Hi Ryan. In Victoria the fine is now $575 and 4 demerit points, as a driving instructor, I always tell my learners when you get you license, never use your phone. I admire the work all police officers do, it’s a thankless job.
My biggest gripe will being a learner/p plater was not being able to use my cars bluetooth or apple car play to play music... meanwhile I can blast the radio as loud as i want listening to ads all day... makes lots of sense. Never once touched my phone while driving, i'd always set it up in the driveway but got pulled over and given a warning saying it's illegal to use those features of my car because they relate to using my phone while driving. Biggest scam ever.
Thanks for the update - I never knew it was this high but justified with so much carnage on the road. I bought my neighbour's grandson the earpiece mic cable for $5 & his phone sits in his work shirt pocket. Tried Ear Pods & he loses them LOL.
I live in the ACT where the Australian Federal Police do the general duties. About 10 years ago I was the at fault driver in a serious accident and can’t fault the way the police dealt with the situation. Even though they were charging me they still treated me with great respect
That's interesting because I wouldn't have thought the AFP did 'normal' police duties for some reason XD I usually hear about the horrific kinds of areas they deal with only. Thank you for telling me that, Mate
@@goaway2803 the ACT doesn’t technically have its own police force but pay the AFP to provide general police to the territory. I believe that the officers who do the ACT are trained specifically for that.
@@toddavis8151 Well, the AFP does have a dedicated branch for community policing in the ACT which is known as ACT Policing. People who apply for the AFP to become a police officer get the appropriate training to perform those general policing tasks, and are then typically deployed to a police station in Canberra. ACT Policing also have a variety of roles which include Road Policing (basically Canberra's highway patrol), Crash Investigations, Family Violence, Intelligence, Fraud, Drugs and organised crime, and of course - community policing, which more commonly referred to as General Duties. Hope this helps!
I'm grateful Australia has a random breatho/drug test rather than some pathetically antiquated field sobriety test. They would have thumbed it down because they hate the cops because they've been caught doing the wrong thing, but the youtube algorithm still wins and they watched it lol.
Our speed camera system is trash though, they have to give you LOTS of warning that there is a speed camera ahead, they're not allowed to just drive somewhere and record from their car, they have to set up temporary signs each way to make it clear that they're there.
‘Field sobriety tests’ are so subjective too. And they cause issue for people who have balance problems, even when completely sober. With RBT, it’s you pass, or you don’t.
Being an Aussie I find that the respect for the laws and enforcement is in us so much that we would see a small sign like stop police as a reflex. The majority of Australians follow the rules here. No ifs no buts here is my all my doc's, take a breath test sure no worries.
@@VikkiMcGuire-c3s also we DONT need to hand over Registration papers as they can check that on their in-car computer. Insurance isn’t asked for either. With registration we pay a Compulsory Third Party Insurance which covers injury to anyone in the car.Vehicle insurance is another policy and they do not ask for that .
@@johnlaine2654 A CTP insurance policy or Green Slip predominantly protects the driver of the motor vehicle from liability if they were to injure or cause the death of a person or people in a motor accident.
@@Reneesillycar74 it also looks after other injured passengers involved if that driver is at fault.you are correct in saying it protects the driver from liability as well.
G'day Ryan, the US has over 1600 police forces and 40,990 road deaths in 2023. Australia has 8 police forces and 1266 road deaths in 2023. A policeman in a remote country town has the same high quality equipment and training as a policeman in a major capital city. That is twice the death toll per capita. Results don't lie. American tourists are surprised that drivers obey the Australian speed limits compared to back home.
Interesting stats. On my simple maths and assuming your numbers based on a 2024 total Australian population of approx 26.7M that is a road toll of 0.00474%, compared to a USA total population of approx 345M with a 0.0118% road toll. Only small percentages but tragic and devastating for those affected. So yes the US toll is about 2.5 times the Australian toll on those numbers. Maybe they should get off their phones and do the other basic things better.
@@FromTheGong Yes, number of cars is obviously relevant. I was only referring to the road toll as a percentage of total population. Would be interesting to see how the two countries compare taking some other variables into proper consideration. But you'd think that mobile phone enforcement (or lack of) would be one factor.
@@stuartread135 RBT was the game changer and the major factor I would imagine that would lower our road deaths per thousand. Just the thought of being pulled over and tested is enough to convince the sane majority to not even consider driving even when you think you can. That and the some would argue over enforcement of the speed limit is another factor making a potential speeder slow down. You may whinge about it but you'll never know how many times one person's decision not to speed means you weren't their victim because it didn't happen thanks to over enforcement and the other driver thinking there might be a mobile camera or cop car just out of sight.
@@stuartread135 I still remember when RBT was first introduced in the 80's. I was too young to drive (legally) but my cousin had just got his licence and drove straight into one of the first RBT stationary testing literally then blew over 05 less than 2 weeks on his P's. My best mate's dad owned a panel beaters and in 6 months after RBT every second panel beaters was going out of business because cars weren't crashing anymore.
@@KateStokes-k9c I’ve not had that problem. I tripped on a tree root in the footpath outside s shopping centre a few years back and badly fractured my wrist in breaking the fall. HP officer just going off duty was walking past, checked my arm and then drove me to hospital. She even waited until my husband came. Travelling on the M1 from Sydney last month and two idiot red P-platers were racing each other, weaving through traffic at high speed, nearly causing multiple crashes. A few kilometres down the road and both had been picked up by separate HPs. Joy to everyone who went past.
In Aussie, driving is a privilege, not a right because vehicles are lethal weapons and in the wrong hands can kill multiple people in next to no time. I have personally attended collisions where whole families have been wiped out and it's something that stays in your mind forever.
@@firebrand2619 Freedom needs to be regulated because of fools like you . People are their own worst enemies and you talk tough because you obviously have no real experience of trauma.
Using any hand-held mobile device while driving (incl while stopped at lights or in a traffic jam) in the UK attracts a fine of £200 and six penalty points. Doing so at speed and in a dangerous way results in loss of licence, a £1000 fine (£2500 if driving a bus or commercial vehicle).
dunno the stats for the 60s and 70s but they were way higher than 2023 im sure. when i got my first car at 16, HK GTS, kids were jumping straight into XU1s or clones and even better, ducati 900s at 17. thats why they made the 250 for one year law. i couldnt imagine not using a seat belt, i'd be dead at least twice if i didnt, i T-boned a drunk on the highway years ago in my "SOB" HQ GTS coupe and slammed a tree a couple of years ago in a triton ute at 80kmh, that takes all the fun out of it i can tell ya. no way i'd have survived the tree without a belt. we all knew at least 3 or 4 family members who had been in horrible crashes and nearly died.
You do realise that they do that only to give the stop legitimacy as they then class it as a random breath test because they otherwise wouldn’t have the authority to pull you over.
Hi, I'm in victoria. I'm a retired after 40 years of service in, with and for the ADF. I have lived in every state, and from experience I know police attitudes are different in each state.
Same deal here mate. 20 years in, then a couple more in the public service after that. WA police, specifically in the Rockingham area had an "interesting" attitude. We had a team in the local Rugby Union comp and when our home game was against the WAPS, we'd have be "reminded" by a higher up to invite them back to one of the bars on the base. No other teams were on the wrong side of our selective memory loss. In every other state we had very good relationships with local law enforcement. Things have probably changed, I've been out for just shy of 20 years now.
Pretty much during pursuits a Shift Sergeant or Supervisor will always monitor pursuits, keeping on top of weather, and traffic conditions. As to you asking who they need permission from they will ask a Sergeant for permission to lay the stop sticks or known as " spikes " in Canada or the USA.
Also, cops in Australia won’t continue to pursue no matter what. If the speed is considered dangerous for other road users it will be terminated. The attitude is better for the bad guy to get away this time than have an innocent person killed by a fleeing car running a red light, etc. For similar reasons, Australian cops don’t do PIT manoeuvres. That’s not to say they don’t stop investigating. Once a vehicle is flagged on ANPR it can’t really go anywhere without pinging an alert.
Police can't win, whatever they do. They do a great job, a very difficult job, and most times, get it right. There's always one or two who misuse their power, but in the main, they can be trusted.
Sorry, but having worked for a number of community agencies, I have found police are often corrupt. In fact, a number have put pressure on me, both in cities and regional areas, to break the law and feed them information about clients. I was even threatened once via a "Well we might not be available to come to your assistance when you need us" line. And some police are just fine until they are crossed, and then you see just how "decent" they are.
they are power hungry people who think they are in the army or waste time going for a person reading a book under a tree in the park with a couple beers over real crimes
Australia had the lowest road deaths a year per capita in the entire world for decades, something every sane Australian is proud of. That started with going hard enforcing compulsory seat belt wearing in the 70s, then in subsequent decades going hard on breathalyzers and anti drinking advertising, then anti speeding technology and ad campaigns, then anti driving while tired messaging including providing more rest stops and suggestions to pull over and nap to break up long drives or night time driving. And of course now anti driving distracted. Because our police are organised and funded at the State instead of local level, most cars and equipment are pretty equal no matter how poor the area. As you get more towards and into the outback, police themselves get more sparse. You might have caught that police cars visible on the road are meant to be preventative of behaviour that we know leads to more road collisions and fatalities. Yes, the fines raise a lot of revenue. Yes, the police are sometimes sneaky about checking speeding where the speed limits change. But there’s nothing like a fine for altering people’s driving habits for the better. And the strict road policing is demonstrably preventing a lot of human misery. Tourists and newcomers beware: the posted speed limit IS the speed limit to drive at in Australia. A dinted panel might not make a car unroadworthy (high extra chance of crashing, causing a crash, or getting injured or killed in a crash) but it can indicate someone who isn’t getting their car fixed when it needs it and there could be other problems not addressed making the car unsafe. As indeed the guy turned out to have balding wheels. Also dints let rain get under the paintwork and rust start spreading underneath, which CAN lead to an unroadworthy/unsafe car.
