Who says they dont book their own

**GasoLane** · 23-10-2008, 05:45 PM

From ABC Riverina site...http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...?site=riverina

A police commander has applauded his own officers who caught him driving 76 kilometres per hour above the speed limit in southern New South Wales earlier this month.

Riverina police say the Wagga Wagga Local Area Commander, Superintendent Frank Goodyer, was doing 176 kilometres an hour in a 100 zone near Junee.

He has paid a fine, his license is suspended and his conduct is being investigated.

Superintendent Goodyer says he has no excuses for his actions.

"I'd rather it not happen but it has. I did the wrong thing. I'll cop the punishment. I'm big enough to accept that," he said.

"It was my own people that detected me speeding and I applaud their actions. They've done the right thing. They've acted appropriately."

A spokesman for NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says he will not comment until after an internal investigation.

balthazarr · 23-10-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

From ABC Riverina site...http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...?site=riverina

A police commander has applauded his own officers who caught him driving 76 kilometres per hour above the speed limit in southern New South Wales earlier this month.
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So, did they crush his car? Confiscate it? Sell it?

No?

Didn't think so.

Brett3158 · 23-10-2008, 05:59 PM

Who said that they don't fly?????

V3RSAC3 · 23-10-2008, 06:00 PM

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Who said that they don't fly?????

GOLD

**TUF_302** · 23-10-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brett3158

Who said that they don't fly?????

hahaha! Gold!

**GasoLane** · 23-10-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by balthazarr

So, did they crush his car? Confiscate it? Sell it?

No?

Didn't think so.

I hope not, that would cost US money. It was an unmarked company car!!

devilcv8 · 23-10-2008, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by balthazarr

So, did they crush his car? Confiscate it? Sell it?

No?

Didn't think so.

why would they. NSW don't crush, confiscate or sell cars for speeding, only burnouts.

V3RSAC3 · 23-10-2008, 05:56 PM

It was set up....

lol

flappist · 23-10-2008, 07:19 PM

Yeh right. Of course he says "I am a very naughty boy" and "They did the right thing". What else could he say.

What he did not say was how the officers involved will be promoted due to their integrity and intelligence and will be looking forward to their new postings in Wilcania and Ironside...

**GasoLane** · 23-10-2008, 07:26 PM

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What he did not say was how the officers involved will be promoted due to their integrity and intelligence and will be looking forward to their new postings in Wilcania and Ironside...

Close. These days I think it's Wilcannia and Brewarrina

xe351 · 23-10-2008, 09:16 PM

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Close. These days I think it's Wilcannia and Brewarrina

haha i've been to brewarrina - wouldn't like to live there. However there is an xb coupe that needs some lovin out there.........

As darryl kerrigan(?) off the castle would say "suffer in ya jocks"

jimmy_c · 23-10-2008, 09:24 PM

Guys its NSW it will be swept under the carpet.

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irlewy86 · 23-10-2008, 07:33 PM

The Police officers may have done the right thing however the office of public prosecutions has a lot to answer for. 76km/h over the limit can result in a court apperance and dention of up to 6 months. Considering this is a person in a position of authority and someone who is meant to enforce these laws he should be off to the big house with his tail between his legs.

Busted · 24-10-2008, 12:52 PM

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. 76km/h over the limit can result in a court apperance and dention of up to 6 months.

No can about it. In NSW its on the spot loss of licence at 45ks over and 60ks and over is a instant 12mths (stat law) and a court apperance. I am 4 weeks away from getting my licence back after a 18mht walk for somthing very close to this very thing.

devilcv8 · 24-10-2008, 05:41 PM

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No can about it. In NSW its on the spot loss of licence at 45ks over and 60ks and over is a instant 12mths (stat law) and a court apperance. I am 4 weeks away from getting my licence back after a 18mht walk for somthing very close to this very thing.

Strange, can't see anything about 60ks and over being 12 months and a court appearance. Care to provide a link.

Here's one I prepared earlier.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregul...edingpenalties

The closest I can find is:
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregul...voffences.html

Furious driving; Reckless driving; Driving in a manner or at a speed dangerous Maximum court-imposed fine $2,200 $3,300

Maximum gaol term 9 months 12 months

Disqualification - minimum 12 months 2 years

Disqualification - maximum Unlimited Unlimited

Disqualification - in the absence of a specific court order 3 years 5 years

mik · 23-10-2008, 10:23 PM

JUDGE to Superintendent Frank Goodyer , AND WHY WERE YOU DOING 176 KPH IN A 100 ZONE (in loud god like voice)
......Superintendent Frank Goodyer:(in Piwi Herman voice) well Judge.... the boys back at the station had fresh hot jam doughey`s and i did`nt want mine to get cold.....
JUDGE to Superintendent Frank Goodyer ......ahhh well that explains it then off you go no charge, i`ll be expecting my share of doughey`s .

is that how it goes? ;)

xe351 · 24-10-2008, 12:29 PM

unless its like supertroopers lol

PHATXR8 · 24-10-2008, 02:41 PM

This particular cop is a complete and I wish he was sent to jail for this.

