South Australian police, including detectives, have been directed to pull over more m

[sexr6tasy]

Originally Posted by Skotty

It doesn't bother me that they will be pulling more people over... I've driven like a d*ick an yeah... I've for 3 months left of a drivers licence suspension and go back on P plates... so you break the rules, DEAL WITH IT! I don't drink alco, I don't do drugs, so they don't bother me... only thing that will bother me will be the higher chance of getting defected and still then when I get my car I won't be able to lower it too much so all in all drive sensible don't go over the top lowering cars and mods and ya got nothing to worry about

In other words no fun! lmao

[Skotty]

Originally Posted by sexr6tasy

In other words no fun! lmao

Fun will be had, just in moderation at a few places ;)

[BAFalconXT]

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The same day this STUPID plan was released, records were released that South Australia had the worst rate of burglary cases that are solved. This is 7% solved within 3 months of the incident. Maybe police should focus on REAL crime... Whenever you need them, they say they are really busy, maybe its because they are pulling over people because one "P" plate has fallen down, or because there is 5 young people in the car, or to meet their QUOTA! : : : : : :

[burnz]

Originally Posted by stroked67

Sorry bro you cant accidently loose control of your car in a high speed police chase.
Sorry bro there is no such thing as an accidental murder its either self defence or your the killer.
If we had more stricter rules on the criminals there wouldnt be as many still on our streets.
If you new you couldnt plead insanity, and you were going to face extreme punishment then some will think twice and once the word and proof gets out there that criminals only have one hand or are facing Death by Great White things will change thats for sure.

gotta love your point of view!
kill a man your a murderer.
kill a million your george bush.

[robbo_yobbo]

Originally Posted by BAFalconXT

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The same day this STUPID plan was released, records were released that South Australia had the worst rate of burglary cases that are solved. This is 7% solved within 3 months of the incident. Maybe police should focus on REAL crime... Whenever you need them, they say they are really busy, maybe its because they are pulling over people because one "P" plate has fallen down, or because there is 5 young people in the car, or to meet their QUOTA! : : : : : :

BINGO!

SA policing is all backwards, they take the easy target rather than the more important target.

If theres a p plater with a P fallen down going 55kmh, and a car doing 200kmh in a 60 zone, theyll go for the p plater! pulling that guy over aint gonna make the roads safer leadalone save any lives.

I went to court over riding an electric scooter on the road (classed as a bycicle). The juge said straight out to the cops that they were being rediculous and trivial, and asked if this is what policework was comming to in SA. Then suggeste they go focus on some real crimes!

Now I know we all think it, but when a judge is telling it straight to the cops, obviously theres a bit of it going on, and its getting a little out of hand!

[KBBossedXR]

Originally Posted by burnz

gotta love your point of view!
kill a man your a murderer.
kill a million your george bush.

You wouldnt want to know what i would like to do with George Bush and John Howard, If i fed them to the Great Whites they would be attached to a rope so it would be a slow limb by limb death, but i reckon i could come up with something worse than that.

[Billy351]

It won't get the unlicensed druggos off the road, it will just lead to MORE of them driving WITHOUT licenses. Only way is to top them driving is to lock the scum up or let natural selection take its course.

[BAFalconXT]

Originally Posted by robbo_yobbo

I went to court over riding an electric scooter on the road (classed as a bycicle). The juge said straight out to the cops that they were being rediculous and trivial, and asked if this is what policework was comming to in SA. Then suggeste they go focus on some real crimes!

I got fined for going through a red light(when I was orange), so I made them take me to court. It came to the final court hearing and the cops didn't turn up. They said they were to busy doing paper work. The cop shop was next door to the court house. Needless to say, they didn't want to face my cross examination, so they lost the case...

One of my cars was stolen years ago, they didn't even turn up the first night I called. Called them up the next day, "oh yeah, we where a bit busy, what was your address again?" They turned up a few hours later, said they would get CSI to come out the next day, they never did... When the car was recovered they said they would have to leave me with the car, because it wasn't secure. "The person may come back for the car". They could have left some undercovers watching it as they new the person would be back. But no....

Then they wonder why people have contempt for police...

1,000s commit suicide, 150 die on the road, what gets more resources and publicity? :togo:

[[Tonko]]

lol what an off-track thread!
So what if you get pulled over? If you were being an idiot, you deserve it!
And whoever said that equals no fun... Grow up, if you want to do stupid crap on the road, go to a track or take it out of town, and do it by yourself... So the only person that you can hurt is yourself...

[Barry_v]

Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

Grow up, if you want to do stupid crap on the road, go to a track or take it out of town, and do it by yourself... So the only person that you can hurt is yourself...

easy for vics to say, AIR is still closed.

[JC]

Originally Posted by XCSEDAN

ummm yeah that sounds fair... NOT
that just means cops are under pressure to pull over more people doesnt it?

But pull over doesn't mean book. Official warnings are permitted.

[Cruise]

Ive got a crazy idea,
now now wait for it this gonna be great, dont want to get done speeding?