If only if every Australian was a bootlicking wanker then we might have reduced the road toll completely by reducing speed limits to 40kmph everywhere. You know, "if it saves one life..." Hopefully as time goes on more people adopt your nanny statist authoritarian attitude in the name of safety because as any sane person knows there is no thing more important than safety. Freedom? pffft I'd rather live in peaceful slavery than dangerous freedumb.
Hey man, where are you getting the statistic for the first thing you said? I'm Australian and I've never heard of Australia having the lowest deaths per capita. I'm not saying I don't believe you etc, just I tried looking myself and it said Australia is number 18, ofc this is still a great position, but I wanna see the list or source as I'm curious about other countries too.
What a load absolute gibberish!! We are over policed and live in a nanny state with rules enforced by a bunch of morons who include some of the most corrupt individuals within their ranks.
@@666Buzzsaw Couldn't agree more. We literally live in a society where if you as a teacher manages to convince a delusional student that is transgender they are the gender they were born you are at risk of going to jail for 10 years. Australia isn't a country to be proud of, not anymore!
Ryan try not to compare USA Police with Australian Police, we aren't allowed to carry guns and our cops are not expecting to see any, for that matter I've never seen the police with a hand on their guns in the 60 years I've lived here... That's not to say there's no crime here because there is. Thanks for interest in our country its nice to see the reactions of people of different lands...
$352 is nothing compared to Queensland. It’s $1082 fine for touching your phone while driving. I think this is the highest in the world for this offence!
Yikes that's steep! It's fair enough though. Using a phone while driving is so bloody dangerous. To see Pol texting while driving makes my blood boil. I believe its more dangerous than mid level dui. Neither are excusable.
US use lidar too, just commonly still referred to as 'RADAR' by the public. In Australia there are certain checks we do that have implied consent, like breathalyzing or roadside drug tests, if you have a license you have implied consent to those checks when you signed the license paperwork. Often those road side tests are considered initial only, they'll arrest you if you get a positive test and use more accurate means to get the final test before making a decision. The spikes they would need permission from the dispatch centre when in persuit, a senior member of police will be making the calls in the coordination in the background.
As a doc I've done a few of these more accurate test. It is mainly just a blood and urine test but frequently done at the hospital emergency department - we use a standardised test kit which is approved by NSW police (main thing is to use a non-alcohol wipe, but chlorhex or similar), this is done with the police watching, then the sample is sealed and dropped into a locked container before being sent to the lab. All the sample has a serial number and we also provide a carbon copy of the sample declaration to the patient (in this case the guy being brought in by police)
The Highway Patrol sit outside my place which is in a 50 zone. We get a lot of people fanging it. Lots of kids about with local park and oval. The community generally supports it all.
I bet you obeyed everything the tyrants laid down to a T. No critical thinking just obey. You ppl closed down internal borders between nsw and qld with a huge smile on your face. The most pathetic thing I’ve seen other than in North Korea and china. There is no sorry after that
Thank you to all our guys in blue 💙 keeping our roads safe. There is always, 1bad apple. I have needed them a couple times in my life and I say thank god we have them.
Our old mate Jim was a Highway Patrol officer, he kept his wetsuit and spear gun in the boot. When he was tired of doing his job he went swimming around the rocks down at the beach.😊
I am 60 and over my driving life I have been lucky enough not to have done anything wrong except for a few speeding tickets . All the cops that I have met including random tests have all been very nice and friendly.
One of the first jobs my Niece attended after recruiting and getting her Commission was a decomposing body with dogs trapped inside the House ,starting to eat the human. They go to the accidents where a 19 year old has wrapped themselves around a pole and the car has been obliterated due to speed. For a lot of you they save lives and are first to run inside at a scene your running away from ( remember the terrorist at Bondi Shopping centre 2023)
Im so thankful we have random breath tests. They may be an inconvenience at times, but why should people under the influence be allowed to endanger theirs and every other life around them on the road?
When I was a kid, before breathalyzers were a thing, my dad used to drive us home late at night drunk, maybe once every year or two. Probably it was New Years, and usually a 2 hour trip because his family were so scattered. It wasn’t that often, but I hated it every time. He’d drift into the oncoming lane several times over those two hours. Not when other cars were coming, but I didn’t feel safe even when it was dark and we were alone on the road.
It’s not the act of being breathalysed that’s the problem but the way they do it. Closing all but one lane of a multi lane major road in peak hour causing major traffic congestion is not the way to go about it.
Ryan, The people who did the thumbs down are those who have been caught speeding, drinking driving or using a mobile phone whilst driving, + all the other morons who don't like the police until they will need one or more of them in an emergency.
A lot of people don't like being policed, these are usually people who want to speed, drink drive, talk on their phone, drive unsafe vehicles. I'm good with it, for the occasional minor inconvenience, I like to know that less of these people are endangering me and my loved ones.
I mean them beating protesters in the street and lets not forget the women they tazed to death because apparently 6'0 tall police officers cannot take down a 5'4 90 year old granny. Gee I wonder why police have gotten a bad wrap in the last few years..
How’s that working out for you considering the standard of driving is worse than ever. You’re just believing the nonsense that they tell you. Well sorry but it’s all BS!! They are a useless organisation that can’t even do the simplest aspects of the job properly.
In the US, from what I can tell, police need a reason to pull over a car - broken tail-light, or reasonable suspicion of something. Here, police are allowed to pull over anyone as long as they are seen driving. And usually they will give every car a breath test as a general practise. And they all have handheld devices, none of the "walk in a straight line" process. If you test over the limit, they'll arrest and take you back to the station for a test on a calibrated machine, which is used for court.
Aussie police still need reasonable suspicion of a crime in accordance with the Australian Constitution, but none of them know the law, the work in the corporate legal system
@@shanevonharten3100 if they don’t get what they want, they’ll just make something up. They always do. In Western Australia the police don’t even need a warrant to enter and search your house In New South Wales to get a warrant to enter any premises the police need assigned warrant from a JP but considering some police are JP’s that’s a no brainer. They just get their mates to sign the warrant but this is awful. It’s our fault because we let it happen because people put too much faith in government and police. And they work together to get what they want on speaking of police and government.
My best friend is a cop, and that is so far off base for her and all her workmates that I know. Makes me wonder what you’ve been doing to be in those situations.
@@shanevonharten3100 Nah they don't. I know Vic, but it's very likely it's the same in every state. 59(1)(ab) Road Safety Act 1958. To Summarise: A person in charge of a vehicle must provide license (and name/address) on request of a police officer.
Having a statewide police force is good. Same standards apply across the State. Having local and city cops means no consistency in their training and easier for corruption to become entrenched.
Police forces are state legislated, administered and funded in Australia (other than the federal police). NSW has a population of 8.5 million. That alone will make it different when compared to most of the US police system.
I'm from Sydney - our NSW police are highly respected because they're reasonable and authoritative. My sister hates the police but only because there was a month in her life when a cluster of different police officers stopped her for minor warnings (she had her high beams on by accident, etc.) so she felt like she was being picked on hahaha
After the recent pro-Palestine protests in the Sydney CBD my respect for the cops in blue (ie NSW Police) has fallen miserably especially after the horrible and grossly unfair way we were mistreated during the COVID lockdown. The current NSW Police commissioner is hopeless. Many police on the frontline have come out against the commissioner and her decisions. Just hopeless
Curious. “I’m from Sydney”. What part of Sydney? Because I can tell you now that the Police are not well respected in all areas of Sydney. The fact you say that suggest you are from an area that is privileged enough to not understand this.
Lol, i used to live in the next suburb Guildford. The only Aussies in the street. I loved it, the Habibs looked after our house, never got robbed once, as my husband had lived there for so long, we were respected. ❤
@@louise7552 oh Really?Are you saying the Muslim brothers protected you? I think they just preferred living in peace like the rest of us Aussies. Don’t forget if they’re naturalised or born here, they are Aussies too. Admitted ,like any group there are rotten apples.
What i love about our RBT stops in Victoria is that they will get their area full of stopped cars let others pass while they process they once the area clear aga8n they will stop the next lot of cars. When they stop you they say it a RBT and ask younto blow in the portable machine,only if it gives a reading over 0.05 will yhey even ask for any of your paper w9rk licence rego etc. Then 8f it is a booze bus setup they will take you inside and ask you to give the 2 samples they will use at court. Had a friend pulled over on initial portable machine he blew 0.08 by the time they got through the waiting drivers to get the main samples his reading was below 0.05 on the ones they use in court so they let him go no charges . The cops and we were sure he had likely been just 9ver when pulled but the wait time allowed him to drop enough he was ok but we still swapped drivers to be sure and to thanks from the cops.
Here in South Australia the Police Commissioner is going through grief and there's a real sense of support from the community and the media to him and his family. Police here are generally held in respect
We have very strict roadworthy restrictions on our vehicles. Also, insurance works differently. You contact the insurance company after an accident. They send you to get 3 different quotes for repairs OR they will send your car directly to a panel beater of their choice. They come back to you with their final say on the repairer. You pay the repairer the excess (deductible) directly, and the insurance company pays the balance of the repair costs directly to the repairer. Bald tyres, dents, cracked windscreens, broken tail or headlights etc. deem a vehicle as not roadworthy. Hefty fines and possible impounding of vehicle are consequences.
