No tolerance be fucked

[swbarnett]

Who knows what the car as flagged for, could be wanted crim etc.....

The reason for the dumb move is irrelevant.

A competent motorist should be aware that a cop car may brake and turn to chase someone at anytime. With a two second following distance it shouldn't be a drama for anyone following...

And a competent cop will know that not everyone expects them to pull a dumb u-turn.

[AllanB]

They tend to be more lenient with vintage bikes - I think they like to see them out there on the roads still

[veldthui]

Who knows what the car as flagged for, could be wanted crim etc..... it always cracks me up that people think everytime a cop pulls someone its for speed. The paranoia by people when they see a cop car... they usually too busy running around after wife beaters and thieves to be worrying about speed tickets.
A competent motorist should be aware that a cop car may brake and turn to chase someone at anytime. With a two second following distance it shouldn't be a drama for anyone following...
Maybe cop cars need those signs on the back like street sweepers do.... jesus Christ.............

Sure and a trained cop should know that doing a U-turn on a blind corner is a stupid thing to do. I didn't say we nearly died or anything like that. I said there was heavy braking going on which if the idiot had waited until he was out of the corner and saw that traffic was behind him he would have just pulled over and waited for the 2 vehicles.
Also I find it extremely amazing that in the middle of a corner the cop could detect and decide that the vehicle or person driving it was doing anything other then speeding or was wanted for something else.

[nzspokes]

Who knows what the car as flagged for, could be wanted crim etc..... it always cracks me up that people think everytime a cop pulls someone its for speed. The paranoia by people when they see a cop car... they usually too busy running around after wife beaters and thieves to be worrying about speed tickets.
A competent motorist should be aware that a cop car may brake and turn to chase someone at anytime. With a two second following distance it shouldn't be a drama for anyone following...
Maybe cop cars need those signs on the back like street sweepers do.... jesus Christ.............

So its ok in the pursuit of a criminal to put civilians at risk?

[R650R]

So its ok in the pursuit of a criminal to put civilians at risk?

Yes when that inherent risk is to be expected by a prudent alert driver...

[nzspokes]

Yes when that inherent risk is to be expected by a prudent alert driver...

What if that risk comes when not expected? Who is at fault?

[Scuba_Steve]

Who knows what the car as flagged for, could be wanted crim etc..... it always cracks me up that people think everytime a cop pulls someone its for speed. The paranoia by people when they see a cop car... they usually too busy running around after wife beaters and thieves to be worrying about speed tickets.
A competent motorist should be aware that a cop car may brake and turn to chase someone at anytime. With a two second following distance it shouldn't be a drama for anyone following...
Maybe cop cars need those signs on the back like street sweepers do.... jesus Christ.............

I'm not sure your glasses are even rose tinted, I think you must be seeing the world through the Pyro's mask

[caspernz]

So its ok in the pursuit of a criminal to put civilians at risk?

Yes when that inherent risk is to be expected by a prudent alert driver...

I guess the middle ground would be that all drivers need to be aware of the big picture. Personally I don't like to follow a patrol car closer than a few seconds for the very reason it may need/wish to execute a U-turn. A patrol car doing a U-turn in a marginal area is no more dangerous than someone droning along with the "eyes on the horizon and the brain in neutral" while maintaining that comfortable 1 second gap me thinks

[FJRider]

I dont understand it but hey who knows possibly the guy rode a bike...whatever happy new year to ya,maybe the ticket book was full.

Simple really ... you were not over the posted speed limit. His/Her eyes were on the radar readout. Not you ...

No pictures ... so it didn't happen ...


Buy a lotto ticket ...

[ellipsis]

Who knows what the car as flagged for, could be wanted crim etc..... it always cracks me up that people think everytime a cop pulls someone its for speed. The paranoia by people when they see a cop car... they usually too busy running around after wife beaters and thieves to be worrying about speed tickets.
A competent motorist should be aware that a cop car may brake and turn to chase someone at anytime. With a two second following distance it shouldn't be a drama for anyone following...
Maybe cop cars need those signs on the back like street sweepers do.... jesus Christ.............

...so you wouldn't mind being knocked off or worse by a wanker with a badge, just 'cos he's got one...do you know what happened to the man that picked his nose constantly for seven years?...his head caved in...

[98tls]

Simple really ... you were not over the posted speed limit. His/Her eyes were on the radar readout. Not you ...

No pictures ... so it didn't happen ...


Buy a lotto ticket ...

See thing is when ya get cocky some cunt comes along and puts you in your place,had to happen its been a long time between drinks.I blame the internet.Most annoying thing was i had this feeling when i saw the thing (unmarked) but ignored it,would probably still have been clocked but could have saved a few demerits.On the no tolerance thing i asked the bloke outta interest and he wasnt bothering up to 105 fwiw to which i added why dont we just call this 110 but....no.Dont ask you dont get.

[AllanB]

Haha bloody internet.

Hey I was thinking as vehicles are only required to have speedos reading within 10% error rate from new how the fuck can a under 10% allowance be enforced? Say I have a new Toyota XXX and get done for 107 when I have cruise set to 100 - Toyota won;t give a fuck as they are within there legal requirements.

Arse.

[98tls]

Haha bloody internet.

Hey I was thinking as vehicles are only required to have speedos reading within 10% error rate from new how the fuck can a under 10% allowance be enforced? Say I have a new Toyota XXX and get done for 107 when I have cruise set to 100 - Toyota won;t give a fuck as they are within there legal requirements.

Arse.

Interesting,if i win lotto tonight will set us up with a lawyer to find out but dont hold ya breath.

[huff3r]

Haha bloody internet.

Hey I was thinking as vehicles are only required to have speedos reading within 10% error rate from new how the fuck can a under 10% allowance be enforced? Say I have a new Toyota XXX and get done for 107 when I have cruise set to 100 - Toyota won;t give a fuck as they are within there legal requirements.

Arse.

Not sure what the laws are around new car speedo requirements, but I have never seen any car that reads low. I've seen speedos 10% out but it's always been reading high, ie reads 110 but doing 100. You might find they have to be within 10% but must read high if they are not accurate?

[AllanB]

Not sure what the laws are around new car speedo requirements, but I have never seen any car that reads low. I've seen speedos 10% out but it's always been reading high, ie reads 110 but doing 100. You might find they have to be within 10% but must read high if they are not accurate?

Yeah true - so 98 was possibly reading 135 or so