WA - mum cops penality for using mobile while pushing pram

[Frank]

This should probably be in the jokes section! At least the senior officer had a little common sence.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa ... ng-mobile/

Pram pusher mum cops a penalty for using mobile

A mother who was talking on her mobile phone while pushing a pram was stopped by a policeman and given a $250 fine under laws to prevent drivers endangering lives.

The bizarre incident more than a year ago left a black mark next to the officer's name because senior police withdrew the infringement and apologised 24 hours after it was issued.

The West Australian understands a senior constable with the Peel traffic office issued the penalty, which also carries three demerit points, after he spotted the woman talking on a mobile phone as she pushed her baby in a pram along a Mandurah footpath in April last year.

Police recognised problems with the infringement and the officer in charge of Peel traffic apologised to the woman.

Insp. Bill Munnee said yesterday the infringement was cancelled and the woman had accepted the supervising officer's apology.

"The officer concerned had misinterpreted the law involved regarding the definition of a vehicle," he said.

"No training issue was identified and he should have known better."

It is illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving a vehicle in WA.

Under the Road Traffic Code regulations, bicycles are also regarded as vehicles. Drivers or riders are prohibited from using mobile phones while a vehicle is stationary but not parked.

Insp. Munnee said the officer was "provided guidance a brain and the matter was adversely recorded on his performance promotion file".

Lucky the kid din`t have a toy gun

[Glen]

The fuckwit should have been tossed out. Surely that just shows a total lack of any common sense and a desire just to hand out tickets for the hell of it. I would've thought that's exactly what you don't want in a police force.

[Kermit]

What half arse double standard media reporting!

What about the part about being defected as the pram does not meet ADR requirements.



Some parents need a canary placed on them before they think about breeding.

Oh, and the WA cop is a snap-on.

[red_dave]

A NSW copper would have also got her for bald tyres and failing to indicate...

[dickfaber]

was there a fender eliminator involved?

[Cath]

I actually don't have a problem with this.
Nobody's perfect and there's always going to be occasions where a goof-up occurs. They apologised and cancelled the ticket - what more can they do? (other than maybe making that cop attend a 'hey dumbarse, use your common sense' training session)

I'll reserve my ire for the cops that beat up someone while in custody and then the whole station lies about it. Or the cops that abuse their power and just make shit up (because a cops word means more than mine for some reason). You know, cases of actual, harmful corruption. I'm also glad that this is rare, but it's scary when it happens (and they don't get removed from their position).

This? This is just a stupid fuck-up that was fixed. No biggie, apart from a little snigger at the goose in uniform

[born green]

I actually don't have a problem with this.
Nobody's perfect and there's always going to be occasions where a goof-up occurs. They apologised and cancelled the ticket - what more can they do? (other than maybe making that cop attend a 'hey dumbarse, use your common sense' training session)

I'll reserve my ire for the cops that beat up someone while in custody and then the whole station lies about it. Or the cops that abuse their power and just make shit up (because a cops word means more than mine for some reason). You know, cases of actual, harmful corruption. I'm also glad that this is rare, but it's scary when it happens (and they don't get removed from their position).

This? This is just a stupid fuck-up that was fixed. No biggie, apart from a little snigger at the goose in uniform

Cops beat up people in custody??? no... they dont do that... do they??? Mmmm yer they do, i lived in the ISA in the 80's, i know one cop whos killed 2 people in custody, 1st one he got away with, 2nd he got done for... and he was such a nice cop too... was good to me, dont know why... well i do know, just glad i didnt get on his wrong side

[Gosling1]

......The fuckwit should have been tossed out. Surely that just shows a total lack of any common sense and a desire just to hand out tickets for the hell of it. I would've thought that's exactly what you don't want in a police force......

QFT