13 July 2009

Police Wrap - 13 July

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1. Nothing good every happens at 2am in Civic:

    ACT Policing is seeking public assistance to identify a male offender involved in an assault which occurred on East Row, Civic on Friday morning, July 10.

    About 1.30am, the 25-year-old male victim attempted to intervene in a fight between two groups of males before an unknown offender struck him, causing him to then strike his head against a concrete wall.

    The victim sustained immediate bruising and swelling to his left eye and a dislodged tooth. Subsequent medical attention also discovered a broken jaw.

    The male offender is described as Caucasian in appearance and was last seen in the company of a group of males described as Asian in appearance.

    Anyone who have witnessed the incident or who may be able to identify any of the males is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

2. Taxis towed as police swoop:

    ACT Policing combined with Road Traffic Authority vehicle inspectors to conduct a high-visibility traffic campaign over the weekend (July 11 & 12) in Civic, in which the safety and compliance of public vehicles was a focus, together with speeding and other traffic offences.

    Seven taxis were found to have major defects and were required to be towed away. These defects included bald tyres, significant collision damage and frayed/worn seat belts. Two other private vehicles – both with extensive modifications beyond permitted levels and driving around the city without number plates – were also declared unroadworthy and had to be removed from the street.

    Separately, RTA vehicle inspectors also issued major defect notices on eight more vehicles.

    Police and vehicle inspectors issued notices for 101 minor vehicle defects, with about 60 per cent of these defects found on public vehicles.

    From the weekend campaign in which Traffic Operations mobile patrols fanned out from the city from 6pm through to midnight, then concentrated on Civic-area patrolling through to 4am, a total of 109 Traffic Infringement Notices were issued.

    Among the speeding offences recorded were two drivers, on separate occasions, recorded at more than 140km/h in an 80km/h zone on Adelaide Avenue. One of these was a P-plate driver. Another driver was also caught at 121 km/h in an 80km/h zone on Parkes Way.

    Sergeant Andrew Warry, from ACT Policing Traffic Operations, said police had been gathering information about the non-compliance of public vehicles for some weeks.

    “Members of the community have a right to travel in safety in a public conveyance and on at least one occasion when a member of the public had the defect pointed out, they didn’t want to take that particular taxi,” Sgt Warry said.

    “Police found that in regard to those taxis operating after hours, too many were not safe. The onus is not only on the owners of these vehicles to make sure they are safe, but for the drivers to also make a safety check of their taxi before the start of each shift.”

If you can help police contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.

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That was totally bullshit.. The police officers was giving notice of defect for whatever reason they thought.

I was driving taxi on that friday night. One of the police officer pull me because one of my head light was not working. Fine! I had it. Then he was saying it was a major problem, and put a $310 on the notcie of defect. $310 for a broken bulb, I rather eat the money…

What fuck is that? I just wanna ask what car are you driving, officer? A BMW or a Ferrari? I don’t think your car never gets a broken bit. Car does have a broken bulb, it does happen, even any expensive car does have that problem. But in fact, he was not giving me any chance to proof that my light was working because it’s only losed a little bit of connection. A broken bulb was a major problem that need to take the car to a fully inspection!~?

What kind of bullshit was that? If that was the way you make money for your govenment, why don’t you just stay on Bunda street in civic all day and check those cars which are fucking noisy, super lowed and with bigger wheels. How many are those can pass the inspection?

Taxi drivers pays GST and income tax to the Govenment also paid for the police to protect us and our business, we like anybody else who are working for this country. When never we have someone who was a “runner”, someone who fighting the driver, someone who causing trouble to us, where were you, officer? You were just too busy to find who did not fully stoped at the Stop Sign, who did 66km/h in a 60 zone, weren’t you? I did hear one of the officer who was off duty and in my cab talking to his friend, the way they are giving people ticket was ridiculous. He said, if he found someone who did 100km/h in a 80km zone, he just tell the driver, “you were doing more than that, if someone else got you, you will suffer a bigger penalty”. What he was saying is he try to “sell” his ticket easier and the driver need to say “thank you” to him.

PS: my car has been stolen for 3 years now, did any police find it?

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy10:13 am 17 Jul 09

I agree. Falcon wagons are a much safer vehicle than a full sized off road capable vehicle. Especially with someone who doesn’t understand vehicle dynamics at the wheel.

Falcon station wagons are a damn side more safe than 4WDs.

Falcons aren’t top heavy and don’t have a habit of rolling. Falcons don’t have huge blind spots all around them so that you can run over children and animals without knowing it. etc. etc.

The safety record of 4WDs around children is so appalling that Deputy State Coroner Jacqueline Milledge was pushing for a ban of 4WDs from entering school areas.

Bring back the good old days when the ‘soccer mom’ drove a falcon station wagon and the whole team could fit in it. 2 in the front, 4 in the backseat and 5 in cargo bit. Road safety, who needed it???

mutley said :

Oh please, let the next group be Yummy Mummy’s who buy oversized 4WD planet rapers as a must have baby accessory and then can’t park them (I believe this may be the origin of those oversize parent parking spots- it is to protect our cars from these spacially challenged megaconsumers). C’mon police, do a blitz on these upper crust wannabees. They pull out too far at T intersections when turning right in their tanks so you can’t even turn left because your traffic view is completely obscured. Or blitz them, Mr Police man, on their mobile phone use as they veer wildley between lanes (yes you nearly wiped me out, bitch in the silver Pajero on the parkway last Tuesday 8:35 heading to city- not that you noticed as your phone call must have been SO important.

I hope that chip on your shoulder is made of organic tofu.