I have an interesting story to share with you all about a first hand encounter I had with this guy, who really is a PIG:

One night in March 1992 I was pulled over for an RBT after leaving a pub in North Wagga. In my car I had 4 drunk mates who I was taking to another bar at Charles Sturt University - I was the designated driver that night for the lads. Superintendent Frank Goodyer (I think he may have been a sergeant back then) was one of the coppers in the unmarked highway patrol car that pulled me over. When I wound down the window he obviously smelt the grog coming out of the car and then rudely told me to get out of the car and hand over my licence. He accused me of being drunk and risking the lives of everyone in the car. I tried to explain to him that I had only had 1 middie of beer about 1/2 hour before driving. He didn't believe me and called me all sorts of things including a "removed by laminge" (and yes, I had 4 drunken witnesses who were also hauled out of the car). After about 5 minutes of copping this abuse (despite my denials that I was drunk and my repeated requests to be put on "the bag" to prove my sobriety), Goodyer's partner got out of the car after checking my rego and drivers licence details with the breathalyser machine in his hand for me to blow into. When the machine showed registered a "zero" result, Goodyer told me and my mates to get back in the car and "-off out of my sight"...... no apology or anything like that.

Needless to say that whenever I hear his name, this night's events come to mind.

poolkeeper · 24-10-2008, 05:48 PM

He should go to Jail

mik · 24-10-2008, 08:29 PM

$10 buks say`s he`ll get a fine and community service;)

Laminge · 24-10-2008, 09:04 PM

Im sick of saying it so lets make it interesting, avoid the swear filter and I will start to ban people!

SM1DY · 25-10-2008, 10:39 PM

176km/h in a 100 zone....is that cop brain damaged?

mcnews · 25-10-2008, 11:17 PM

There are 100 zones and there are 100 zones. 176km/h in many 100 zones in Australia is perfectly safe. The law is an *** in many cases. This could be one of them, or it could not be. But to say that just because the law says 100km/h is legal on that road, when in another country the exact same road could be an open speed limit and be entirley appropriate, that 176km/h indicates brain damage then I question your own sanity. Some say it is the law then it is the law, Adolf Hitler used to say that about murdering jews too. Having no independent thought process in your little brain and just doing as some moron in government has decided is really no sign of intelligence.

StealthAu · 25-10-2008, 11:34 PM

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But to say that just because the law says 100km/h is legal on that road, when in another country the exact same road could be an open speed limit and be entirley appropriate, that 176km/h indicates brain damage then I question your own sanity.

Question your own sanity, If he was able to get caught then it clearly wasn't safe, if you don't have time to slow down for speed trap then odds are you wont be stopping in time if a person or other object moves into your path.

Keepleft · 26-10-2008, 04:40 AM

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Question your own sanity, If he was able to get caught then it clearly wasn't safe, if you don't have time to slow down for speed trap then odds are you wont be stopping in time if a person or other object moves into your path.

Yes, but remember though in relation to that road (O-Hwy), kids dont move at the speed of light to suddenly appear in front of a driver 400m - 2 kilometres before a scene where the HWP were waiting. (Radar).

Up to July 1978 on that road, his detected speed was quite legal, and in most probability safe at point of operation. Heck, use to do similar speeds on straight bits of the Hume myself, this was once all quite commonplance.

Even today, a sizeable portion of traffic will routinely do 120-130km/h on the New England Highway, but it does behave in town areas.

Yes, in today's 'speed-limit conditioned' world, we appreciate that such things cause testicular cancer and financial meltdown leading to the requirement of counselling for all concerned.

**GasoLane** · 26-10-2008, 09:29 AM

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If he was able to get caught then it clearly wasn't safe,

Huh?

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if you don't have time to slow down for speed trap then odds are you wont be stopping in time if a person or other object moves into your path.

Like many others on here I drive this road every day and for a country NSW road it's in good condition.
He was caught by a HP car popping over a crest and zapping him with the radar, no SPEED TRAP at all, and the only objects getting in your way would be a 'Roo.

Two things I've been pondering since this happened are...

1# Does this mean that this HP officer was brave to book his commander showing that anyone who breaks the law will get booked

Or.

2# Does it mean that he is one of the group that really would "book his own mother".

Wally · 26-10-2008, 09:37 AM

Wanna lay odds he has been booked for a lessor breach? Was he breath tested? Was he drug tested? Will he have the usual three charges to answer? Will he be given a chauffer to drive him about while suspended?

xe351 · 26-10-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Huh?
Like many others on here I drive this road every day and for a country NSW road it's in good condition.
He was caught by a HP car popping over a crest and zapping him with the radar, no SPEED TRAP at all, and the only objects getting in your way would be a 'Roo.

haha or an emu, i had one of those try and take us out once lol.

Seriously for those who have never travelled these roads, between Euston-Hay-Wagga you can see on coming cars about 2km away, there are no trees to hit and could safely be 140 at least

SM1DY · 26-10-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by mcnews

But to say that just because the law says 100km/h is legal on that road, when in another country the exact same road could be an open speed limit and be entirley appropriate, that 176km/h indicates brain damage then I question your own sanity. Some say it is the law then it is the law, Adolf Hitler used to say that about murdering jews too. Having no independent thought process in your little brain and just doing as some moron in government has decided is really no sign of intelligence.

That is the worst argument to justify speeding that i have every heard....lets hear you say the same thing when you kill someone.

Your pathetic, and thats more than i can say for the dribble that spills out of your mouth.

mcnews · 26-10-2008, 07:06 AM

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That is the worst argument to justify speeding that i have every heard....lets hear you say the same thing when you kill someone.

Your pathetic, and thats more than i can say for the dribble that spills out of your mouth.

Brainwashed into the speed kills mantra I see. I didn't actually think that propaganda could actually indoctrinate anyone into such mindless one dimensional thinking but obviously it can.

Are those countries with more sane speed limits in the middle of nowhere pathetic?