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Thread ID: 40032	2003-11-25 23:23:00	Off Topic - Ever been pulled over for no apparent reason?	Kame (312)	Press F1

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194718	2003-11-26 06:14:00	I for one don't think I'll ever request a blood test, reason being I don't like the damned needles. More to the point, I don't think I'll ever drink and drive, but obviously there's more to a positive result than the alcohol content of your breath.	agent (30)
194719	2003-11-26 07:18:00	Well while on the subject of the police, it seems that they may have a code, well at least in the town I used to live in. :O I used to drink with a couple of the younger copers in a local bar. These boys would sometimes get hammered (as you do) and sometimes they would jump in their cars and drive (as some do). They would be pulled over by their, on duty working buddies. They would be taken home by their, on duty buddies and end of story. This was common knowledge. Also, with the volunteer fire brigade, oh yes these boys get away with it just the same. A girlfriend of mine has been the passenger in the car with a volunteer fireman (more than once), fireman being well and truly over the legal limit and being the driver. Gets pulled over by local policeman, asks passenger (a girlfriend) to drive the, over the limit fireman home. And again end of story. I used to work with a couple of these volunteer firemen (the younger ones), and they used to brag about being pulled up being over the limit and then being sent on their very merry way. Once again end of story. They used to brag about hearing their names on the police frequency in their cars "no thats so n so's (no names) car, let them go". I hate corruption and our society is full of corruption. Its not just the police force, it goes further than that. I better stop telling tales now before I get my door kicked in. :(	Archibald (180)
194720	2003-11-26 18:00:00	It used to be that a Police Officer could pull you over and search your car with a warrant if there was reasonable cause to beleive that you had drugs on you or in your car . Whether this policy would also apply to the Highway Patrol I cannot comment on . At any other time, a search as far I can remember required a warrant . Here you just wind the window down and offer a donation to the police officers fund . . . . . . . . . .	Gordon. (2217)
194721	2003-11-26 19:38:00	Its interesting to see that police officers have a certain number of tickets they must issue per day (or similar to that) . I have heard of many occasions where my deaf friends have been pulled over in random . The police officer walks up to the car and starts talking . My deaf friends sign to the officer "I'm Deaf" and the officer simply says "oh, never mind, go on" (or words to that effect) . Police officers certainly aren't doing a good job if they pull over people and can't be bothered to attempt to communicate with the deaf people . it would be a bad look for the police if the deaf people pulled over and let go were actually drunk, or had been speeding etc .	caffy (2665)
194722	2003-11-26 20:16:00	One night after fishing we're coming along a road and this cop was sitting on a side road, and as soon as we passed that road the cop pulled out and followed us to SH 1, where then cause of lots of Fishing gear in the back we think that the headlights on dip were blinding lots of traffic and they were flashing their lights at us. Plus our mate has some bloody bright headlights. So this cop put his lights on, no sound and over took us then pulled over about 10 secs later indicating for us to pull over, my mate kept going past but then the cop moved up and my mate slowed down and pulled. Now my mates car has got 2 orange lights under the bonnet (he may have been inspecting that) The cop asked my mate if he had flashed his headlights when he passed, of course my mate replied no. And then the cop goes on about how they are bright and need to be checked again (my mate just got a warrant which he told the cop). My mate continued to say that there was a lot of weight in the back because we had just been fishing, and then the cop put his torch (which looked kinda flash (i want one)) on me (probably reckoned i was quite big). But yes it was 11 pm at night when the Highway Patrol cars knock off. But my mates headlights you could go bloody possum shooting with them.	MrBeef (342)
194723	2003-11-26 20:38:00	How is it different to any other "work perk"?	-=JM=- (16)
194724	2003-12-25 01:50:00	>If the "client" was having a heart attack then they should be in an ambulance with trained experts . someone should email this thread to the police . it might bring them out of "sleep mode"	Megaman (344)
194725	2003-12-25 02:40:00	> "Lively" driving would be a godsend here in Tauranga > > Most of the driving here could be considered deatlhy > ... except for those on their $10,000 mobility > scooters who shoot out across the rooad without > looking first! You obviously live in the same town as me :D ;) Mike.	Mike (15)
194726	2003-12-25 02:59:00	> I should mention council staff are worse. :( no we're not :_| Mike.	Mike (15)
194727	2003-12-25 07:20:00	Great thread this . I've been abused by the damn police a couple of times . Also my brother's a lawyer and he's told me some really lousy cases of police misusing their authority . But I did have one pleasant encounter . . . I was followed by an unmarked car who lasered me travelling about 10kph over the speed limit . Pulls me over and asked did I realise I was speeding . I said yes . He asks is there a reason for this? I say yes, but not a very good one :( [I didn't want my KFC to get cold, and I like driving fast, not that I mentioned it!] . He evidently liked my honesty and lets me off without a fine :D	Greg S (201)
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