For a vehicle to be roadworthy in Oz anything that relates to the safety of that vehicle with regard to the occupants, other road users & weather conditions, must be in perfect working order. Roadworthy has nothing to do with aesthetics, or even the function of the engine it's centered purely on safety.
I believe this is State driven. I know in NSW I need a pink slip every year (unless the car is newish) in order to be registered. I don’t believe that is required in QLD - you only need registration and insurance. 🤷🏼♀️
When I've rung my insurer after an accident they tell me the repairers near me and I choose one. Then they ask a tow truck they've approved to take my car there.
In QLD, Mobile phone is $1,622, $5,300 if it is a Commercially registered vehicle. There are fixed cameras for seatbelts, same fines, and mobile phones.,
@@RandomStuff-he7lu In VIC we have mobile cameras for seatbelts and device usage, they are on an overhead railing fixed to a trailer on the side of the road.
The flashing lights for school zones was actually something a teacher at a school came up with. He had the lights installed at his own school and it worked so well, the government had all the schools put up the lights.
4:26 The way this cop is wearing his seat belt guarantees he will get a lesson in what happens when the airbag deploys while your head is too close to it , if they are involved in a collision.
I have been pulled over for a RBT about 12 times in the last 24 years & blew 0:000 every time 😊 haven't yet done the Random Drug test, at 66 I'm still hopeful 😅
In the last 7 years I’ve been stopped 3 times, one was just a question or 2, next was a breath test and last was a drug test. All in the same area in Richmond, and I don’t even live there lol I was working
I was once stopped 3 times in a single day for an RBT, Victoria road in Parra. That's what I get for driving a dirty 01 White Commodore I guess. All 3 times I got the breath and drug test lol.
I've been pulled over for a RBT once in 52 years. Is that a record I wonder? In the first 3 or 4 years I would have failed about 50% of the time, but then I grew up. When I was 19 I got done for speeding and paid to get the ticket "lost". That didn't work and I got suspended by the Magistrates Court for 3 months. Bastards! LOL
@@DanDownunda8888 yea mate I had an accident 6 days after I got my PS & 6 months later they took my licence for 6 months, then had to do the driving test again... 6 months driving to & from work, then 6 months on the train 😔
I can remember when the curtain-raiser game before a state-of-origin match at Lang Park was Qld Police vs NSW Police. The ref had to abandon the game because the two teams wouldn't stop fighting! 🤣🤣🤣
I live in Merrylands, NSW, a suburb of Sydney. I kept trying to recognise the locations in the video. For a time, several years back, a highway patrol car would wait at my street corner doing speed checks on Woodville Road, cars coming south after Merrylands Road. The officers would spot the speeders and then chase after them. Highway patrol cars are different to other police cars. Highway patrol cars look like regular civilian cars from the front, they can catch people unawares.
All car tyres throughout the world have tyre wear indicators. Why on earth wouldn't that be a police check if they're worn when being pulled over? I think America takes its freedumbs a tad too far seriously 😂
Hilarious I grew up in Merrylands, I live closer to the city now - cops in a school zone is totally about revenue - they have KPI's too you know. $350 thats cheap - over the holidays they go double pts double fine. Have you noticed the sexy vehicles highway patrol has - something has to pay for that. In NSW once your car is over a certain amount of years you have to get a pink slip with your yearly rego. A mechanic checks for brakes - lights -tyres-seatbelts - rust etc. A mechanic can't do a dodgy either cause they are liable if they let a faulty car on the road. NSW its expensive - my registration is close to $400/year and my compulsory green slip is around $700 - every vehicle has to have a greenslip which covers insurance if you injure someone in an accident
Demerit Points can accumulate if you get up to 10 then in most states its license suspension, in QLD the points start getting reset after 3 years from the offence of the points given at that time
We have over head camera's now looking in your vechiles to see if have seat belts on or on phone They cant see phone next to leg or in lap then you get large fine in mail and points on licence
The seatbelt cameras are a load of nonsense and a waste of money. People not wearing seatbelts is not a common thing, people driving with no registration plates to avoid all the number plate recognition systems is more common. And yes I do know what I’m talking about because unlike most people I spend 5-6 days and 4000-5000kms a week on the road.
2:33 Some states don't have times, and just tell you to slow down when there are children 2:33 There are also variable speed limits that flash when on and blank when off, and ones that flash when on and freeze on the other limit when off 6:50 Not sure but it is illegal to have stuff like your bumper flapping in the wind, your windscreen smashed in, or your brake lights being the wrong colour 8:45 Not sure but they have to ask the intercom to do stuff or look up things
Happy to stand corrected here, but I believe in NSW (New South Wales), policing districts or zones are broken down into LAC (Local Area Commands). They will be commanded by Super-Intendant who would probably give authorisation to use the speed sticks.
You are correct that it's broken down into LACs (HWP are a bit different with regions though) but it's a lower level officer like a duty sergeant from what I understand that controls the pursuit from the station. Neighbour was an ex NSW Police sergeant and said that he'd never authorise pursuing officers to use spikes unless the officers had a physical barrier to hide behind as the crims will often drive at the police to get around the spikes.
I got pulled over by an unmarked police car once, on my P's (provisionals). I was doing 120kmh in a 90kmh zone, and neg driving. The cop who pulled me over LAID into me. He screamed at me for a few minutes about how he didnt want to call my mother to tell her he had to scrape my body parts up off the road. It scared the shit out of me. He didnt give me a ticket. He gave me a chance. Then threatened me if he ever caught me driving like a fuckwit again. 😂 Thank you to that cop. Because I'm still too scared to speed now 20 years later hahaha
Here in New South Wales our Police switched over to BMW 530D ( Diesel)mPolice Pack vehicles after the Chrysler 300 was discontinued. They are FAST!Recently they have also added VW Passat sedans and Tiguans to the fleet. Our Federal Government cars are also BMW SEDANS ~The Prime Minister gets a 7 Series sedan with Driver, most other Parliamentary vehicles are either 5 Series sedans or SUVs .BMW must have come up with a great price as a lot of European fleets are also BMW.
Hey Ryan, to add on to some things; Provisional 1 drivers have 4 points, while P2 have 6. A mobile phone infringement is 5, meaning licence gone for P1 on the spot. As for why they pulled a Camry over with a dent, but then checked tyres and did nothing more with that dent, that ties into the mindset of negligence with maintaining a roadworthy vehicle (and that rang true with the wear) which, if you want a fun night in, you can go through the details on via our legislation. NSW state legislation covers it in the "Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017" act (I think, there's a few that have some crossover...might even be the Road Rules 2014... I don't remember), and there's more things cars need all over australia (Federal legislation) which is covered by "ADR" (Australian Design Rules). Hopefully this gives you a few more bits of insight into the unmentioned parts of this video
I enjoy seeing the difference between newbie cops and veterans at RBTs. The newbie always give you the full script and sometimes they fumble their words if it's their first one. I had a veteran the other day and she was like "RBT, mate. You've done these, yeah? Yup, cool, okay here we go then."
Ryan, I see you using your mouse to navigate. No need, here are the keyboard shortcuts spacebar = play/pause K = play/pause J = back 10 seconds L = forward 10 seconds left arrow = back 5 seconds right arrow = forward 5 seconds up and down arrows = volume up and down , (comma) = back a frame . (period) = forward a frame F = full frame on/off If you have HOME, END they do things, so does any number pad.
@@YehNahYehAyy Sure. So easy to jump back a few seconds with a mouse, EXCEPT the place you click is different depending on the duration of the clip. And how do you move a frame at a time with a mouse?
@@JohnHollands never had the need to jump a frame tbh and the video preview when I'm hovering over the timeline makes it easy for me to see where I'm skipping to, to each their own.
@@YehNahYehAyy So I guess you never want to look at how an effect or transition is done in detail and when you want to pause on something, if you miss it by a bit you'd rather scroll and go again instead of just a few keystrokes. Still, if you've "never had the need to jump a frame", whatever you use is irrelevant.
The difference is the police in Australia are there to help and serve the community.In America it's the complete opposite they seem to be at war with the communities they are supposed to serve.
@ 3:40 That little blue sign..... being held by and officer in a high vis vest standing next to a very visual patrol car..... Yeah, you'd notice it with no doubt 🙂
Road worthy needs to be done every year in NSW, when you go to register your car, you go get the pink slip ( which is the road worthy cert ), then green slip ( insurance ), then registration and you are good to go for the next twelve months.
The RBTs are very similar to here in NZ - they use an electronic sniffer which check the breath when the driver gives his/her name and if there's a suggestion they're over the linit, they'll be held for further testing with more accurate testing equipment and possibly a blood test. I've only ever done the initial, because I VERY rarely drink, and not when driving (bit naughty in other ways, though, 😞). While giving the breath test, they'll also glance at the windscreen to check the vehicle has a WoF (roadworthy certificate that's renewed every 6 or 12 months) and the registration/road licence is curent to use the vehicle on the road. If there is a problem with any of those, further investigation will result in (a) fine(s) and/or the vehicle being ordered off the road if there are serious issues - in some countries ANY issues may result in the vehicle being seized and/or ordered off the road with it having to be recovered because it can't be driven from that spot.
🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 How do we see the number of thumbs down 👎 on TH-cam these days? NSW requires a yearly road worthy test for all privately owned vehicles. I live in Victoria and am glad that we don't have that law as, of course it is exploited. Road worthy tests are undertaken by "approved" designated automobile garages/workshops for which you have to pay and they will ALWAYS find something wrong, no matter how minor, a tiny dint will cause rust etc. "We will fix that for you at just $x extra for your road worthy certification!" Before anyone can sell a car in Victoria a current road worthy certificate must be valid but there are cheats everywhere.
