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Hahah if i tried following em at the same speed they would come after me straight away. i say good on ya

Bonez wrote:Not sure exactly what they are. All I know is that there was a traffic car doing about 85km/h up Wanneroo road the other day, so I thought "well, if he can do it, so can I"

Excellent way of thinking. We carry guns, you gonna do that too? We are provided with extra driver training courses, what have you done?

Bonez wrote: I highly doubt they were in that much of a hurry to get to a job, considering they had no lights or sirens! Road rules of their own... pfft.

It's called exemptions under law, but I am sure we have had this discussion before.

Walks.

Yep have much more driving skills then police officers as i have cams and pro adra licences and spend a lot of time driving and training in various cars and tracks.

Steve,

Not exactly the kind of training walks is talking about. Police do driver training as Police Officers that allow them to drive under priority as safe as they can.

Any old harry can go race a drag or race car if they wish, completely differant to Policing.

As Walks said, Police have excemtions under law, they dont always need lights and sirens.


From the Road Traffic Code 2000

280. Exemption for drivers of emergency vehicles (police officers)
(1) A provision of these regulations does not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle being used for official duties by a police officer if ¾

(a) in the circumstances ¾

(i) the driver is taking reasonable care; and

(ii) it is reasonable that the provision should not apply;

and

(b) the vehicle is a motor vehicle that is moving and the vehicle is displaying a blue or red flashing light or sounding an alarm.

(2) Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to the driver if, in the circumstances, it is reasonable ¾

(a) not to display the light or sound the alarm; or

(b) for the vehicle not to be fitted or equipped with a blue or red flashing light or an alarm.

So as long as its reasonable a Police officer can speed to a job if it is reasonable and justifiable.

This thread got hijacked so easily....

WPXZBP wrote:This thread got hijacked so easily....

How about this weather?

I followed him in the right lane travelling at the same speed for about 5-6km before they turned off.

I thought it was against the law to travel in the right lane for no apparent reason...'failing to keep left' from memory..

cheers

Tom

i thought they changed it so you can drive in the right lane. its pretty stupid tho there are people out there who think that by drivin in the right lane they can drive as fast as they like

It seems ashame that you couldn't make it, you coming up with the idea and all.[/quote]

I would have prefered to be there then the the dramas I was having you can read a summery of it in the police section in this forum.