Police Wrap - 25 April

I’ve never made you out to be some tough guy to get out of the argument, nor do I sit at my computer for hours on end pressing refresh to see if someone has replied to my posts.

Which details didn’t I read?

My initial response to your absurdly simplistic comment wasn’t overly harsh. Perhaps you take the whole internet thing a touch too seriously. This is just a bit of fun to me, and nothing more. Don’t take things so personally and get so defensive.

I’m amazed at how simplistic the thought process of an adult can be. You took away all the possible factors and boiled it down to this: New Commodore or Falcon versus crappy old Mazda = cops fault.

By the way, I acknowledged that it may very well have been police driver error, because *shock horror* police make mistakes too.

Basically, you ignored the following possible factors involved:

– At what distance did the police vehicle sight the Mazda (50m? 100m? 500m?)?
– Pedestrian traffic (Manuka shopping district is very high pedestrian).
– Vehicle traffic.
– Intersections.

Then there was your smart remark about the ute outrunning police radio, implying that they should’ve radioed to one of the infinite patrol cars in the area who could have intercepted the vehicle. Doesn’t always work out like on TV unfortunately.

The point of me replying was to hopefully get people to actually think a bit before posting simplistic comments like yours.

Picture this scenario: Police driver pushes it a bit harder, clips a pedestrian while turning a corner, catches crook a short time later. Pedestrian has a busted arm. Following days Canberra Times front page: “Pedestrian Injured in Police Pursuit”, and the obligatory argument on Riotact about the pros and cons of police pursuits (could easily replace that scenario with a collision with a citizens vehicle).

The PO lice “MAY” have been in one of the VW vans …. not really a pursuit type vehicle ?? Where even a 98 Mazda Bravo could even outrun it !!

Your post #14 was a snide, emotional response where you didn’t read the details. Now by making out I’m some sort of tough guy, you try to get out of the argument. I notice your response wasn’t so fast this time either.

I’ve already told you how they might have lost the vehicle (see post 14). Having said that, it may have been ‘bad’ driving (ie. over cautious) by the cops – I don’t know.

There’s no arguing with a Monday morning quarterback like yourself, so I’ll leave you to it.

The story says that the police gave pursuit but lost the vehicle, not about giving up the chase. It also says nothing about traveling through the actual mall area of Manuka.

You know heaps about reading hey? I can tell.

You know heaps about policing hey? I can tell.

…and yet the crappy old ute even outrun the cop radio.

Yeah he should be ashamed. Fancy not burning through a high pedestrian area like Manuka as fast as he could. Fancy slowing down at intersections to reduce the chance of a collision and staying on the correct side of the road. Ashamed indeed.

I just reread this thread. Got away from the cops in a 1998 Mazda Bravo?!?! The cop doing the pursuing should be bloody ashamed.

You don’t fool us, ant. You closet police fan 🙂

I don’t see any agitation in here as yet ant …… wishful thinking huh ?? Threw out the bait and got no bites ….. lol

Hmm. 3 cops appeared and fluttered round in an agitated manner! Damn, I sure didn’t predict that. I just expected one.

I would applaud the use of BRAVOs by TIGers that sporting NAB license plates.

quote comment=”199480″]More speed cameras, because of the bloody cyclists.

Make bike riders register their push bikes…. and display a rego plate…. and charge double for those stupid recumbent (?) bikes.[

More speed cameras, because of the bloody cyclists.

Ban Police

No more Police pursuits

Problem ends

And there you are as always ant.

Vehicle mounted rocket launchers is the key. If you engage in a pursuit the vehicle will be destroyed.

Did you predict that ??!! lol

Predictable 😉

Any minute now, someone will come into this topic and be predictable.

Maybe the cops should consider using Mazda Bravo’s as their pursuit vehicles.