I have never had to have my car repaired for my pink slip. I had a Toyota Lexcen in the 1990s and every year the inspector said, ‘I’ll pass it but you need to get those front shocks replaced.’ I had that car for about six years and I never got them replaced. NSW is a pretty relaxed place.
@@nutmegandtele There are browser extensions you can install for the dislike count. You have to be careful though as some are flagged as malware by the browser's built-in protection, Windows Defender or other security apps.
$352 Plus 3 points off you licence, in Australia you only have 12 points total. When the points are used up, you lose your licence for 3 months. If while you are booked for speeding or anything else, you don't get those points back for 3.5 years?..Very strict here mate...
theres usually a big difference between traffic police and general duties police. they usually do their defined roles but not exclusively if it comes to officers needing help. it's self-explanatory really - but usually you have traffic who enforce traffic laws / compliance and general duties who go to non-traffic-related calls from the public (for instance, burglaries, assaults, stolen vehicles or anything else (hence the "general"). from there you have specialist squads which usually take over after general duties police have attended depending on the severity and if it needs further and lengthy investigation. some of the specialist areas are uniformed while others are detectives or a combination of both. these specialist areas might be organised crime, homicide, sexual assaults, gang crime and so on.
We have random breath stops too….we call them the booze bus. The police check some/all drivers for alcohol and can check for drugs too with a mouth swab. Yes we can get stopped for having dents…..cars need to be roadworthy and can become unregistered if they have damage
Booze Buses' are our checkpoints i guess but theyre pop up' and random . u fail the breathe test you go in the bus and do another test is 20 mins or so and then thats your final read. in WA anyway
I can assure you it isn't as simple as they make it look to be in highway patrol. It's also not showing the deaths they see almost daily. the PTSD a lot of officers suffer with (even if they wont admit it or possibly just not see it in themselves). BUT, the things they really aren't telling you about(these are just a few), are they are underpaid for what they are expected to do, they have to do 3 years in general duties before they can apply to other areas, where they'll be interviewed in front of a panel. They have a shortage of staff and really good officers and the job cant move from state to state unless you're in the federal police
Yup good points. Plus since the NSW Police highway patrol cars aren't usually on active jobs, are spread out and can travel at high speed they are often responding before general duties police to serious violent crimes too.
We now have roadside cameras devised to catch mobile users. I don’t know how quickly they are being put out but they are on a major country highway near us where accidents have occurred due to driver/phone usage.
The damage on the car isn't illegal. Police fish for things to see if he was affected by drugs or alcohol (yes he is going to blow into a breathalyzer) but it's a good way to judge a person's demeanor and pick up anything that could lead to other questions
LIDAR stands for Light Detection And Ranging it's what is commonly known as a laser speed gun and they are handheld eye safe infrared laser devices and used everywhere in the US, here and many other places. Radar speed detection uses a microwave radio frequency to detect speed and is mostly now a dash mounted device used in mobile or stationary patrol vehicles, there are not many if any at all hand held radar gun units used these days. I've found most roadside police interactions here in Vic a pretty casual affair. There was only one time where one copper was wiggin out about nothing at a weigh bridge that I had to stop at while diving a truck. Yes anyone can get stopped at any time while driving for a random alcohol breath or drug test, you don't need to be doing anything wrong to get stopped and checked. The dent in that persons car gave them enough suspicion to see if they had been drinking.
Its not just the money... Ita also about points on your license. In Denmark you can quickly have too many points and then its goodbye car.. tinted windows that some guy wont remove can be enough, car is gone... Theres a lot that wont follow the rules and think they can be the boss of the police... But they quickly shut up once the car is gone.. and you cant have dark tinted windows however cool it is...and a banged up bumper is probably for the same reason we have. In most modern countries you can t drive a car with dents and bumps and whatnot.. in England i saw student cars that would never be allowed on the road for day.... Singapore is probably the toughest place to even own a car... You must get rid of your car every 5 years..as that's how old a car can be to be on the roads...
Even the LAPD needs permission to use stop sticks, it comes from the Supervisor who is watching everything on screens and listening to all the communications, so he has the authority to call for any tactics he wants to employ as well as where and when it’s safe to do so. I know this from watching KTLA5 and police chases from the air with now retired Tim Lynn, a pilot and former Police Officer.
I watched a video and a guy asked a bunch of random Japanese kids around 11-12 about how they would describe America, and this is wat they said “BANG BANG!”😂
Something people don't understand is the police don't work for the people; they work for the government and enforce government rules and their primary interest is to ask questions to see if any infraction of government rules has taken place. Some rules are legit to deal with people who do harm to others, and some rules exist to raise revenue for the government.
@@partymanau Old argument, but if every one obeyed the laws, there would be no revenue raised. People gift the govt their hard earned cash, by breaking the law.
The highway patrol even use cars that are unmarked with no light bar on the roof, just discreet lights hidden behind the grill and windscreen and back window.
General duty cops in NSW generally are friendly and respectful. Not the same as Highway patrol cops. They can be smart ass and think they know everything. And of course in saying that they aren't all like that. Many years ago there were plenty of police cars on the road to calm the traffic down. Now the few that are on the road hide behind bushes and rocks which doesn't slow anyone down. Being on the road 10hours a day I see it all unfortunately.
We now have mobile phone deection cameras that take photographs of the offence and then the computer mails out the ticket. In NSW this will cost you $410 ($544 in a School Zone) and 5 demerit points...unless you get busted this weekend (October Long Weekend), which is a Public Holiday and demerit points are doubled. NSW drivers have a 13 point limit and once exceeded have their licence suspended automatically for 3 months. Demerit points also last for 3 years. Worse still, the Compulsory Third Party insurance on your vehicle increases significantly if you have demerit points on your licence, so it's a double whammy when you get booked.
Our road laws are based on scientific research. We actually have several research centres who focus on this. As soon as something is shown to reduce the risk to drivers and pedestrians you can be sure it will become law pretty soon in all states here. That is why there is such a huge emphasis on safety belt s and no mobile devices in your hand while driving because the research is clear, safety belts save lives and holding a phone or other device in your hand while driving is a killer. That is why school zones are 40km/h zones and there is a push to reduce it to 30km/h because at that speed most people will survive a bump. At 40 there is still way too much damage. Also, our cop cars are top of the range because they want to be able to get to hot rods and souped up vehicles.
In some states in Australia, you need an annual roadworthy certificate before renewing your annual rego to ensure that vehicles are road worthy in the public interest. I reckon that if you rely on people to drive around with balding tyres or damages that pose a public safety risk, you will be waiting for a long while until one decides to repair / replace vehicle damage, which may become an accident waiting to happen
Hi Ryan. In Victoria the fine is now $575 and 4 demerit points, as a driving instructor, I always tell my learners when you get you license, never use your phone. I admire the work all police officers do, it’s a thankless job.
Queensland has double demerit points year round. I got 4 demerit points and a fine of $1080 for using my phone 😢
I've just moved to Vic. That's good to know.
If I remember correctly that’s similar to the on in WA too, also good to know what the fine is for VIC since I moved here recently
My biggest gripe will being a learner/p plater was not being able to use my cars bluetooth or apple car play to play music... meanwhile I can blast the radio as loud as i want listening to ads all day... makes lots of sense. Never once touched my phone while driving, i'd always set it up in the driveway but got pulled over and given a warning saying it's illegal to use those features of my car because they relate to using my phone while driving. Biggest scam ever.
Thanks for the update - I never knew it was this high but justified with so much carnage on the road. I bought my neighbour's grandson the earpiece mic cable for $5 & his phone sits in his work shirt pocket. Tried Ear Pods & he loses them LOL.
I live in the ACT where the Australian Federal Police do the general duties. About 10 years ago I was the at fault driver in a serious accident and can’t fault the way the police dealt with the situation. Even though they were charging me they still treated me with great respect
One thing I note watching US drivers being pulled over by cops, is the indignation from US drivers. Are you taught that Police can pull anybody over?
@@seeshel63 in Australia anyone can be pulled over for a random breath test
That's interesting because I wouldn't have thought the AFP did 'normal' police duties for some reason XD I usually hear about the horrific kinds of areas they deal with only. Thank you for telling me that, Mate
@@goaway2803 the ACT doesn’t technically have its own police force but pay the AFP to provide general police to the territory. I believe that the officers who do the ACT are trained specifically for that.
@@toddavis8151 Well, the AFP does have a dedicated branch for community policing in the ACT which is known as ACT Policing. People who apply for the AFP to become a police officer get the appropriate training to perform those general policing tasks, and are then typically deployed to a police station in Canberra. ACT Policing also have a variety of roles which include Road Policing (basically Canberra's highway patrol), Crash Investigations, Family Violence, Intelligence, Fraud, Drugs and organised crime, and of course - community policing, which more commonly referred to as General Duties. Hope this helps!
I'm grateful Australia has a random breatho/drug test rather than some pathetically antiquated field sobriety test. They would have thumbed it down because they hate the cops because they've been caught doing the wrong thing, but the youtube algorithm still wins and they watched it lol.
Also, it’s 664 dislikes to 3.7k likes. Law-abiding citizens outnumber them by miles!
Our speed camera system is trash though, they have to give you LOTS of warning that there is a speed camera ahead, they're not allowed to just drive somewhere and record from their car, they have to set up temporary signs each way to make it clear that they're there.
‘Field sobriety tests’ are so subjective too. And they cause issue for people who have balance problems, even when completely sober. With RBT, it’s you pass, or you don’t.
@@Jeb.07only in some states. In VIC they don’t have to tell you at all.
