors and possible administer a small taser style shock to the driver

makes me remember this news item from a wee way back.

While I agree with Greg Murphy's thoughts - how many times does he take his eyes off the road while driving???

http://www.3news.co.nz/tvshows/campb...#axzz3M7A1VdL0

[willytheekid]

Ah, the old "I didn't see them so it doesn't exist" defence.

Come on Wheelie, surely your observational skills are better than that.

Funny. I sent a copy of that vid to my boss. He contacted the head cheeses in Wellytown only to find that they were already on to it. He's asked for two plain ones for Chur Chur. Maybe it IS Christmas, after all.

Nothing happens fast, watch this space.

Good to hear there funding the right dept for once

fingers crossed for a kawasaki H2r! (Or some new VFR800's!!...god they look good!)

Take care Ras, and have a safe and merry xmas/new year

[buggerit]

Good to hear there funding the right dept for once

fingers crossed for a kawasaki H2r! (Or some new VFR800's!!...god they look good!)

Take care Ras, and have a safe and merry xmas/new year

Did the popo have some VFR700"S in Auck in the late 80"s?

[avgas]

So it's a good time to rob houses in Perth?

[rastuscat]

Did the popo have some VFR700"S in Auck in the late 80"s?

Back in the late 80s the Tamaki City Council used VFRs. Looked like couriers, and caught heaps more than we could on our R80RT-Ps.

Then the MoT took over, and the Viffers were gone.

Back to the future, WAPol is giving it a nudge again. Baby Teneres, from what I've seen. Today I emailed the guy who runs the bike unit over there. Maybe I'll get some ideas from him.

[willytheekid]

Did the popo have some VFR700"S in Auck in the late 80"s?

Dunno, but those old VFR700 intercepters where pritty cool!


..edit, and once again, Im just too damn slow lol

[mada]

Definitely need this in Auckland I constantly see anywhere from 10 - 20 drivers on their cellphones on small simple 10 minute trip from Epsom to Grafton.

Ping them if they're stationary too, because they're more than likely to be doing at other times and may think twice next time.

Inattentive drivers cause more accidents than drivers who "speed".

[TheDemonLord]

Good to hear there funding the right dept for once

fingers crossed for a kawasaki H2r! (Or some new VFR800's!!...god they look good!)

Take care Ras, and have a safe and merry xmas/new year

"Uh Yes, We need an H2R in case we need to pull over someone in a super car flaunting the rules"

[willytheekid]

"Uh Yes, We need an H2R in case we need to pull over someone in a super car flaunting the rules"

Bang on!

Hay if the British popo's managed to get a hayabusa!...Im hoping we can go one better

Still, would be nice to see more Bike popos in general working the roads (At least they wave back!)


...however, I would be rather concerned about beating Ras, smidsy & fireball to those tasty cheese sausage rolls at little river (Twice now the buggers have beat me to the last ones in the cafe ...we simply wouldn't stand a chance if they H2r's)


Hope ya well, and wishing you a merry xmas & new year TDL

[rastuscat]

Dear Santa

Please this year can I have

1. Demerit points for red light offences
2. Demerit points for seatbelt offences
3. A bike like the one below

I've been really, really good this year Santa. Just this once, please.

Forget the demerits if that's a problem, I'd really like the bike.

[Big Dog]

A really unpopular thought I am sure, but with the proliferation of helmet cams and dash cams why not have a submit a video facility with say 10% of any successful prosecution going to the provider?


On a separate thought:
Dobbed someone in for operating an unlicensed commercial vehicle on a public road in a dangerous manner.
Turns out they were also carrying dangerous goods without appropriate Hazardous Material identification or Material Safety Data Sheets present.
The officers who attended didn't seem to understand why we were concerned a tractor and trailer were swerving all over the road including intentionally ramming someone, or why the lady sprayed with a chemical would want to know what it was.

