Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:52 pm
Strika wrote:So which is it mate, fair and reasonable, or purely based on if you like them or not????
Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:27 pm
Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:49 pm
aardvark wrote:
I suspose to be truly fair, everyone would get the ticket as per the letter of the law. But then, I'd never make it into the office. Every jackass who fails to indicate, travels over the speed limit by 1km/h, cuts across the end of a solid white line, speeds up when being overtaken, sits in the right hand lane etc, would cop a ticket. That's both ridiculous and unreasonable.
aardvark wrote: both ridiculous and unreasonable.
Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:02 pm
Sulli wrote:aardvark wrote:
I suspose to be truly fair, everyone would get the ticket as per the letter of the law. But then, I'd never make it into the office. Every jackass who fails to indicate, travels over the speed limit by 1km/h, cuts across the end of a solid white line, speeds up when being overtaken, sits in the right hand lane etc, would cop a ticket. That's both ridiculous and unreasonable.
So think about thisThe Australian road rules are
Sulli wrote:aardvark wrote: both ridiculous and unreasonable.
This leaves the laws open to personal interpretation on behalf of the officer, that's one hell of a decision for one person
Especially if that person who doesn't get booked today kills in an accident tomorrow.
Just playing devils advocate
Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:17 pm
the kid wrote:And I have had a few kerbside chats
Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:33 pm
Stace wrote:the kid wrote:And I have had a few kerbside chats
Was the Judges comment "Appalling driving record" Mr Newton???n (i think i've sugar coated the actual comment somewhat)
Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:42 pm
aardvark wrote:Sulli wrote:aardvark wrote:
I suspose to be truly fair, everyone would get the ticket as per the letter of the law. But then, I'd never make it into the office. Every jackass who fails to indicate, travels over the speed limit by 1km/h, cuts across the end of a solid white line, speeds up when being overtaken, sits in the right hand lane etc, would cop a ticket. That's both ridiculous and unreasonable.
So think about thisThe Australian road rules are
Like any good journalist you take what I've said completely out of context and apply it to the totally wrong subject. Good work.Sulli wrote:aardvark wrote: both ridiculous and unreasonable.
This leaves the laws open to personal interpretation on behalf of the officer, that's one hell of a decision for one person
Especially if that person who doesn't get booked today kills in an accident tomorrow.
Just playing devils advocate
Nope, it's well within any police officers rights of discretion to either arrest, report or caution for an offence. There is no personal interpretation of the law, only of the action they take regarding that law being broken.
Of course there are no facts to back me up, but I'd suggest that those who are either killed, or kill, in an accident broke at least one traffic law the day before.
Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:54 pm
aardvark wrote:Strika wrote:So which is it mate, fair and reasonable, or purely based on if you like them or not????
Marty, Marty, Marty... what?
Hang on, you say it's a load of shit, followed by a winking icon and a laughing icon. So, is it a load of shit, or isn't it? I'm confused.
I'll assume you are serious and go ahead and answer the question.
Being fair and reasonable has everything to do with them being a smartarse. Sure, some things, like children not wearing seatbelts, are going to get a ticket regardless of behaviour. Others, like the pushing the bike unregistered along the footpath example, will often come down to attitude. If the person is reasonable, then I will consider them to be more responsive to a caution than someone who is nothing more than a head full of smart arse comments. It's really not that hard a concept to grasp. Is it?
I suspose to be truly fair, everyone would get the ticket as per the letter of the law. But then, I'd never make it into the office. Every jackass who fails to indicate, travels over the speed limit by 1km/h, cuts across the end of a solid white line, speeds up when being overtaken, sits in the right hand lane etc, would cop a ticket. That's both ridiculous and unreasonable.
Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:35 am
aardvark wrote:Stace wrote:the kid wrote:And I have had a few kerbside chats
Was the Judges comment "Appalling driving record" Mr Newton???n (i think i've sugar coated the actual comment somewhat)
"According to your driver's licence, you aren't Valentino Rossi. How about you stop riding like you think you are him." ??
Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:59 am
Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:00 am
Stace wrote:You been checking me out mate?
Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:08 am
Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:22 am
Strika wrote:I would have thought that you had more important things to worry about than some person pushing a motorcycle along a footpath and I can't believe that you would even consider wasting your time on such a petty thing.
Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:51 am
aardvark wrote:Strika wrote:I would have thought that you had more important things to worry about than some person pushing a motorcycle along a footpath and I can't believe that you would even consider wasting your time on such a petty thing.
No dramas. Next time I see some bloke pushing your stolen bike along the footpath, I'll just ignore it, because you're right, I've got better things to do.
Or what about the guy that starts crossing the road with his unregistered/uninsured motorbike, and does so, right in front of another motorcyclist coming down the road. The poor bastard pushing the bike suddenly has an insurance company on his arse, looking to chase up the medical bills. Had the bike been registered, or the pusher just been a pedestrian, it'd be a different story.
Things always look simple on the surface mate, but sometimes they can turn to shit.
Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:40 pm