Queensland gives warning of permanent speed and red light cameras, however mobile cameras are placed at random without warning
Being an Aussie I find that the respect for the laws and enforcement is in us so much that we would see a small sign like stop police as a reflex. The majority of Australians follow the rules here. No ifs no buts here is my all my doc's, take a breath test sure no worries.
It's interesting how many local heroes we have too, because of our gun laws people still step up to help each other out of danger! 🙆
@@jenniferharrison8915, so true. We aren’t afraid of being shot (deliberately or accidentally) if we try to help.
@@VikkiMcGuire-c3s also we DONT need to hand over Registration papers as they can check that on their in-car computer. Insurance isn’t asked for either. With registration we pay a Compulsory Third Party Insurance which covers injury to anyone in the car.Vehicle insurance is another policy and they do not ask for that .
@@johnlaine2654 A CTP insurance policy or Green Slip predominantly protects the driver of the motor vehicle from liability if they were to injure or cause the death of a person or people in a motor accident.
@@Reneesillycar74 it also looks after other injured passengers involved if that driver is at fault.you are correct in saying it protects the driver from liability as well.
G'day Ryan, the US has over 1600 police forces and 40,990 road deaths in 2023. Australia has 8 police forces and 1266 road deaths in 2023. A policeman in a remote country town has the same high quality equipment and training as a policeman in a major capital city. That is twice the death toll per capita. Results don't lie. American tourists are surprised that drivers obey the Australian speed limits compared to back home.
Interesting stats. On my simple maths and assuming your numbers based on a 2024 total Australian population of approx 26.7M that is a road toll of 0.00474%, compared to a USA total population of approx 345M with a 0.0118% road toll. Only small percentages but tragic and devastating for those affected. So yes the US toll is about 2.5 times the Australian toll on those numbers. Maybe they should get off their phones and do the other basic things better.
And about 200 times less drivers and cars on the road. Irrelevant logic.
@@FromTheGong Yes, number of cars is obviously relevant. I was only referring to the road toll as a percentage of total population. Would be interesting to see how the two countries compare taking some other variables into proper consideration. But you'd think that mobile phone enforcement (or lack of) would be one factor.
@@stuartread135 RBT was the game changer and the major factor I would imagine that would lower our road deaths per thousand. Just the thought of being pulled over and tested is enough to convince the sane majority to not even consider driving even when you think you can. That and the some would argue over enforcement of the speed limit is another factor making a potential speeder slow down. You may whinge about it but you'll never know how many times one person's decision not to speed means you weren't their victim because it didn't happen thanks to over enforcement and the other driver thinking there might be a mobile camera or cop car just out of sight.
@@stuartread135 I still remember when RBT was first introduced in the 80's. I was too young to drive (legally) but my cousin had just got his licence and drove straight into one of the first RBT stationary testing literally then blew over 05 less than 2 weeks on his P's. My best mate's dad owned a panel beaters and in 6 months after RBT every second panel beaters was going out of business because cars weren't crashing anymore.
Who hasn't wished they were a cop when someone does something stupid when you're driving? 😂
Or there were some nearby!
Never when you want them though.
@@KateStokes-k9c I’ve not had that problem.
I tripped on a tree root in the footpath outside s shopping centre a few years back and badly fractured my wrist in breaking the fall. HP officer just going off duty was walking past, checked my arm and then drove me to hospital. She even waited until my husband came.
Travelling on the M1 from Sydney last month and two idiot red P-platers were racing each other, weaving through traffic at high speed, nearly causing multiple crashes. A few kilometres down the road and both had been picked up by separate HPs. Joy to everyone who went past.
Not me - I've got too much self-respect!
@@michaelboyce7079 Not everyone would characterise it that way. But you do you. Cheers.
In Aussie, driving is a privilege, not a right because vehicles are lethal weapons and in the wrong hands can kill multiple people in next to no time. I have personally attended collisions where whole families have been wiped out and it's something that stays in your mind forever.
@@grahamejohn6847 freedom is dangerous. Deal with it.!
@@firebrand2619 yeah get the arseholes off the road.
@@firebrand2619 Freedom needs to be regulated because of fools like you . People are their own worst enemies and you talk tough because you obviously have no real experience of trauma.
@@firebrand2619fr
@@firebrand2619 you confuse freedom with anarchy
Using any hand-held mobile device while driving (incl while stopped at lights or in a traffic jam) in the UK attracts a fine of £200 and six penalty points. Doing so at speed and in a dangerous way results in loss of licence, a £1000 fine (£2500 if driving a bus or commercial vehicle).
Revenue raising
@@partymanau is Trolling
dunno the stats for the 60s and 70s but they were way higher than 2023 im sure. when i got my first car at 16, HK GTS, kids were jumping straight into XU1s or clones and even better, ducati 900s at 17. thats why they made the 250 for one year law. i couldnt imagine not using a seat belt, i'd be dead at least twice if i didnt, i T-boned a drunk on the highway years ago in my "SOB" HQ GTS coupe and slammed a tree a couple of years ago in a triton ute at 80kmh, that takes all the fun out of it i can tell ya. no way i'd have survived the tree without a belt. we all knew at least 3 or 4 family members who had been in horrible crashes and nearly died.
Anyone that’s pulled over for any reason is also breathalysed
You do realise that they do that only to give the stop legitimacy as they then class it as a random breath test because they otherwise wouldn’t have the authority to pull you over.
Hi, I'm in victoria. I'm a retired after 40 years of service in, with and for the ADF. I have lived in every state, and from experience I know police attitudes are different in each state.
Agree, I spent 30 in ADF/Defence Industry a yep it's certainly different in each state
If you admit any wrongdoing at once & stay polite, you’ll be treated better, wherever you are.
My father in law is retired AFP. He did a stint in Solomon Islands as part of RAMSI.
@@derekhobbs1102 Nice I've been there too. I only met AFP in Timor though.
Same deal here mate. 20 years in, then a couple more in the public service after that. WA police, specifically in the Rockingham area had an "interesting" attitude. We had a team in the local Rugby Union comp and when our home game was against the WAPS, we'd have be "reminded" by a higher up to invite them back to one of the bars on the base. No other teams were on the wrong side of our selective memory loss. In every other state we had very good relationships with local law enforcement. Things have probably changed, I've been out for just shy of 20 years now.
Pretty much during pursuits a Shift Sergeant or Supervisor will always monitor pursuits, keeping on top of weather, and traffic conditions. As to you asking who they need permission from they will ask a Sergeant for permission to lay the stop sticks or known as " spikes " in Canada or the USA.
NSW Police pursuit called…. Immediately terminated by the DOI in VKG
Also, cops in Australia won’t continue to pursue no matter what. If the speed is considered dangerous for other road users it will be terminated.
The attitude is better for the bad guy to get away this time than have an innocent person killed by a fleeing car running a red light, etc. For similar reasons, Australian cops don’t do PIT manoeuvres. That’s not to say they don’t stop investigating. Once a vehicle is flagged on ANPR it can’t really go anywhere without pinging an alert.
As a child, I dreamed that the inside of a police station was furnished like a bouncy castle. I mentioned this to a policeman who said "I wish".
Police can't win, whatever they do. They do a great job, a very difficult job, and most times, get it right. There's always one or two who misuse their power, but in the main, they can be trusted.
They are not saints
Agree
Sorry, but having worked for a number of community agencies, I have found police are often corrupt. In fact, a number have put pressure on me, both in cities and regional areas, to break the law and feed them information about clients. I was even threatened once via a "Well we might not be available to come to your assistance when you need us" line. And some police are just fine until they are crossed, and then you see just how "decent" they are.
they are power hungry people who think they are in the army or waste time going for a person reading a book under a tree in the park with a couple beers over real crimes
A close friend recently retired as a car accident investigator
The horrific “accidents”’he has seen … he’ll never forget them
Australia had the lowest road deaths a year per capita in the entire world for decades, something every sane Australian is proud of. That started with going hard enforcing compulsory seat belt wearing in the 70s, then in subsequent decades going hard on breathalyzers and anti drinking advertising, then anti speeding technology and ad campaigns, then anti driving while tired messaging including providing more rest stops and suggestions to pull over and nap to break up long drives or night time driving. And of course now anti driving distracted.
Because our police are organised and funded at the State instead of local level, most cars and equipment are pretty equal no matter how poor the area. As you get more towards and into the outback, police themselves get more sparse.
You might have caught that police cars visible on the road are meant to be preventative of behaviour that we know leads to more road collisions and fatalities. Yes, the fines raise a lot of revenue. Yes, the police are sometimes sneaky about checking speeding where the speed limits change. But there’s nothing like a fine for altering people’s driving habits for the better. And the strict road policing is demonstrably preventing a lot of human misery. Tourists and newcomers beware: the posted speed limit IS the speed limit to drive at in Australia.
A dinted panel might not make a car unroadworthy (high extra chance of crashing, causing a crash, or getting injured or killed in a crash) but it can indicate someone who isn’t getting their car fixed when it needs it and there could be other problems not addressed making the car unsafe. As indeed the guy turned out to have balding wheels. Also dints let rain get under the paintwork and rust start spreading underneath, which CAN lead to an unroadworthy/unsafe car.
If only if every Australian was a bootlicking wanker then we might have reduced the road toll completely by reducing speed limits to 40kmph everywhere. You know, "if it saves one life..." Hopefully as time goes on more people adopt your nanny statist authoritarian attitude in the name of safety because as any sane person knows there is no thing more important than safety. Freedom? pffft
I'd rather live in peaceful slavery than dangerous freedumb.
