NSW Police officer caught out trying to cross flooded causeway

[Bolly47]

What i saw on channel nine news last night
How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Bolly47

What i saw on channel nine news last night
How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

Sacked for being like other motorists caught in flood waters, don't think so.

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by Bolly47

What i saw on channel nine news last night
How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

Guess we all make mistakes no matter how we earn a penny eh,the bloke in question on a daily basis no doubt comes across many that have made mistakes,penny to a pound he doesnt spend his evenings banging on about them on the interweb.

[joolz]

Originally Posted by Officemanager

Sacked for being like other motorists caught in flood waters, don't think so.

But they are trained for the safe use of mobile phones whilst driving!!

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by Bolly47

What i saw on channel nine news last night

How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

Your post read like a telegram, how friggin old are you

[Warrenk]

Don't the police get extra training to able do things that are illegal for us mere mortals. At least that's what they tell us.

Warren

[chrisandsharon]

Well Fme - and the same bloke would stand in front of a bullet for ya tomorrow. He could be one of the best blokes goin, everyone makes mistakes - get over it mate, look at it as good entertainment and a laugh FFS.
Ride with some of these blokes and blokettes, the dangers they put themselves in and what they see defies belief.

[marty351]

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[Trevor 57]

it is amazing how some people are happy to stand back and criticise police, but the same people will be the first to ring police when something goes wrong for them

Was there an extreme emergency on the other side of the flood-way that required immediate police attendance - of course the OP wouldn't know that because he was so blinded by looking for something the police did wrong that he missed that point

[Nikked]

Does cop-bashing make you feel big and strong?

[LG17]

He was probably watching the news on his phone while he was driving...

[DJR-351]

WooHoo! time to dig out the pitch forks, burning torches and noose....

Nothing like a good lynch mob get together, especially when it comes to stringing up a cop or two........

[Trevor 57]

Police bashing on a faceless (anonymous) forum is **** weak - walk in their (the police) shoes for a week or two

[mick taylor]

I would drive my VY SS ute through creeks all the time, water came over the windscreen wipers a few times, but she made it through every time, would of been better with an auto because the manual has a high 1st gear and some big rocks were hidden under their as they were a bit of a worry if you stalled hitting one.

But you know one has to be experienced in such things, not just some fool who knows nothing and drives in like many do nowadays and that's why we now have the Law not to do such, it's for all the fools that know nothing and that's most people.

I walked through that creek before I took it on and in the time that she lapped the windscreen, it was like I have to get out of here or I am stuck for days out in nowhere from anyone and bugger all food and them there creeks can get mighty high with what was coming down and a fat mate insisted to cook brecky before we went, I said f you I am out of here directly, that stupid mate once ate one of his dogs leg out there so the story goes, he was telling some kids who asked why his dog only had 3 legs and no tail, well the tail was not eaten, because it was a stumpy tail blue.

I have been caught out like that before and put faith in a mate that once lived in the area, it was only fairy's rain coming down but as far as you could see all around and wham oh f me dead them creeks came up fast and rain for 3 days stuck out there.

If the creek is running to fast and too deep you will be sweep away for sure.

[Vesper Martini]

Police probably well aware of the risks (especially with 4 of them in the car) but needed to get some where urgently.
you just don't know.

[snap0964]

These two had a tree fall on them yesterday - the woman had a broken leg.
http://www.wsfm.com.au/newsroom/sydn...sts-north-ryde

Give 'em a break will you ??

[Express]

Originally Posted by Bolly47

What i saw on channel nine news last night
How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

Hanging's too good for him





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[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by snap0964

These two had a tree fall on them yesterday - the woman had a broken leg.
http://www.wsfm.com.au/newsroom/sydn...sts-north-ryde

Give 'em a break will you ??

some people on here can't raise themselves to do that - apparently we need to hang them FFS, the mentality of some people truly surprises me

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by Big Trev

some people on here can't raise themselves to do that - apparently we need to hang them FFS, the mentality of some people truly surprises me

I think you will find those mentioning "hanging" here are been sarcastic and are in no way taking the OP seriously or siding with him, the threads a joke!

[Mercury Bullet]

Originally Posted by snap0964

These two had a tree fall on them yesterday - the woman had a broken leg.
http://www.wsfm.com.au/newsroom/sydn...sts-north-ryde

Give 'em a break will you ??

That's exactly what she got.

Quality thread.

[chrisandsharon]

I’m not too sure it was a causeway, looked like an intersection, woulda been good for a laugh, I’m sure they’re still laughin about it and the driver will be the brunt of a few jokes for a while

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by chrisandsharon

everyone makes mistakes - get over it mate,.

Given the NSW police chief was on the news lambasting ordinary motorists for being stupid for driving through floodwaters, should he not hold the same or higher standard for his own officers?
it wasn't a 'mistake' it was a bad decision.

[Ford17]

Story/video here:
https://www.9news.com.au/videos/wild...110hqnlqrb90g7

Looks like there's one less VF on the roads now.

[whitelion65]

Hardly a dangerous situation. Driving through standing water; more inconvenience than anything.
Sure he drove too fast, and lost the bow wave effect, but as others hve said, he was out there trying to do his job.

[Electrolyte Burns]

I had an XB Wagon one time that was able to drive through high creeks. After that had an XC Sedan that was hopeless at it. Go figure.

[asagaai]

Yeah- probably police just driving to a job, went through water and became deeper, panicked and went to fast driving into bow wave causing water to be sucked into intake.

Police just people who make mistakes like general people.

I often read about people driving through flood water and think how stupid- I would never do. But couple years ago was driving to go rock climbing at Arapiles (outside Horsham) in Victoria, massive floods and I was driving this way and that way trying to get around road closures. Anyway, came to this section- no road signs saying closed-and it did not look too deep.

Started driving through it and it was far more distance than I thought, then started getting deeper gradually and then quite alarmingly deep and by that time I thought of stopping and reversing but was worried about traction and water flow and loss of momentum so was committed and kept plowing on. Had drivers window down and was ready to bail and was looking for trees etc to aim for when swimming.

Absolutely crapped myself but got through- hire Kia did well....

Big 4wd was watching and when I got through he came across, and I got out on otherside to calm nerves and took shot.


People miscalculate-no one is immune from that....


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[chrisandsharon]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

Given the NSW police chief was on the news lambasting ordinary motorists for being stupid for driving through floodwaters, should he not hold the same or higher standard for his own officers?
it wasn't a 'mistake' it was a bad decision.

After the footage I’ll even downgrade it to a ‘nothing’. Each to their own. The NSW police chief will more likely play the footage at the end of year Christmas party

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by Bolly47

What i saw on channel nine news last night
How stupid is NSW police car drove though flood with water up to front windscreen as engine stall and watching rear wheel stop spinning as police patrol car start to float with 4 person abroad.Driver had no ideas about not to drive though the flood road rule should be sack on spot. full stop

It’s ****ing stupid, I’ll give you that, but sacked on the spot hmmm hardly

[Iggle Piggle]

Tipping this thread did not go as OP planned.

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by Iggle Piggle

Tipping this thread did not go as OP planned.

Mistake or bad decision?Either way sack im.