Then DONT SPEED!!!


this has been a public service announcement

[RosscoeXC]

I am 48 and have been driving for 30 years, and have lived in nearly every state in Australia (except WA and TAS). I ride a motorcycle every day to work and an XA Fairmont and a Land Rover on the weekends and have driven hundreds of thousands of kms, I am SA born and bred from the Glenelg area and now live in Queensland, i guess I am one of those old people SEXR6TASY is talking about, just remember mate that being young does not necessarily make you the best driver. I have had one accident in the car and two on a bike. Both the bike accidents were my fault but the car was by a young person trying to do a burn out and cut across three lanes of traffic and took me out, so being stupid or untalented behind the wheel is not just an old person problem, personally I think the young people are better drivers than I was all those years ago but being "OLD" does not necessarily make us bad.

[DOC]

Originally Posted by Cruise Control

Ive got a crazy idea,
now now wait for it this gonna be great, dont want to get done speeding?
Then DONT SPEED!!!
this has been a public service announcement

That' a god idea, here's another. As of today speeding fines have been raised by another 20% here, with no reference to saftey one bit, the powers to be need to raise their hand and clearly state that speeding fines raise money not save lives, because their slant is the same as your simply don't speed.

Well with a good guess that 75% or more people booked are normal mums n dads caught in the rut drivig to work and are probably a few k's over but in no way out there driving stupid.

Now here's something new for you, with the extra 20% update in fines ( the second rise in recent times in the name of saftey ) will see more average mums and dads struggling to pay these fines and in their petty undercover cry of saving lives may in fact force more accidents as people trying to pay for these so called life saving fines are now un able to afford say a brake repair or perhaps new tyres, increasing the risk of an accident

But i suppose we need not worry about that as we now have extra patrols to catch these people out and yes fine them even more, a real good ploy will be to place these patrols 500m before a speed camera in the morning rush, hold people up, make them late for work, then nab them driving dangerous down the road at 2K over the limit and fine them again.

[BAFalconXT]

Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

lol what an off-track thread!
So what if you get pulled over? If you were being an idiot, you deserve it!

What if you weren't doing anything stupid?

Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

And whoever said that equals no fun... Grow up, if you want to do stupid crap on the road, go to a track or take it out of town, and do it by yourself... So the only person that you can hurt is yourself...

Given SA has the lowest rate of crimes that are solved, what is more important? Increasing the number of people being pulled over? or using these resources solving rapes, murders, theft and assault?

[XR06T]

Originally Posted by Cruise Control

Ive got a crazy idea,
now now wait for it this gonna be great, dont want to get done speeding?




Then DONT SPEED!!!


this has been a public service announcement

i posted this in another thread, and it'll fit in nicely here too i think

i speed every trip in a car i'd say. am i stupid because of this? i think not.

i can post pictures of every road i drive on to work and their speed limits and you can see for yourself what i am on about. a dead straight road, dual carriagway, probably 4 kms long, speed limit 80. no intersections on this road, but you can bet your bottom dollar that there is one speed camera on it a week. turn off that street onto a single lane each way road, with large trees lining each side of the road AND DRIVEWAYS, speed limit 90 (not a misprint).

i drive at what i see as a safe limit to the conditions. whether that be the speed limit or not, i dont care. that is why i have a radar detector (they are legal here)

the whole 'we need to increase fines to stop the road toll' is complete bs.

[Sourbastard]

all stupidity aside along with idiot simplifications, below is the crux of this matter.

I pay tax. I pay great big GOBS of tax. Some of it is used to pay for the Justice System (TM) Made by Matel©

What I object to is my money being spent by fools pursuing an extremely small amount of crime for political ends, IE being seen by the mindless mouth breathers who watch Today Tonight, to be seen to be "Battling The Epidemic of Motor Related Death!" (TM)

Take a look at this. This is the amount of crime we had in SA, Murders, Rape, Assault, Kidnapping, you name it in 2005.


Now just look at those numbers. They are pretty damn big numbers.

Now lets look at what the police minister and his pet police commissioner focusing on.


Do the numbers match up? Even remotely?

To be fair, now lets factor in the road related Injuries.


Once again, the numbers simply DO NOT FIT.

Our Road related injuries and fatalities have been dropping for 50 years despite population growth. How the hell can anyone justify increasing pressure on beat cops and detectives(Whos primary role should be investigating Major & Violent Crime not performing Traffic Stops on Camrys) is beyond all logic.

[MeLLy]

Originally Posted by BAFalconXT

What if you weren't doing anything stupid?

Given SA has the lowest rate of crimes that are solved, what is more important? Increasing the number of people being pulled over? or using these resources solving rapes, murders, theft and assault?

Thats about the most sensible statement i have read in this thread!
Maybe they've stopped trying though due to the court system being so weak?
Or that rapes/murders/thefts & assaults dont rake in as much money?
Hmm I'll let you decide...

[Walkinshaw]

Dave save your breath. You're assuming policy makers actualy care about people.

Rather than number of deaths or injuries, Published figures would be intresting if they were number of deaths per 1000 registered vehicles. Compare 2007 with 1997 then! We'd be doing FAR better. This is the real measure, but the pathetic excuses for pollies won't see this as it doesn't rake in the dough.