Hey man, where are you getting the statistic for the first thing you said? I'm Australian and I've never heard of Australia having the lowest deaths per capita. I'm not saying I don't believe you etc, just I tried looking myself and it said Australia is number 18, ofc this is still a great position, but I wanna see the list or source as I'm curious about other countries too.
What a load absolute gibberish!!
We are over policed and live in a nanny state with rules enforced by a bunch of morons who include some of the most corrupt individuals within their ranks.
@@666Buzzsaw Couldn't agree more. We literally live in a society where if you as a teacher manages to convince a delusional student that is transgender they are the gender they were born you are at risk of going to jail for 10 years. Australia isn't a country to be proud of, not anymore!
@@666Buzzsaw bit harsh....but also true sometimes.
They DO get fixated on individuals which is hardly appropriate 🤨
Ryan try not to compare USA Police with Australian Police, we aren't allowed
to carry guns and our cops are not expecting to see any, for that matter I've
never seen the police with a hand on their guns in the 60 years I've lived here...
That's not to say there's no crime here because there is. Thanks for interest in
our country its nice to see the reactions of people of different lands...
@@philcal2000 I agree, too many carry guns over there. No wonder police are cautious when approaching anyone anywhere.
our police are also trained for 3 years and not some hick 6 weeks course.
Same here, have never seen a police person even go for their gun.
Because none want to have to
Must be different in Victoria since almost all cops I see down here are carrying, though doubt they've been used much if not at all
$352 is nothing compared to Queensland. It’s $1082 fine for touching your phone while driving. I think this is the highest in the world for this offence!
I think any of the life endangering offences should be higher tbh
There's even fixed cameras strategically placed for evidence. That's why your phone call goes to message bank.
Yikes that's steep! It's fair enough though. Using a phone while driving is so bloody dangerous. To see Pol texting while driving makes my blood boil. I believe its more dangerous than mid level dui. Neither are excusable.
SA it's $639 plus 3 demerit points.
I don't care what "They" say , that is a Ludicrous amount. I.ve never been "done" for that, but come on, too dear.
US use lidar too, just commonly still referred to as 'RADAR' by the public.
In Australia there are certain checks we do that have implied consent, like breathalyzing or roadside drug tests, if you have a license you have implied consent to those checks when you signed the license paperwork. Often those road side tests are considered initial only, they'll arrest you if you get a positive test and use more accurate means to get the final test before making a decision.
The spikes they would need permission from the dispatch centre when in persuit, a senior member of police will be making the calls in the coordination in the background.
As a doc I've done a few of these more accurate test. It is mainly just a blood and urine test but frequently done at the hospital emergency department - we use a standardised test kit which is approved by NSW police (main thing is to use a non-alcohol wipe, but chlorhex or similar), this is done with the police watching, then the sample is sealed and dropped into a locked container before being sent to the lab. All the sample has a serial number and we also provide a carbon copy of the sample declaration to the patient (in this case the guy being brought in by police)
The Highway Patrol sit outside my place which is in a 50 zone. We get a lot of people fanging it. Lots of kids about with local park and oval. The community generally supports it all.
Every police officer has always been polite to me and I have never received a ticket.
I spent 10 years as a Queensland Police Officer. A very thankless job. Nothing misleading.
I bet you obeyed everything the tyrants laid down to a T. No critical thinking just obey. You ppl closed down internal borders between nsw and qld with a huge smile on your face. The most pathetic thing I’ve seen other than in North Korea and china. There is no sorry after that
There's probably more local vigilantes in some areas of Queensland now! 🤠
And with good reason given the way the law is now slanted to benefit the crims, whether they be adults or juveniles.
T😊hanks for serving.
Thank you for your service
Thank you to all our guys in blue 💙 keeping our roads safe.
There is always, 1bad apple.
I have needed them a couple times in my life and I say thank god we have them.
And the gals
Our old mate Jim was a Highway Patrol officer, he kept his wetsuit and spear gun in the boot. When he was tired of doing his job he went swimming around the rocks down at the beach.😊
I am 60 and over my driving life I have been lucky enough not to have done anything wrong except for a few speeding tickets . All the cops that I have met including random tests have all been very nice and friendly.
One of the first jobs my Niece attended after recruiting and getting her Commission was a decomposing body with dogs trapped inside the House ,starting to eat the human. They go to the accidents where a 19 year old has wrapped themselves around a pole and the car has been obliterated due to speed. For a lot of you they save lives and are first to run inside at a scene your running away from ( remember the terrorist at Bondi Shopping centre 2023)
Im so thankful we have random breath tests. They may be an inconvenience at times, but why should people under the influence be allowed to endanger theirs and every other life around them on the road?
When I was a kid, before breathalyzers were a thing, my dad used to drive us home late at night drunk, maybe once every year or two. Probably it was New Years, and usually a 2 hour trip because his family were so scattered. It wasn’t that often, but I hated it every time. He’d drift into the oncoming lane several times over those two hours. Not when other cars were coming, but I didn’t feel safe even when it was dark and we were alone on the road.
@@ariadnepyanfar1048 I'm sorry you have to feel that unsafe :( That really sucks.
It’s not the act of being breathalysed that’s the problem but the way they do it.
Closing all but one lane of a multi lane major road in peak hour causing major traffic congestion is not the way to go about it.
@@666Buzzsawor setting up on the ONLY bridge in a holiday destination where it's impossible to speed....THAT was revenue collecting🤨
Ryan, The people who did the thumbs down are those who have been caught speeding, drinking driving or using a mobile phone whilst driving, + all the other morons who don't like the police until they will need one or more of them in an emergency.
Remember the Fitzgerald Inquiry? Us gen xers remember.
That was so long ago. You can’t claim it’s relevant today.
@@carokat1111 what was so long ago, and isn't relevant today 🤔?
You like police? Majority have power trips and don’t give a fuck about us
@@carokat1111Look into friendly jordies then haha.
A lot of people don't like being policed, these are usually people who want to speed, drink drive, talk on their phone, drive unsafe vehicles. I'm good with it, for the occasional minor inconvenience, I like to know that less of these people are endangering me and my loved ones.
I mean them beating protesters in the street and lets not forget the women they tazed to death because apparently 6'0 tall police officers cannot take down a 5'4 90 year old granny. Gee I wonder why police have gotten a bad wrap in the last few years..
Entitled people!
“ no rules for me!”
Usually, but not always.
How’s that working out for you considering the standard of driving is worse than ever.
You’re just believing the nonsense that they tell you. Well sorry but it’s all BS!!
They are a useless organisation that can’t even do the simplest aspects of the job properly.
@@666Buzzsaw Working out fine for me, thanks for asking.
In the US, from what I can tell, police need a reason to pull over a car - broken tail-light, or reasonable suspicion of something.
Here, police are allowed to pull over anyone as long as they are seen driving. And usually they will give every car a breath test as a general practise. And they all have handheld devices, none of the "walk in a straight line" process. If you test over the limit, they'll arrest and take you back to the station for a test on a calibrated machine, which is used for court.
And they will swab test you for drugs. Well they do in the ACT and NSW. I'm not sure about other states.
Aussie police still need reasonable suspicion of a crime in accordance with the Australian Constitution, but none of them know the law, the work in the corporate legal system
@@shanevonharten3100 if they don’t get what they want, they’ll just make something up. They always do. In Western Australia the police don’t even need a warrant to enter and search your house In New South Wales to get a warrant to enter any premises the police need assigned warrant from a JP but considering some police are JP’s that’s a no brainer. They just get their mates to sign the warrant but this is awful. It’s our fault because we let it happen because people put too much faith in government and police. And they work together to get what they want on speaking of police and government.
My best friend is a cop, and that is so far off base for her and all her workmates that I know. Makes me wonder what you’ve been doing to be in those situations.
@@shanevonharten3100 Nah they don't. I know Vic, but it's very likely it's the same in every state.
59(1)(ab) Road Safety Act 1958. To Summarise: A person in charge of a vehicle must provide license (and name/address) on request of a police officer.
Having a statewide police force is good. Same standards apply across the State. Having local and city cops means no consistency in their training and easier for corruption to become entrenched.
Police forces are state legislated, administered and funded in Australia (other than the federal police). NSW has a population of 8.5 million. That alone will make it different when compared to most of the US police system.
I'm from Sydney - our NSW police are highly respected because they're reasonable and authoritative.
My sister hates the police but only because there was a month in her life when a cluster of different police officers stopped her for minor warnings (she had her high beams on by accident, etc.) so she felt like she was being picked on hahaha
After the recent pro-Palestine protests in the Sydney CBD my respect for the cops in blue (ie NSW Police) has fallen miserably especially after the horrible and grossly unfair way we were mistreated during the COVID lockdown. The current NSW Police commissioner is hopeless. Many police on the frontline have come out against the commissioner and her decisions. Just hopeless
Curious. “I’m from Sydney”. What part of Sydney?
Because I can tell you now that the Police are not well respected in all areas of Sydney. The fact you say that suggest you are from an area that is privileged enough to not understand this.
You must live under a rock because no one respects the police, they don’t even respect themselves and are leaving in record numbers.
Lol, i used to live in the next suburb Guildford. The only Aussies in the street. I loved it, the Habibs looked after our house, never got robbed once, as my husband had lived there for so long, we were respected. ❤
@@louise7552 oh Really?Are you saying the Muslim brothers protected you? I think they just preferred living in peace like the rest of us Aussies. Don’t forget if they’re naturalised or born here, they are Aussies too. Admitted ,like any group there are rotten apples.
Do you mean only WASPs (white Anglo Saxon Protestants) in the street?
@@Maireadmoss no the reverse.
@@johnlaine2654 Habibs only Christian lebanese?
Its not the fine that hits you, its the 5 demerits, especially as a P Plater loses their licence if they take 6 in one year.
