Police pursuit smashes into bystanders

Is that a Mazda 121 bubble car? I do believe it has the dis-honour of being amongst the most dangerous to be in when crashing.

Jono said :

A “right” off?

Yeah, that one put me write off too 😉

Both subjects implicated the other under questioning, hoping to get away with it?
Lessons in Game Theory, courtesy of ACT Policing…

Also, the Level 2 BAC referred to above is greater than 0.05g but less than 0.08g.

screaming banshee said :

Is it unreasonable to expect that if neither will admit to driving the vehicle they should both be charged with the offence.

totally agree.

I dont think there’s too much to be read into about ‘preparing’. There’s set criteria, there’s decisions that have to be made, its not like they just suddently stop in an instant. Hopefully your mate’s ok, but lets not get on the coppers back because some deadshits ran from a stop, doesn’t get more suss than that.

screaming banshee said :

Is it unreasonable to expect that if neither will admit to driving the vehicle they should both be charged with the offence.

+1
But probably too much like “common sense” to be heeded..

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A “right” off?

gooterz said :

For me its weird that they used the word prepared. Your either chasing someone or you aren’t, saying your ‘prepared’ to call it off could otherwise apply as an excuse for every police chase?

Shouldnt they always be prepared for anything when in a dangerious pursuit?

Try reading it in its context. When you do that it is being used in the same as ‘preparing’. It’s not just a matter of going ‘oh well thats done, lights off lets cruise back to the station’

Headline should read – ‘Drunk wankers run from Police and crash into innocent bystanders’.

Put the responsibility on the drivers of the car. Although apparently both may have been driving.

gooterz said :

For me its weird that they used the word prepared. Your either chasing someone or you aren’t, saying your ‘prepared’ to call it off could otherwise apply as an excuse for every police chase?

Shouldnt they always be prepared for anything when in a dangerious pursuit?

for me its weird that people should care about whether they use the word “prepared” in a press statement or not. these aren’t nobel prize winning novelists, cutting a little slack might be in order. and do you really think people should be “prepared” for anything when in a dangerous pursuit (i think it’s weird you made up the word dangerious)? Does that include rampaging giraffes and UFO attacks? these are police officers, not superman.

For me its weird that they used the word prepared. Your either chasing someone or you aren’t, saying your ‘prepared’ to call it off could otherwise apply as an excuse for every police chase?

Shouldnt they always be prepared for anything when in a dangerious pursuit?

Get these morons off our streets. Lock them both up for a long time.

What great blokes. The true spirit of Australian on display there. “He was drinving”. “No no..he was driving”

The average IQ of the Australian population seems to be dropping day by day.

screaming banshee said :

Is it unreasonable to expect that if neither will admit to driving the vehicle they should both be charged with the offence.

+1

I believe Ben Elton wrote a book about it, set in a Big Brother house.

screaming banshee said :

Is it unreasonable to expect that if neither will admit to driving the vehicle they should both be charged with the offence.

Unfortunately, yes. It’s a Schrodinger’s cat meets Australian criminal law…. I guess they could fingerprint the steering wheel…

homeone said :

“officers prepared to terminate the pursuit which lasted 40 seconds.”

What ‘preparation’ is required ?? Turn off the flashing lights ????

If you care to read the pursuit guidelines there’s quite a bit more to it than that. First there’s all the considerations of when and why to terminate. If a decision is made to terminate then:

Return to speed limit, stop following vehicle, turn off lights & sirens, pull over, notify comms pursuit has ended and why, leave vehicle running to cool down, inspection under bonnet, inspect bodywork, wheels and tyres etc.

Is it unreasonable to expect that if neither will admit to driving the vehicle they should both be charged with the offence.

“officers prepared to terminate the pursuit which lasted 40 seconds.”

What ‘preparation’ is required ?? Turn off the flashing lights ????

Gooterz – im glad to hear your friends are ok

Police statement now added.

If he totalled my vehicle, I’d be helping the oinks run him down, too!

Glad the innocent bystanders are OK, and good on them for helping catch the perp. Hope they gave him a clogging before the coppers caught up.