Yes, that chip is genuine, certified organic from non GM sources. It was cultivated by trade fair farmers who slaughter their soy beans in approved humane ways and who chose to distribute their organic crop through an ecowise, Australian distributer via green transportation. Sadly, this only distributer was wiped out,while delivering organic tofu chips, by some bitch in a silver Pajero who was on her mobile phone and didn’t notice she veered across 2 lanes before crashing and killing the farmer.

Special G- Quote “obviously not a parent”
I am a parent of 4, 2 of which are pram age. I am not having a go at the pram parking spaces, just the “soccer mom car” monstrosities that, in the hands of the inexperienced, make driving so much more dangerous than it could be. Actually, probably pretty dangerous to their own families as well as don’t a lot of them eventually reverse over their toddler in the driveway?

Timberwolf6511:17 am 14 Jul 09

Civic is a really bad place to be that time in the morning.

johnboy said :

Sometimes it impresses girls.

I doubt he was doing it to impress the girls ( rolling eyes ) he obviously is old code and has a conscious and tried to help out, instead of just walking away, years ago you could bust up a fight but people and the different cultures these days are mad as cut snakes and don’t give a shit if they kill someone.

I stay right away from Civic, right away.

Oh please, let the next group be Yummy Mummy’s who buy oversized 4WD planet rapers as a must have baby accessory and then can’t park them (I believe this may be the origin of those oversize parent parking spots- it is to protect our cars from these spacially challenged megaconsumers). C’mon police, do a blitz on these upper crust wannabees. They pull out too far at T intersections when turning right in their tanks so you can’t even turn left because your traffic view is completely obscured. Or blitz them, Mr Police man, on their mobile phone use as they veer wildley between lanes (yes you nearly wiped me out, bitch in the silver Pajero on the parkway last Tuesday 8:35 heading to city- not that you noticed as your phone call must have been SO important.

I hope that chip on your shoulder is made of organic tofu.

Skidd Marx said: “I’d rather cop a broken jaw than read in the paper the next day that someone was kicked to death whilst I did nothing to help.”

Missed the point completely. This didn’t say that he stopped the fight. He just got bashed as well.

But hold your head high, hero.

Justsayit – Do you need a hug?

Parents with prams spaces are just marked normal car spaces for the most part. If any are bigger it makes sense as when getting kid out of or into car it makes it easier to not dent the car next to you. Obviously not a parent.

bigred said :

“public vehicles”? Does that mean they looked at more than taxis? Hire cars? Action Buses? Wonder if they got those beat up tarago taxis for those flaming ridiculous “foglights”. OK, taxi blitz now over, what group is next?

Oh please, let the next group be Yummy Mummy’s who buy oversized 4WD planet rapers as a must have baby accessory and then can’t park them (I believe this may be the origin of those oversize parent parking spots- it is to protect our cars from these spacially challenged megaconsumers). C’mon police, do a blitz on these upper crust wannabees. They pull out too far at T intersections when turning right in their tanks so you can’t even turn left because your traffic view is completely obscured. Or blitz them, Mr Police man, on their mobile phone use as they veer wildley between lanes (yes you nearly wiped me out, bitch in the silver Pajero on the parkway last Tuesday 8:35 heading to city- not that you noticed as your phone call must have been SO important.

Or if not, when you audit the taxis, can you audit the driver’s conversation or affinity with talk back radio? Or the passenger’s ability to shut up,pay up and not throw up?

All food for thought for ACT Policing Traffic Operations.

“public vehicles”? Does that mean they looked at more than taxis? Hire cars? Action Buses? Wonder if they got those beat up tarago taxis for those flaming ridiculous “foglights”. OK, taxi blitz now over, what group is next?

Hugh Lews said :

“the 25-year-old male victim attempted to intervene in a fight between two groups of males”

I’m sorry but unless you are Steven Segal or some other crime fighting Hero – leave people who are fighting alone.

It’s sad and all that that someone trying to be a decent person and the better man and all that gets his jaw broken but it happens all the time.

And for what?

Or Police?

pug206gti said :

By the by, I noticed one of the new security cameras has been erected on Ainslie Ave median strip near the CBA last night.

Also up at the intersection of University Ave and London Circuit (Police Station side), West Row and London Circuit (carpark side), West Row and Allinga St (Canberra Club side) and in Garema Place (Next to merry-go-round). I don’t think they will be much use given that they’re so far apart.

Makes sense that I saw the most police on the road late at night than I have ever seen, they got a taxi on Adelaide Ave it didn’t look like the passengers were impressed. Also got a fella in his BMW about 3 kms up the road, might have been Mr 140kph.

I wonder how stupid the cars with ‘extensive modifications beyond permitted levels’ looked.

Devil_n_Disquiz8:43 pm 13 Jul 09

Re: Taxis

Yes it is also up to the driver to ensure the taxi he is driving is safe/roadworthy. I have refused to drive taxis for exactly this. The owners response ? Give me the night off and put another driver in substandard Taxi.

Skidd Marx said :

Nice tude News; not your problem – just keep on walking. I’d rather cop a broken jaw than read in the paper the next day that someone was kicked to death whilst I did nothing to help.

+ 1

By the by, I noticed one of the new security cameras has been erected on Ainslie Ave median strip near the CBA last night.

Nice tude News; not your problem – just keep on walking. I’d rather cop a broken jaw than read in the paper the next day that someone was kicked to death whilst I did nothing to help.

Sometimes it impresses girls.

“the 25-year-old male victim attempted to intervene in a fight between two groups of males”

I’m sorry but unless you are Steven Segal or some other crime fighting Hero – leave people who are fighting alone.

It’s sad and all that that someone trying to be a decent person and the better man and all that gets his jaw broken but it happens all the time.

And for what?

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