Police put dangerous drivers on notice

what will the police do now that August is over and this campaign has ended?

I don’t think the police ever tolerate sh%t drivers. The judiciary, well that’s a whole other story and really blunts the ‘zero-tolerance’ line.

“The message should now be clear to everyone: don’t drink and drive, you will be caught, anywhere and at any time,” Sergeant McPherson said.”

The problem is, Sergeant McPherson, that people believe the exact opposite. People drink drive with impunity and are dead set unlucky if they get caught. The deterrence effect of roadside breath testing is minimal because Canberrans are very rarely tested.

We see you on TV more than we see you on our roads, and you do your message credibility a disservice more often than not when you’re on TV.

magiccar9 said :

I believe that the police need to have more power to punish this behaviour more effectively. Perhaps instead of telling her she can’t drive again and fining her a small penny, they impact her life some other way. Maybe a small stint in our prison, or taking away family benefits (if she’s on them). Something that will really impact her life instead of the usual rubbish.

I’d much prefer electronic tagging device coupled with home detention. If that fails shackle them to their bed and see how they like that….

HenryBG said :

Reminds me of John Hargreaves’ justification for the speed cameras on the Tuggeranong Parkway – he pointed to the fact that one of them had snapped a guy doing 160km/h – a car-thief in a stolen vehicle. Fantastic work, we’re all so much safer from car thieves doing 160km/h now the camera’s there.

Please please don’t tell me the speed cameras on the Parkway were a Hargreaves initiative.

I believe that the police need to have more power to punish this behaviour more effectively. Perhaps instead of telling her she can’t drive again and fining her a small penny, they impact her life some other way. Maybe a small stint in our prison, or taking away family benefits (if she’s on them). Something that will really impact her life instead of the usual rubbish.

“Police intercepted the vehicle and discovered the woman was driving unlicensed having never held driver’s licence – she was also a repeat unlicensed driving offender.”

So stopping her is a regular occurrence that achieves nothing. Good work.

Reminds me of John Hargreaves’ justification for the speed cameras on the Tuggeranong Parkway – he pointed to the fact that one of them had snapped a guy doing 160km/h – a car-thief in a stolen vehicle. Fantastic work, we’re all so much safer from car thieves doing 160km/h now the camera’s there.

Meanwhile, they’re still not fining idiots who thumb their noses at the law by driving around with their fog lights on.

Madam Cholet said :

Go out on any day in Canberra and you will see dangerous drivers. I hope that the police have not only just cottoned on to this. As someone said last week on RA, the police moaning about the state of driving in Canberra is not going to change attitudes on the actual road.

A few weeks ago on a Saturday the police sat on the Monaro just around the gaol. If they were really switched on they would also sit there during the week and catch those going to work who seem to believe that this stretch of road is still (even after about 5 years),100kph.

I think the idea that someone added last week about notifying the police where they believe drivers regularly speed is a good idea. A few weeks of seeing police camped at these areas and perhaps it will change attitudes. Perhaps.

Great idea.

Same complaint about the chapman end of namatjira drive. Idiots always speeding.

Go out on any day in Canberra and you will see dangerous drivers. I hope that the police have not only just cottoned on to this. As someone said last week on RA, the police moaning about the state of driving in Canberra is not going to change attitudes on the actual road.

A few weeks ago on a Saturday the police sat on the Monaro just around the gaol. If they were really switched on they would also sit there during the week and catch those going to work who seem to believe that this stretch of road is still (even after about 5 years),100kph.

I think the idea that someone added last week about notifying the police where they believe drivers regularly speed is a good idea. A few weeks of seeing police camped at these areas and perhaps it will change attitudes. Perhaps.