What i love about our RBT stops in Victoria is that they will get their area full of stopped cars let others pass while they process they once the area clear aga8n they will stop the next lot of cars. When they stop you they say it a RBT and ask younto blow in the portable machine,only if it gives a reading over 0.05 will yhey even ask for any of your paper w9rk licence rego etc. Then 8f it is a booze bus setup they will take you inside and ask you to give the 2 samples they will use at court. Had a friend pulled over on initial portable machine he blew 0.08 by the time they got through the waiting drivers to get the main samples his reading was below 0.05 on the ones they use in court so they let him go no charges . The cops and we were sure he had likely been just 9ver when pulled but the wait time allowed him to drop enough he was ok but we still swapped drivers to be sure and to thanks from the cops.
Same process in NSW
Here in South Australia the Police Commissioner is going through grief and there's a real sense of support from the community and the media to him and his family. Police here are generally held in respect
Every police car is a random breath test unit & can pull anyone over at anytime to test.
We have very strict roadworthy restrictions on our vehicles. Also, insurance works differently. You contact the insurance company after an accident. They send you to get 3 different quotes for repairs OR they will send your car directly to a panel beater of their choice. They come back to you with their final say on the repairer. You pay the repairer the excess (deductible) directly, and the insurance company pays the balance of the repair costs directly to the repairer. Bald tyres, dents, cracked windscreens, broken tail or headlights etc. deem a vehicle as not roadworthy. Hefty fines and possible impounding of vehicle are consequences.
For a vehicle to be roadworthy in Oz anything that relates to the safety of that vehicle with regard to the occupants, other road users & weather conditions, must be in perfect working order. Roadworthy has nothing to do with aesthetics, or even the function of the engine it's centered purely on safety.
I believe this is State driven. I know in NSW I need a pink slip every year (unless the car is newish) in order to be registered. I don’t believe that is required in QLD - you only need registration and insurance. 🤷🏼♀️
When I've rung my insurer after an accident they tell me the repairers near me and I choose one. Then they ask a tow truck they've approved to take my car there.
In QLD, Mobile phone is $1,622, $5,300 if it is a Commercially registered vehicle. There are fixed cameras for seatbelts, same fines, and mobile phones.,
Yes but Queensland has too many tourists, and it's govt is broke! 😏
We might have a new one soon, though probably still broke.
@@judithstrachan9399 Yes, I wish you good luck! You may need more vigilantes out at night in the short term, as a deterrent! 😥
@@jenniferharrison8915 The QLD government is not broke. Stop watching Sky News and thinking it's not a comedy show
@@RandomStuff-he7lu In VIC we have mobile cameras for seatbelts and device usage, they are on an overhead railing fixed to a trailer on the side of the road.
The flashing lights for school zones was actually something a teacher at a school came up with. He had the lights installed at his own school and it worked so well, the government had all the schools put up the lights.
4:26 The way this cop is wearing his seat belt guarantees he will get a lesson in what happens when the airbag deploys while your head is too close to it , if they are involved in a collision.
Sydney Police have had a couple of different TV Reality shows. 'RBT' has like 14 seasons alone.
And its on Freeview Australia.
Such a great show that produced golden moments like “Just waitin’ for a mate”. Or maybe that was Highway Patrol?
@@FuManchu5ltr, yeah, I saw that one on Ryan’s channel a while ago.
I have been pulled over for a RBT about 12 times in the last 24 years & blew 0:000 every time 😊 haven't yet done the Random Drug test, at 66 I'm still hopeful 😅
In the last 7 years I’ve been stopped 3 times, one was just a question or 2, next was a breath test and last was a drug test. All in the same area in Richmond, and I don’t even live there lol I was working
I was once stopped 3 times in a single day for an RBT, Victoria road in Parra. That's what I get for driving a dirty 01 White Commodore I guess. All 3 times I got the breath and drug test lol.
I've been pulled over for a RBT once in 52 years. Is that a record I wonder? In the first 3 or 4 years I would have failed about 50% of the time, but then I grew up. When I was 19 I got done for speeding and paid to get the ticket "lost". That didn't work and I got suspended by the Magistrates Court for 3 months. Bastards! LOL
@@DanDownunda8888 I also got some for leaving my high beams on... the first time I ever drove alone on my red Ps, just lucky I guess 🤣
@@DanDownunda8888 yea mate I had an accident 6 days after I got my PS & 6 months later they took my licence for 6 months, then had to do the driving test again... 6 months driving to & from work, then 6 months on the train 😔
Two Aussie Police videos in one day. Yorak H just dropped one on his channel today as well. Theres some react gold in those videos.
Y’all should see the “beef” between the different states police! 😂 Mainly between QLD, NSW and VIC… It’s entertaining
Y'all? Beef?
@@allieniner675 does that come with a serving of chips on the side?
I can remember when the curtain-raiser game before a state-of-origin match at Lang Park was Qld Police vs NSW Police. The ref had to abandon the game because the two teams wouldn't stop fighting! 🤣🤣🤣
I live in Merrylands, NSW, a suburb of Sydney.
I kept trying to recognise the locations in the video.
For a time, several years back, a highway patrol car would wait at my street corner doing speed checks on Woodville Road, cars coming south after Merrylands Road. The officers would spot the speeders and then chase after them.
Highway patrol cars are different to other police cars. Highway patrol cars look like regular civilian cars from the front, they can catch people unawares.
yes they only appear as police cars from the side and behind, they are stealth from the front
All car tyres throughout the world have tyre wear indicators. Why on earth wouldn't that be a police check if they're worn when being pulled over? I think America takes its freedumbs a tad too far seriously 😂
They tend to do random breath tests, RBT here at school pick up times. Amazing how many parents have long lunches and then try and pick their kids.
3:30 that’s why we allegedly use Waze
Yessir it’s a random stop, our cops don’t need a reason to pull you over because we do random breath testing and stuff
8:35 They just need permission from an on-duty sergeant, similar to police in the US requesting permission to perform a PiT manoeuvre.
Hilarious I grew up in Merrylands, I live closer to the city now - cops in a school zone is totally about revenue - they have KPI's too you know. $350 thats cheap - over the holidays they go double pts double fine. Have you noticed the sexy vehicles highway patrol has - something has to pay for that. In NSW once your car is over a certain amount of years you have to get a pink slip with your yearly rego. A mechanic checks for brakes - lights -tyres-seatbelts - rust etc. A mechanic can't do a dodgy either cause they are liable if they let a faulty car on the road. NSW its expensive - my registration is close to $400/year and my compulsory green slip is around $700 - every vehicle has to have a greenslip which covers insurance if you injure someone in an accident
Perhaps people shouldn't speed in school zones.
Having attended a number of children run over in school zones (as a paramedic), I disagree that their presence is just revenue raising.
6:45 Its not really illegal however if the damage causes the car to be unroadworthy then it becomes an issue.
Demerit Points can accumulate if you get up to 10 then in most states its license suspension, in QLD the points start getting reset after 3 years from the offence of the points given at that time
in NSW unrestricted driver is 13 points, P2 - 7, P1 - 4, L - 3, over the same 3 year period
They have to obtain approval from their Police Operations Centre senior officer for use of the stop sticks.
We have over head camera's now looking in your vechiles to see if have seat belts on or on phone
They cant see phone next to leg or in lap then you get large fine in mail and points on licence
The seatbelt cameras are a load of nonsense and a waste of money.
People not wearing seatbelts is not a common thing, people driving with no registration plates to avoid all the number plate recognition systems is more common.
And yes I do know what I’m talking about because unlike most people I spend 5-6 days and 4000-5000kms a week on the road.
2:33 Some states don't have times, and just tell you to slow down when there are children
2:33 There are also variable speed limits that flash when on and blank when off, and ones that flash when on and freeze on the other limit when off
6:50 Not sure but it is illegal to have stuff like your bumper flapping in the wind, your windscreen smashed in, or your brake lights being the wrong colour
8:45 Not sure but they have to ask the intercom to do stuff or look up things
Happy to stand corrected here, but I believe in NSW (New South Wales), policing districts or zones are broken down into LAC (Local Area Commands). They will be commanded by Super-Intendant who would probably give authorisation to use the speed sticks.
I'm pretty sure that's similar in VIC (Victoria).
You are correct that it's broken down into LACs (HWP are a bit different with regions though) but it's a lower level officer like a duty sergeant from what I understand that controls the pursuit from the station. Neighbour was an ex NSW Police sergeant and said that he'd never authorise pursuing officers to use spikes unless the officers had a physical barrier to hide behind as the crims will often drive at the police to get around the spikes.
as a person living in NSW i can confidently say you feel extremely safe
They are friendly Helpful and do their job well
"Goofball".... That's a very polite way of describing NSW Police 🤣
Crooks I would say.
@@partymanau Crooks do say it as well! Good point 👍
I got pulled over by an unmarked police car once, on my P's (provisionals). I was doing 120kmh in a 90kmh zone, and neg driving. The cop who pulled me over LAID into me. He screamed at me for a few minutes about how he didnt want to call my mother to tell her he had to scrape my body parts up off the road. It scared the shit out of me. He didnt give me a ticket. He gave me a chance. Then threatened me if he ever caught me driving like a fuckwit again. 😂
Thank you to that cop. Because I'm still too scared to speed now 20 years later hahaha
Here in New South Wales our Police switched over to BMW 530D ( Diesel)mPolice Pack vehicles after the Chrysler 300 was discontinued. They are FAST!Recently they have also added VW Passat sedans and Tiguans to the fleet. Our Federal Government cars are also BMW SEDANS ~The Prime Minister gets a 7 Series sedan with Driver, most other Parliamentary vehicles are either 5 Series sedans or SUVs .BMW must have come up with a great price as a lot of European fleets are also BMW.
the Governor-General has a beefed up Statesman though I don't know how much longer that will last (about 15 ish years old)
@@aydoyt I have friends in Canberra and they mentioned recently that the GG also has a 7 Series Beemer. Can’t prove it though.
