Police U-turn amusement again

**The Pastor** · 28th February 2008, 15:51

I've seen cops do "emergancy u turns" to catch speeders.

Do they pull over to the left, check that both ways are clear and then procede to indicate (for 3 seconds iirc) then go when it is clear?

HELL NO! Damn speeder would get away. They just jam the brakes on, turn the wheel if no cars are coming the other way.

Freeking dangerous coonts.

**Hitcher** · 28th February 2008, 17:17

Originally Posted by Jim2

OOOO Word association games. I'll go next.

"Gore".

Clinton...

**gijoe1313** · 28th February 2008, 17:24

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Clinton...

Whitewater...

**McJim** · 28th February 2008, 17:28

Originally Posted by Jim2

"Gore".

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Clinton...

Balclutha

**NUTBAR** · 28th February 2008, 17:30

Originally Posted by Usarka

Stick ya head out the window if ya car has a blind spot!

shhhhh..... that would be using your brain!

**crazybigal** · 28th February 2008, 19:31

oh joy yet another officer of the law tries to take someone out with a bad U turn!! all for a guy doing 122k on his bike coming the other way.
Was it worth it? could have resulted in a death, he was lucky this time! have they not learnt yet that deciding to make random u turns at speed is a real bad idea?
am i over reacting? this is 3 now in how many months?

A police car has been hit while making a U-turn in Taranaki in the latest incident of its type, following a two similar crashes which injured motorcyclists late last year.

In yesterday's incident, a police highway patrol car was hit by a following vehicle as it made a U-turn to chase a speeding motorcyclist near Midhirst.

The two-car collision happened on State Highway 3 just north of the township about 2.20pm.

Police said it appeared the patrol car was attempting to do a U-turn to chase a speeding motorist when he was hit by a following vehicle.

Senior Sergeant Shaun Keenan, Stratford, said police would be conducting an internal investigation and would be speaking to both drivers and witnesses.

Mr Keenan said the northbound patrol car had clocked a southbound motorcyclist doing 122km/h.

The driver of the vehicle, who would only be known as Mark, said he could have been in the police officer's blind spot when he attempted to do a U-turn.

He had pulled out to pass the patrol car, using the passing lane, when a motorcyclist sped passed in the other direction.

"The cop put on his brakes and indicated left and went over to the side of the road and then turned straight in front of me."

He said he was only doing just over 100km/h.

Mark said he could not avoid hitting the police car.

"I just braced myself for the crash."

Neither driver was injured in the crash, which caused moderate damage to the patrol car and extensive damage to the other vehicle.

The highway was reduced to one lane, backing up traffic in both directions, for about 50 minutes while emergency services cleaned up the mess.

Two accidents involving police late last year have led to questions over the safety of police turning on busy roads.

In December, two motorcyclists were hurt after a police car did a U-turn in front of them on a tight, windy road in the Upper Buller Gorge near Nelson. The officer was turning to chase a speeding motorcyclist heading in the other direction.

In a second incident in December, a motorcyclist was seriously injured when a police car, responding to an emergency call, made a U-turn on State Highway 2 near Maramarua in Waikato.

- with NZPA

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4419259a11.html

**twotyred** · 28th February 2008, 19:36

watch this cnut get off scott free... if you or did this they would take sadistic pleasure in throwing the book at us...

"...He said he was only doing just over 100km/h."
bad move guy... this will probably allow them to blame the poor sap who was following as he was "speeding"...

**crazybigal** · 28th February 2008, 19:38

well they had to charge the cop who took those 2 guys out in the buller, otherwise it would have stunk and its election year is it not??
but what was the outcome of it?? that will be kept quite, public has forgoten about it by now.

Originally Posted by twotyred

watch this cnut get off scott free... if you or did this they would take sadistic pleasure in throwing the book at us...

"...He said he was only doing just over 100km/h."
bad move guy... this will probably allow them to blame the poor sap who was following as he was "speeding"...

**Patch** · 28th February 2008, 19:41

Bash 'im or her - kunt should learn to drive with its eye's open, not looking at a little box on its dash.

Blame the goobermint - they think they can drive how they like, it seems to dribble down the ranks to some of their robot soldiers

**Mom** · 28th February 2008, 19:42

Originally Posted by McJim

Balclutha

Manapouri!

I can play this game too!

Not difficult to turn your head, before you turn your car though is it?

**ynot slow** · 28th February 2008, 19:43

Tell ya what them bloody Holden Vivas' crumple well,saw the resulting car on a transporter afterwards.

Simple thing is the cops' adrenelin kicks in when he gets into pursuit mode,easy to miss a car,or bike,imagine if it was a 40tonne truck.

Still if by waiting another second before completing the turn means he will miss out on invoicing a driver,so what,just radio ahead,the officer can give details,albeit a bike to another officer ahead,that way the biker wouldn't know he has been spotted,the biker might slow down for a moment,but then speed up again,then get caught.

Also it was only 122km,but if it was in Midhirst that is 70km.

**cowboyz** · 28th February 2008, 19:46

would be interesting to find out if it is the same cop that u turned in front of meanie and I on mountain road in dec? he was a little more than rushed to u turn and put his patrol car in the ditch.

**ynot slow** · 28th February 2008, 20:00

Originally Posted by cowboyz

would be interesting to find out if it is the same cop that u turned in front of meanie and I on mountain road in dec? he was a little more than rushed to u turn and put his patrol car in the ditch.

Seen one cop car seen em all,probably could've been,the mountain road goes quite a way.Did you stop and check for donuts and coffee in the car.

Guy at work is in fire brigade so the boys were giving the cop shit.

**crazybigal** · 28th February 2008, 20:07

if it is 70k through there then they guy he hit will be blamed, dumb ass said he was doing 100k.

Originally Posted by ynot slow

Tell ya what them bloody Holden Vivas' crumple well,saw the resulting car on a transporter afterwards.

Simple thing is the cops' adrenelin kicks in when he gets into pursuit mode,easy to miss a car,or bike,imagine if it was a 40tonne truck.

Still if by waiting another second before completing the turn means he will miss out on invoicing a driver,so what,just radio ahead,the officer can give details,albeit a bike to another officer ahead,that way the biker wouldn't know he has been spotted,the biker might slow down for a moment,but then speed up again,then get caught.

Also it was only 122km,but if it was in Midhirst that is 70km.

**crazybigal** · 28th February 2008, 20:13

yes and how many times do you see cops sitting on the other side of the road waiting to catch people then take off after them crossing the double yellow lines! is this legal?

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

I thought U-turns on double yellows were illegal...