Thursday, November 09, 2006

Where do I start

Bit of a rant, Jesus, where do I start!!

How about this?

In the paper the other day I see the coppers have been nabbing people for crossing the double yellow line in the Manawatu Gorge. This in general I don't have a problem with, it is a double yellow and the law is that it shouldn't be crossed, fair enough. The gorge is a bit dodgy for passing and a bit accident prone.

What gets me is that the police where hiding in the bush above one of the corners and photographing offenders. To me this is underhanded. I understood they were not allowed to deliberately hide in order to catch motorists out.

Then some senior officer states in the paper that it is not revenue gethering. Bullshit it's not, sure people are breaking the law. But we all break one law or another on the road everyday and this is just a quick easy way to raise funds. They do it in one form or another everyday.

How about going out and dealing to some of the real shit heads in our world.

Don't get me started on them.

That's all for now.

PS. I was not one of the offenders.

1 comment:

Andrew Thomson said...

Cop Jokes

Good
A New Plymouth Traffic Patrol Cop was watching for speeders with a
mobile radar gun, but wasn't getting many. Then he discovered the problem.
A 12-year-old boy was standing up the road with a hand painted sign, which
read "RADAR TRAP AHEAD". The officer then found a young accomplice down the
road with a sign reading "TIPS" and a bucket full of money (and we used to
just sell lemonade)?


Better
A motorist was mailed a picture of his car speeding through a pole mounted
Speed camera in Otago with a fine of $160 included. Being cute, he sent
the police department a picture of $160. The police responded with another
mailed photo of handcuffs.

Best
A young woman was pulled over for speeding. As a Central Otago Cop
walked to her car window, flipping open his ticket book, she said, "I bet
you are going to sell me a ticket to the Central Otago Police Ball". He
replied, "Central Otago Police don't have balls." There was a moment of
silence while she smiled, and he realised what he's just said. He then
closed his book, got back in his patrol car and left. She was laughing too
hard to start her car.