Off-Duty Policeman 'Clocked At 160 Km/H'

[Mat]

Double standards - aren't we all guilty of that ?

I used to tutor high school students and tell them not to procrastinate, then I return to uni and party when I have an assignment due in 2 days.

Lets face it, tutoring high school students and being a police officer are two completelty different things. Regardless of whether 50kms over the limit is safe or not, a police officer knows better. Especially a 46 y/o one. While I appear anti police I'm actually far from it. I'm just anti people with power having double standards and being corrupt.

Hopefully he looses his job as well as his license

Edited 26/05/10 03:07 PM by Mat

[dannyboy]

There is a huge difference in double standards and being corrupt...

He will pay the price at work no doubt, be sent back to a section no one wants to go to and suffer the embarressment through the media.

How many other workers would lose their job's for doing something off duty ? Not many

IMHO he deserves to lose his licence but not his job.

Edited 26/05/10 04:46 PM by dannyboy

[Mat]

Of course theres a big difference. that's why I said having double standards and being being corrupt. Doesnt mean they go hand in hand.

Being off duty is irrelevant for a police officer. They simply can not enforce the rules all day and then break them on the way home. Is it ok for a copper to catch criminals by day and then pay them off at night?? You think if an off duty copper saw me doing a burnout he would let me go. Thought not. If an apprentice mechanic was taking your car for a legit test drive and then was caught doing burnouts, would you let that slide or want him gone?

No ones pefect I know, however a police officer in his 40's doing 50kms over the limit on a busy road (how many empty roads in the middle of nowhere you see with speed cameras??) has no excuse.

There are thousands of police doing a great, honest job. These guys and girls deserve a huge amount of respect. The ones who arent doing the job with such honesty, deserve nothing.

Edited 27/05/10 01:46 AM by Mat

[nang3]

maybe he has actual common sense and was just driving to the conditions?? 160 on a freeway is hardly dangerous provided the weather is good and theres not much traffic around etc.. and besides anyone that's ridden a big bike will know exactly how easy it is to get from 100ish to 160 !!!

but yeh in the end he broke the law and now will suffer the consequences

[ZAP]

If a police office detects you doing 100km/h in a 80 zone from a stationary patrol car and then needs to do 160km/h to catch you, how can he lecture me that 20k/h over the speed limit is dangerous when he did 80km/h over to catch me ?

The cop had no credible explination aside from he was trained to exceed the speedlimit. I informed him, I was also trained in high speed driving. Fortunatly he said that he was allowed to exceed the speedlimit and it was not unsafe for him to speed, but it was for me. Luckly it is all on ICV so I will look forward to receiving the video evidence when it goes to court.

Double standard is a joke in speed enforcement, I am going to try my luck on the justifications used by the police for exceeding the speed limit.

One rule for all drivers as exceeding the speedlimit does not always result in a fine or death, contrary to what the police and governments want us to believe.

[Buf-Phoon]

A mid 300 rwkw T or Phoon gets from 100ks to over 200ks in staggeringly quick time for a street car.

Just as well I have never exceeded 110 kmph

A big bike farkin

[Mat]

160kms might not be dangerous manho and even in our cars its easy to reach but its still 50kms over the legal limit in Australia.

Anyone know how the police react when they bust you for doing 50kms over?? I certainly do and they arent real nice about it.

[Guest XR09]

Reaching those speeds is easy. Most stock super bikes can do 0 -160 in ten seconds.

It's washing it off that's the trouble.

160kmp/h = 42m per second.

Zap I wish you all the best, but the beak wont set a precident.

Edited 27/05/10 03:06 AM by XR09

[turbo ute79]

I was nice to the cop who did me for 45 over. still lost licence and got a big fine. he gave be the biggest lecture about hurting myself and stuff.

[MICKAJ]

If a police office detects you doing 100km/h in a 80 zone from a stationary patrol car and then needs to do 160km/h to catch you, how can he lecture me that 20k/h over the speed limit is dangerous when he did 80km/h over to catch me ?

The cop had no credible explination aside from he was trained to exceed the speedlimit. I informed him, I was also trained in high speed driving. Fortunatly he said that he was allowed to exceed the speedlimit and it was not unsafe for him to speed, but it was for me. Luckly it is all on ICV so I will look forward to receiving the video evidence when it goes to court.

Double standard is a joke in speed enforcement, I am going to try my luck on the justifications used by the police for exceeding the speed limit.

One rule for all drivers as exceeding the speedlimit does not always result in a fine or death, contrary to what the police and governments want us to believe.

Good luck with that strategy. It will be argued that a few people trained to do it rather than an entire society is better from a risk management position, without even introducing the whole argument of "I can drive real good so I should be allowed".

Like someone said they will never be gone unless someone had a study to suggest they created more problems. Such as certain demographics who are already underpriviledged keep getting fined and as a result they committed more crimes etc. Also good luck getting any politician to accpet it.

I could also probably prepare a graph to speed enforcement increases vs. sale of public assets by the Government.

Edited 28/05/10 02:51 AM by MICKAJ