What does it mean when?

[Drew]

It means he wants to see a wheelie.

[5150]

He probably thought, Oh look, Honda, I better give him the friendly police "wave". If only he knew you were riding a Yamaha...

[WNJ]

Usually means go faster on your R1,

[Oakie]

May have just been the equivalent of a good old fashioned warning by waved finger.

[Moise]

Usually means go faster on your R1,

Maybe he saw I was riding a R1 and thought "fuck it, I'll never catch him".

[EJK]

I see popo cruisers do that around intersections, then zip through the lights.

Like someone said, must be really nice donuts for sale.

[rambaldi]

I see popo cruisers do that around intersections, then zip through the lights.

Like someone said, must be really nice donuts for sale.

I have been led to believe that they are allowed to do that, with no blip of the siren if it has been deemed as tactically necessary e.g. on their way to a burglary in progress and they don't want the noise to let the fellas know to get the hell out of there.

[Moise]

I saw a cop do that entering the Royal Oak roundabout from the wrong side of the road. I've seen some dumb driving by the police in my time, but that was incredibly dangerous. If they are going to do crazy shit like that, then at least use the siren.

[neels]

I would go with a warning, while he was on the way to something more important.

I've had the waggled finger, headlight flash and disco light flash from cops in the past, I think in a lot of cases it's just not worth the effort to turn and chase, besides which a lot would be looking in the mirror for brake lights and when they see them finding the nearest side road to disappear.

Or, as above, your lucky day.

[Akzle]

I have been led to believe that they are allowed to do that, with no blip of the siren if it has been deemed as tactically necessary e.g. on their way to a burglary in progress and they don't want the noise to let the fellas know to get the hell out of there.

your a fuken optimist arent ya

[caseye]

I saw a cop do that entering the Royal Oak roundabout from the wrong side of the road. I've seen some dumb driving by the police in my time, but that was incredibly dangerous. If they are going to do crazy shit like that, then at least use the siren.

You of course know what they should and should not do when going to a particular type of incident.
Another got it mostly right, if it is deemed necessary not to put on the siren, they will just flick the lights.
What, you don't know what Red and Blues flashing means?
Don't worry, watch ten seven or any of the now prolific Police chase shows, seems most of the law abiding citizens of most Western Countries don't either.
Funny how the Crims do.
If they were for instance attending an incident where there were offenders in your home and your kids were possibly about to become hostages, would you want the Police Sirens blaring as they approached your street?
It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.

[Moise]

You of course know what they should and should not do when going to a particular type of incident.
Another got it mostly right, if it is deemed necessary not to put on the siren, they will just flick the lights.
What, you don't know what Red and Blues flashing means?
Don't worry, watch ten seven or any of the now prolific Police chase shows, seems most of the law abiding citizens of most Western Countries don't either.
Funny how the Crims do.
If they were for instance attending an incident where there were offenders in your home and your kids were possibly about to become hostages, would you want the Police Sirens blaring as they approached your street?
It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.

It wasn't an issue for me. It may well have been an issue for the vehicle exiting the roundabout who would not have seen the cop car until they crashed head on.

I of course do understand why there are times when the police don't use sirens. But entering one of the busiest roundabouts in Auckland on the wrong side of the road during the rush hour is NOT one of those times.

[rambaldi]

your a fuken optimist arent ya

Well if they were going down to Dunkin then they would want to make as much noise as possible to ensure their order was hot and ready before they got there.

[Tazz]

It is always a compromise between the safety of the general public and the innocent people caught up in an incident, remember that any Police person involved in an accident is in fact prosecuted far harder than an ordinary citizen no matter the circumstance.

Sometimes, but usually it is because they have caused the accident in the first place .

The siren is a warning for others, it doesn't change the rules for them legally speaking so if they run a stop sign and crash into someone in the intersection, etc, they are as completely at fault as you or I would be in the same situation no matter what sort of disco lighting and doof doof jingles they had cranked.

I think it's a good way to have it so emergency vehicle staff don't get too irresponsible on the road when they kick into action.

[swbarnett]

The siren is a warning for others, it doesn't change the rules for them legally speaking so if they run a stop sign and crash into someone in the intersection, etc, they are as completely at fault as you or I would be in the same situation no matter what sort of disco lighting and doof doof jingles they had cranked.

I think it's a good way to have it so emergency vehicle staff don't get too irresponsible on the road when they kick into action.

This is all well and good but the situation now is pittiful. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen emergency vehicles crawling through intersections under lights and siren. Multiply those few seconds by the number of intersectsion on the route and, in Auckland at least, you're probably getting to the point where the extra response time is costing lives.

Yes, emergency drivers need to be careful but at the same time if you can't figure out that lives are at stake if you get in the way of a big-ass red beast in a hurry that's clearly anouncing it's intention then you shouldn't be on the road unsupervised in the first place.