The standard of P-plate drivers getting worse?

I don't know about anybody else on this Thread, but I would not be a police officer at all. Far too risky an occupation, as a high way patrol officer you have to pull over people who have done stupid things and deal with the outcome. I could not imagine anything worse than pulling over a speeding motorist of a night time and walking up to the vehicle not knowing what sort of a reception you are going to get!! Have a look at this example that happened in the Lake Macquarie area yesterday, it is lucky the criminals were not using a large calibre weapon, or we might be reading of the death of yet another police officer today.!!;)

VIDEO: Manhunt for shooter who fired at police | Newcastle Herald

Don't forget the recent deaths of...

Inspector Bryson Anderson
Snr Const David Rixon.

Now Const. Rixon was only pulling over a vehicle for a random check in the Tamworth area ,when he was killed by the occupant of that car.

By the way, I am not a police officer, but I am on the road all the time and I do see people do stupid things on a daily basis!!:o


Speaking of stupid things, have a look at this idiot. Happened in Melbourne a couple of days ago.:angrylock:

Driver snapped hanging feet out window

Fair dinkum, is this guy a goose or what!!!

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Originally Posted by PeterM

The fact of the matter is that discretion is used .

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There was a lot of discretion used pre-Fitzgerald days in Queensland. :eek:

I'm not sure how a thread about driving standards degenerates into a cop slagging match, but under the blue shirt they're no different to any other occupation. I know seven retired or serving guys/gal who have totally different personalities, life experiences and opinions on many things which must define largely how they perform their duties. Like the other occupations there are a number of ways to achieve a particular result, all can be different but right.
Coppering must be a damned hard job, everyone knows how it should be done, but not many can actually do it.
I've driven professionally for almost forty years, served twenty-five years in the SES and socialised with the aforementioned. For a non-copper/non-crim I've had quite a bit of interaction with law enforcement, which has proven to me that in blue you get the odd DH, a few outstanding people and a lot of decent hardworking people.
Hey, I just described any occupation or community. :cool:

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