Thread: Look out for all the coppers on the road

I hear that in the ACT this holiday season if they catch you on the mobile, your walking

Last year my brother got pulled up by the coppers who said he was using his mobile whilst driving & proceeded to give him a ticket. He was absolutely furious (as he wasn't on the phone at all). He ended up proving it by showing them his phone i.e he made no calls and received no calls.

from another angle, just a subtle reminder - don't speed or break the law and the worst the poor people who happen to be coppers who have to work on Christmas and spend it away from their families will do is breathalyse you. Don't speed, don't use the phone, don;t drink and drive and they will look for some joker who is breaking the law - someone who might just have caused an accident if it were not for the actions and dedication of our coppers...

My personal record was being pulled up 6 times on Christmas day - on my P's, dodgy personal appearance, crappy car... and I used to wonder why they picked on me! lol!
seriously though, they are just doing their job - don't break the law and the worst that can happen is a five minute stop on the side of the road to blow into a breathalyser.

Originally Posted by EchiDna

from another angle, just a subtle reminder - don't speed or break the law and the worst the poor people who happen to be coppers who have to work on Christmas and spend it away from their families will do is breathalyse you. Don't speed, don't use the phone, don;t drink and drive and they will look for some joker who is breaking the law - someone who might just have caused an accident if it were not for the actions and dedication of our coppers...

My personal record was being pulled up 6 times on Christmas day - on my P's, dodgy personal appearance, crappy car... and I used to wonder why they picked on me! lol!
seriously though, they are just doing their job - don't break the law and the worst that can happen is a five minute stop on the side of the road to blow into a breathalyser.

Yep i aggree its the dead sh1ts that make it hard for the honest ones

still cant believe i got booked for 14km/h over on the highway last week....... got a lecture about my "life endangering offence" less than 10 minutes before i got into town and had to contend with people doing well in excess of 80 in a 60 zone, illegal overtaking and morons in prado's failing to give way

life endangering? gawd, the only life in danger was mine from nearly busting my guts laughing

Yea, I feel for the coppers having to work over Christmas, by & large they do a good job & I for one certainly wouldn't have the patience to deal with the general public in their situation. It amazes me these cops shows you see from New Zealand (I think), whereby the wrongdoers, shall we say, always try to get out of it & deny total responsibility. There are so many total ******* out there. I seriously couldn't deal with them. So they have my admiration for that aspect alone.

I also don't envy the poor coppers having to attend bad accidents, must be bloody awful. And, despite years of experience etc, must be very hard to switch off at the end of a bad shift & be "normal". And I reckon I have bad days! Nothing to what they have to contend with.

Driving back from Campbelltown, there were 3 coppers standing next to their police car, took one look at me in the Series III, & I swear their heads nearly swivelled off their necks. I'm sure they were tossing up whether to follow me & pull me over. I wasn't speeding or anything, so I wasn't worried, just amused!

Thankfully I rarely drink & certainly don't drink & drive, so that never worries me. And as far as speeding goes, well, the Series III has enough problems getting up hills, so the only time I'm at risk of speeding is when she eventually gets wound up, or trying to get some speed going down hills before a whopper of a hill coming up, so I don't lose too much speed, or in a 60 or 80 zone.

In any case, it was just a reminder to watch yourselves & not do anything daft over the holiday period, like end up losing your licence, or worse still, having a bad accident & ending up in hospital or dead. (Subtle ain't I?)

Originally Posted by EchiDna

from another angle, just a subtle reminder - don't speed or break the law and the worst the poor people who happen to be coppers who have to work on Christmas and spend it away from their families will do is breathalyse you. Don't speed, don't use the phone, don;t drink and drive and they will look for some joker who is breaking the law - someone who might just have caused an accident if it were not for the actions and dedication of our coppers...

My personal record was being pulled up 6 times on Christmas day - on my P's, dodgy personal appearance, crappy car... and I used to wonder why they picked on me! lol!
seriously though, they are just doing their job - don't break the law and the worst that can happen is a five minute stop on the side of the road to blow into a breathalyser.

lets see

1. you speed...you get a ticket

2. you talk on your mobile when driving...you get a ticket

3. dont wear a seat belt...you get a ticket

4. drive tired/drunk/stupid....you die

everyone knows the rules, if you don't, then you shouldnt have a licence. Dont whinge when you do something wrong, get pulled over and get a ticket. If you did nothing wrong, then you wouldnt be in that predicament. You have only yourself to blame. road safety is no game, we take cars for granted but they are a deadly weapon and can kill you or me or some innocent bystander in the blink of an eye, I have seen it over and over.

I am sick and tired of people complaining about coppers. They are normal people doing a damn hard job and we, the public, should be there to support them. They make our community a safe place to be, imagine if there were no coppers, you wouldnt be safe to leave the house.

thats my 2 cents worth, everyone has their opinion on road safety/police etc but imagine what the place would be like if we didnt have those dedicate people in blue

dont worry about the boys in blue on the road, look out for that w@nker in the lane next to you/at the next corner/pulling out in front of you that is unlicenced, in an unregistered car with no seat belt and drunk...he's the real danger and guess what, he doesnt care if he kills you or your family....

be safe people.

Originally Posted by shorty

dont worry about the boys in blue on the road, look out for that w@nker in the lane next to you/at the next corner/pulling out in front of you that is unlicenced, in an unregistered car with no seat belt and drunk...he's the real danger and guess what, he doesnt care if he kills you or your family....

be safe people.

I for one do not worry about the boys in blue. YES I have been pulled over and had tickets for relatively minor offences. The normal motorist will get done at times and it is best to just accept these as a sharp reminder about our driving. We are driving potential lethal weapons.

The complete morons as Shorty mentions are darn sight more dangerous and often show no remorse for the consequences of their actions. Trouble is the morons are more likely to wipe out some innocent people then themselves. If the morons just wiped themselves/each other out it would improve the worlds gene pool.

Regards

Brendan