Who bloody cares anymore, if i was still driveing i would probably plant my boot not to have to put up with there bs, they tend to get angrey when they find nothing and go looking or make stuff up, turn the telly of and get some sunshine.
gazzat22,
Dec 20, 11:18pm
Actually if you care to look most if not all of the cars involved in what they call "Pursuits" are later model cars and those driving them bring themselves to the attention of the Police by their driving behaviour or the fact the car has been reported stolen /involved in a crime or criminal act.No self respecting car thief would be seen in a clapped out Civic or $500."commie" so your cars are quite safe.
bill-robinson,
Dec 21, 6:12am
i wonder if the cops are worried that the new cars will not be up to the job and are using this as an excuse.
gunna-1,
Dec 21, 6:16am
Good they can scrap the pointless no reason stops and pull people up for actual traffic offenses, 99 percent of wich will likely stop, and they can wait untill chop shops finaly get dobbed in, and go back to scrapping the odd speedster of the road like they did in the old days, nothing has or will stop them, the cops playing rambo wont do much good, good riddens to it.
laurelanne,
Dec 21, 7:52am
Na bill, it is not that. I have RAV4 Diesel. If I had all the lights and sirens, it would not be hard to keep in touch with a fleeing driver with all the traffic on the road these days.
bwg11,
Dec 22, 4:15am
Under the "new" regime why would police every pursue any car. Much easier to let them go, if a pursuit turns to shite, it will be the police driver at fault for initiating the chase. Heads the crims win, tails the cops loose. It is a ridiculous piece of policy from a limp government, Children's Commisioner, and Police.
loose.unit8,
Dec 22, 4:19am
Exactly the same thing will happen as happened the last time Labour tried it - everyone will run and very few will be caught after the fact.
To catch people, the police must chase. That's the reality of the situation. Labour governments are just as thick as ever.
alowishes,
Dec 22, 4:30am
Goodness me! Such imagination.
gazzat22,
Dec 22, 10:54pm
And what did the National Party do in their nine years?
bwg11,
Dec 22, 11:02pm
I believe they tried to enforce the law and put criminals in jail, which is in contrast to the liberal, lax law enforcement we currently see. The current police pursuits policy is just another example of this.
gazzat22,
Dec 23, 2:36am
But what if any changes did they make to the pursuits policy apart from deathly silence.Wasnt it Sir William English who stated that imprisoning people was a failed policy.?By "trying"to enforce the law they actually did nothing except talk.I know a few cops and their attitude has been for a while just call it in to another unit .
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 2:42am
Uh huh, well there was a stuff artical about people being targeted in poorer communities and feeling on edge getting pulled up everytime a cop sees them, you want to elevate an allready tense situation, it will only get worse, the truth is, they dont need to stop every car with a 20 30 odd year old person that looks like it is worth 500$ stop wasteing time and for the person crying about labours liberal policeing policy they dont controll much of it, cops are still the same, the only thing that happened under national was idiotc police going around who didnt appear to be actual cops, great way to fall out with the community, not much about it made the news.
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 2:48am
Those impostor law enforcement clowns are the ones who should be in prison, great job when the other party was in power, NOT! .
apollo11,
Dec 23, 3:03am
It sounds like you have fought the Law (and the Law won) many times. Keep your stuff legal and there will be no reason for you to sweat. Lots of the cops have ANPR in their cars now, that will alert them to an unregistered car/ unlicensed driver automatically- as a mate in Carterton found out recently.
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 3:13am
Oh well that sounds like something going on in brittian at the moment, some car reges end up getting permenantly marked if the cop takes a disslikeing to the person and the car has to be onsold and it is rumored the new owner allso has issue with getting stopped, more orwellian bs has slipped through the cracks then, the stuff artical i was talking about was a guy getting harrassed in another family memebers car that was old but legal, go and read it, plenty of leagl cars have the cops doing fast u turns just to run a fine tooth comb through the car and its occupents, it has to stop, and i have been pulled over and harassed countless times driveing / walking and doing nothing wrong, it simply needs to stop, you wont be "right' if you are legal, they have a quota system, and go for stops that wont get the heckles up to much on ordinary folks, not everyone has a middle of the road market priced car that is worth shy of ten grand. - .
apollo11,
Dec 23, 3:27am
If the 'older' car looks dodgy or has noisy pipes then they will be more likely to pull it over, even if it is legal. If they get an earful of attitude then they will push back and look for something to ping you on. Yeah you strike the occasional uniformed prick who lectures you on how motorbikes aren't safe if speed is over 100, but you just suck it up and go on your way.
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 3:32am
No just being old can do it, most of the junk with loud pipes got delt to years ago, the car in the stuff artical was a standard looking slightly average mid 90s car, and that car reg recognition or what ever it is needs to be stopped in its tracks, try getting pulled up every second week because your reg flashes up over a minor infringement months ago, and the new owner gets the same treatment, it is nothing short of a nightmare for law abiding citizens.
apollo11,
Dec 23, 3:39am
Welcome to the New Socialist World Order.
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 3:46am
Yep and no opposition, center right fascists, and anyone on the fringe is in tinfoil hat territory, technically i am a fascist for wanting an empty homes tax, but as far as policing goes, there is no resistance other than the left and with creeping fascism from the centre right calling for more police powers fascism is everywhere and is only getting worce. .
apollo11,
Dec 23, 4:27am
Every time someone wishes for another tax, government grows a little bit larger. And people who break laws give big government the excuse to crack down on everyone.
alowishes,
Dec 23, 4:28am
You blew it with ‘it is rumored’.
mechnificent,
Dec 23, 4:29am
Gunna. My two sons have been driving heaps of shit for years, and no wof, reg or road miles. and bikes. But you know what, they keep getting off (to my disgust). You know why. because they've got the right attitude. They say bugger, didn't think you'd be out here, fair enough. and they get the lecture Apollo was mentioning, and they go on their way. Cops don't like being taken for fools, or getting aggro. simple
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 4:32am
Well the empty homes tax is a last resort, i dont take it lightly, and the far right should uphold the constitution and basic civil rights, particularly if they will find themselfs at the brunt of the police with every other citizen while operateing a motor veichle, if you have another way of freeing up houses i,me all for it.
richardmayes,
Dec 23, 4:34am
Sometimes the trash takes itself out. Featherston had a one-boy crimewave a few years ago, that ended when a stolen car crashed into a bollard in the main street of Masterton in the middle of the night at high speed and 2 occupants were killed.
There are certainly enough stories of innocent bystanders getting hurt or worse, so this is probably a sensible decision overall. Even though it does appear to be part of the general trend towards Do Nothing, Try Nothing, Wait for the H&S Report that appears to have actively prevented anyone going to White Island after the eruption.
And the Police Union boss is correct - why should cops stick their necks out trying to stop people, if they are going to get blamed for criminals' actions any time there is a crash? The general public, led by the chorus of crim-cuddling, hand-wringing liberal justice warriors, appears to want this.
gunna-1,
Dec 23, 4:36am
Would you like me to state it as a fact when it is more than likely to be true rather than err on the edge of caution up to you, its something call honesty, i,ve seen a few people talk about the same thing happening over in brittian so thats all i have, unless you want me to keep my trap shut untill it realy is a major problem.
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