Re: Police check catching quite a few motorists

2nd September 2008, 07:27 PM

> Daryl Walford wrote:
>> Pit wrote:
>>> On Sep 1, 1:15 pm, jonz <f...@diesel.com> wrote:
>>>> Marty wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:48

5 +1000, RogerM wrote:
>>>>>> It would take too long for the scanning to read and process then
>>>>>> transfer that info for checking as you said. All the cars would
>>>>>> have to
>>>>>> stop to do it and that would be mayhem.
>>>>> You are talking out of your arsehole as usual.
>>>>> It takes just a few milliseconds to scan the plates and just a few
>>>>> milliseconds to send the data. A database query is also exceptionally
>>>>> fast. You would be looking at a latency for the whole show of a
>>>>> second or
>>>>> less.
>>>> yep, you`re on the money there....you can run, but you can`t hide.
>>>> at the end of xmas hols. this year, they set it up at Batemans
>>>> Bay.......huge amounts of traffic heading home, became a 2-3km
>>>> tailback,
>>>> as they pulled vehicles over and generally ****ed up traffic flow. on
>>>> one of the busiest traffic days of the year.....pleece farce did`nt
>>>> make
>>>> any friends that day. but then PR has never been their
>>>> forte`.............`
>>>
>>> Oh give me a break mate -- what ever happened to if you cant do the
>>> time dont do the crime END of Story
>>> It also thwarts those sort of plods who used to be great at fiyting
>>> up folks
>>
>> So you think punishing hundreds of people (wasting lots of their time)
>> is acceptable in the odd chance you may catch a few who are breaking
>> the law?
>> Personally I think it outrageous they do shit like that, I was once
>> stuck in a traffic jam on the Westgate Fwy in Melb for over an hour
>> because the police had set up a RBT and blocked the whole fwy, it was
>> a hot day and cars were overheating and so were many people, the cops
>> got lots of abuse and IMO they deserved all they got.
>> I am not against RBT but IMO they have to put a lot more thought into
>> the way they go about it, causing a massive traffic jam is crazy.
>
> It appears to me that the police may not have the power to act in that
> way. Did you enquire after the event as to the legal basis for their
> actions?
>
> Random breath testing of that nature in Victoria is covered by
>
> http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/v...86125/s54.html
>
> Does it allow the road to be obstructed for the purpose?
>
> http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/si...04138/s62.html
>
>
> Sylvia.
>

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