The officers that attended advised it was unlikely he would be charged.
They were not aware of any reason he should not be driving a farm vehicle on a busy public road without registration, WOF or operational lights.
They were also unaware that someone moving hazardous goods should have appropriate licensing and be adhering to safety guidelines.
They were happy to accept the explanation that the chemical in question was organic even though the driver was unable to identify it other than that sulphur was the primary ingredient. An example of a fertilizer based on sulphur, http://www.ravensdown.co.nz/SafetyDa...sphate-SDS.pdf. Sulphur Phosphate (potash) is listed in directories of organic fertilisers, pretty sure the driver would be pissed if I put that on his cornflakes.

I accept that the dispatcher sent the nearest car because we had also reported attempted physical intimidation and they may not be traffic specialists but surely they have an understanding of the laws sufficient to have acquired a license of their own?
Kind of wish after yesterdays events we had a dash cam... sure would have made reporting the issue a whole lot more cut and dried.

The other thing that pisses me off about that is I guarantee the driver in question is undercutting other operators in the area who are properly licensing their vehicles, do keep them up to WOF standard (or otherwise move them legally) and do adhere to dangerous goods requirements.

[rastuscat]

A really unpopular thought I am sure, but with the proliferation of helmet cams and dash cams why not have a submit a video facility with say 10% of any successful prosecution going to the provider?


On a separate thought:
Dobbed someone in for operating an unlicensed commercial vehicle on a public road in a dangerous manner.
Turns out they were also carrying dangerous goods without appropriate Hazardous Material identification or Material Safety Data Sheets present.
The officers who attended didn't seem to understand why we were concerned a tractor and trailer were swerving all over the road including intentionally ramming someone, or why the lady sprayed with a chemical would want to know what it was.

The officers that attended advised it was unlikely he would be charged.
They were not aware of any reason he should not be driving a farm vehicle on a busy public road without registration, WOF or operational lights.
They were also unaware that someone moving hazardous goods should have appropriate licensing and be adhering to safety guidelines.
They were happy to accept the explanation that the chemical in question was organic even though the driver was unable to identify it other than that sulphur was the primary ingredient. An example of a fertilizer based on sulphur, http://www.ravensdown.co.nz/SafetyDa...sphate-SDS.pdf. Sulphur Phosphate (potash) is listed in directories of organic fertilisers, pretty sure the driver would be pissed if I put that on his cornflakes.

I accept that the dispatcher sent the nearest car because we had also reported attempted physical intimidation and they may not be traffic specialists but surely they have an understanding of the laws sufficient to have acquired a license of their own?
Kind of wish after yesterdays events we had a dash cam... sure would have made reporting the issue a whole lot more cut and dried.

The other thing that pisses me off about that is I guarantee the driver in question is undercutting other operators in the area who are properly licensing their vehicles, do keep them up to WOF standard (or otherwise move them legally) and do adhere to dangerous goods requirements.

DG is a pretty specialized field, and the CVIU guys are pretty much the only ones who have any training in it.

It really depends on who turns up as to how much they know about specialised things like that.

[Big Dog]

DG is a pretty specialized field, and the CVIU guys are pretty much the only ones who have any training in it.

It really depends on who turns up as to how much they know about specialised things like that.

I tried telling them that he was legally required to have a MSDS with him for just such an event as the alleged poisoning of the other motorist involved.

I get that they may not have known what I was talking about or even thought I was being a dick, really I was just trying to help out another distraught motorist who had ingested an lung full of an unknown material that was burning her eyes. Either way they did not go and ask him if he could properly identify the chemical for the lady, or if he had the MSDS, that has the required first aid info on it.

I don't mind there is no probability this side will be followed up, but swerving all over the road, multiple near accidents, unlicensed vehicles ramming another vehicle with intent, these are all things I am a little hot under the collar they seemed uninterested in pursuing.

Did not even bother taking our statements as witnesses... their interest dried up when the car that was "pushed" had no visible damage because contact was to the tow bar. They may already have had our contact info from our call to *555, but they did not ask for contact information from two ready and willing witnesses.

I really do understand the police are busy and cannot be experts in all fields but this guy was being reckless in the extreme outside a popular and busy playground... it was truly terrifying following him. Watching him swerve without warning from behind the fog line into the traffic. On a couple of occasions into oncoming traffic. We genuinely lost count of the number of near accidents.