Highway Patrol use the M6 not the 530d
@@johnlaine2654all government cars changed to BMW when Holden closed down though the current government is bringing in Chinese EV’s to the fleet.
@@666Buzzsawthat'll be interesting. EVs catch fire....there is NO technology in existence to extinguish those fires.
5:48 5 points as a p plater he just lost his licence. You can only accumulate 4
Hey Ryan, to add on to some things; Provisional 1 drivers have 4 points, while P2 have 6. A mobile phone infringement is 5, meaning licence gone for P1 on the spot. As for why they pulled a Camry over with a dent, but then checked tyres and did nothing more with that dent, that ties into the mindset of negligence with maintaining a roadworthy vehicle (and that rang true with the wear) which, if you want a fun night in, you can go through the details on via our legislation. NSW state legislation covers it in the "Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017" act (I think, there's a few that have some crossover...might even be the Road Rules 2014... I don't remember), and there's more things cars need all over australia (Federal legislation) which is covered by "ADR" (Australian Design Rules). Hopefully this gives you a few more bits of insight into the unmentioned parts of this video
It's also because intoxicated drivers often bounce off things and keep driving. That's why he asked him if he knew the damage was there and how long.
In Queensland a mobile phone ticket is $1209.
I enjoy seeing the difference between newbie cops and veterans at RBTs. The newbie always give you the full script and sometimes they fumble their words if it's their first one. I had a veteran the other day and she was like "RBT, mate. You've done these, yeah? Yup, cool, okay here we go then."
Ryan, I see you using your mouse to navigate.
No need, here are the keyboard shortcuts
spacebar = play/pause
K = play/pause
J = back 10 seconds
L = forward 10 seconds
left arrow = back 5 seconds
right arrow = forward 5 seconds
up and down arrows = volume up and down
, (comma) = back a frame
. (period) = forward a frame
F = full frame on/off
If you have HOME, END they do things, so does any number pad.
Usually easier to just use the mouse imo
@@YehNahYehAyy Sure. So easy to jump back a few seconds with a mouse, EXCEPT the place you click is different depending on the duration of the clip.
And how do you move a frame at a time with a mouse?
@@JohnHollands never had the need to jump a frame tbh and the video preview when I'm hovering over the timeline makes it easy for me to see where I'm skipping to, to each their own.
@@YehNahYehAyy So I guess you never want to look at how an effect or transition is done in detail and when you want to pause on something, if you miss it by a bit you'd rather scroll and go again instead of just a few keystrokes.
Still, if you've "never had the need to jump a frame", whatever you use is irrelevant.
@@JohnHollands it really doesn't matter that much man, chill
The difference is the police in Australia are there to help and serve the community.In America it's the complete opposite they seem to be at war with the communities they are supposed to serve.
@ 3:40 That little blue sign..... being held by and officer in a high vis vest standing next to a very visual patrol car..... Yeah, you'd notice it with no doubt 🙂
Highway patrol are a different breed to everyday cops, they drive high powered vehicles,wear leather ,have limited nice guy personalities
Road worthy needs to be done every year in NSW, when you go to register your car, you go get the pink slip ( which is the road worthy cert ), then green slip ( insurance ), then registration and you are good to go for the next twelve months.
A lot of the school zone signs are the same, just a time. But there are some electronic signs that show the school zone speed limit during tnose hours
What they didn't show are the sneaky buggers in unmarked cop cars. :)
If you aren’t breaking the law you have nothing to worry about.
@@gloriapaddock4618 The Gestapo thank you good citizen... now face the wall.
I like that they have unmarked cars.
Imagine…. No one breaking the law. They’d be very bored, wouldn’t they? Crooks and lawbreakers keep them in business.
The RBTs are very similar to here in NZ - they use an electronic sniffer which check the breath when the driver gives his/her name and if there's a suggestion they're over the linit, they'll be held for further testing with more accurate testing equipment and possibly a blood test. I've only ever done the initial, because I VERY rarely drink, and not when driving (bit naughty in other ways, though, 😞).
While giving the breath test, they'll also glance at the windscreen to check the vehicle has a WoF (roadworthy certificate that's renewed every 6 or 12 months) and the registration/road licence is curent to use the vehicle on the road. If there is a problem with any of those, further investigation will result in (a) fine(s) and/or the vehicle being ordered off the road if there are serious issues - in some countries ANY issues may result in the vehicle being seized and/or ordered off the road with it having to be recovered because it can't be driven from that spot.
🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 How do we see the number of thumbs down 👎 on TH-cam these days?
NSW requires a yearly road worthy test for all privately owned vehicles. I live in Victoria and am glad that we don't have that law as, of course it is exploited. Road worthy tests are undertaken by "approved" designated automobile garages/workshops for which you have to pay and they will ALWAYS find something wrong, no matter how minor, a tiny dint will cause rust etc. "We will fix that for you at just $x extra for your road worthy certification!" Before anyone can sell a car in Victoria a current road worthy certificate must be valid but there are cheats everywhere.
I have never had to have my car repaired for my pink slip. I had a Toyota Lexcen in the 1990s and every year the inspector said, ‘I’ll pass it but you need to get those front shocks replaced.’ I had that car for about six years and I never got them replaced. NSW is a pretty relaxed place.
@@nutmegandtele There are browser extensions you can install for the dislike count. You have to be careful though as some are flagged as malware by the browser's built-in protection, Windows Defender or other security apps.
$352 Plus 3 points off you licence, in Australia you only have 12 points total. When the points are used up, you lose your licence for 3 months. If while you are booked for speeding or anything else, you don't get those points back for 3.5 years?..Very strict here mate...
That radar gun they point at you we call that 'a cop with a hair dryer '😅
I just saw a Pinal county sheriff video where he used a lidar
theres usually a big difference between traffic police and general duties police. they usually do their defined roles but not exclusively if it comes to officers needing help.
it's self-explanatory really - but usually you have traffic who enforce traffic laws / compliance and general duties who go to non-traffic-related calls from the public (for instance, burglaries, assaults, stolen vehicles or anything else (hence the "general"). from there you have specialist squads which usually take over after general duties police have attended depending on the severity and if it needs further and lengthy investigation. some of the specialist areas are uniformed while others are detectives or a combination of both. these specialist areas might be organised crime, homicide, sexual assaults, gang crime and so on.
"Bald tyres" a small detail that makes a car unsafe to drive and stop especially in the wet thats lives at risk.
We have random breath stops too….we call them the booze bus. The police check some/all drivers for alcohol and can check for drugs too with a mouth swab.
Yes we can get stopped for having dents…..cars need to be roadworthy and can become unregistered if they have damage
Booze Buses' are our checkpoints i guess but theyre pop up' and random . u fail the breathe test you go in the bus and do another test is 20 mins or so and then thats your final read. in WA anyway
Same in VIC... drug and booze buses.
I can assure you it isn't as simple as they make it look to be in highway patrol. It's also not showing the deaths they see almost daily. the PTSD a lot of officers suffer with (even if they wont admit it or possibly just not see it in themselves). BUT, the things they really aren't telling you about(these are just a few), are they are underpaid for what they are expected to do, they have to do 3 years in general duties before they can apply to other areas, where they'll be interviewed in front of a panel. They have a shortage of staff and really good officers and the job cant move from state to state unless you're in the federal police
Yup good points. Plus since the NSW Police highway patrol cars aren't usually on active jobs, are spread out and can travel at high speed they are often responding before general duties police to serious violent crimes too.
We now have roadside cameras devised to catch mobile users. I don’t know how quickly they are being put out but they are on a major country highway near us where accidents have occurred due to driver/phone usage.
The damage on the car isn't illegal. Police fish for things to see if he was affected by drugs or alcohol (yes he is going to blow into a breathalyzer) but it's a good way to judge a person's demeanor and pick up anything that could lead to other questions
LIDAR stands for Light Detection And Ranging it's what is commonly known as a laser speed gun and they are handheld eye safe infrared laser devices and used everywhere in the US, here and many other places.
Radar speed detection uses a microwave radio frequency to detect speed and is mostly now a dash mounted device used in mobile or stationary patrol vehicles, there are not many if any at all hand held radar gun units used these days.
I've found most roadside police interactions here in Vic a pretty casual affair. There was only one time where one copper was wiggin out about nothing at a weigh bridge that I had to stop at while diving a truck.
Yes anyone can get stopped at any time while driving for a random alcohol breath or drug test, you don't need to be doing anything wrong to get stopped and checked. The dent in that persons car gave them enough suspicion to see if they had been drinking.
When they said they need permission to use stop sticks,they are referring to the shift supervisor like the Sergeant or Snr.Sgt.
Its not just the money... Ita also about points on your license. In Denmark you can quickly have too many points and then its goodbye car.. tinted windows that some guy wont remove can be enough, car is gone... Theres a lot that wont follow the rules and think they can be the boss of the police... But they quickly shut up once the car is gone.. and you cant have dark tinted windows however cool it is...and a banged up bumper is probably for the same reason we have. In most modern countries you can t drive a car with dents and bumps and whatnot.. in England i saw student cars that would never be allowed on the road for day.... Singapore is probably the toughest place to even own a car... You must get rid of your car every 5 years..as that's how old a car can be to be on the roads...
10:12 love how there like (we got 103) in what looks like a 100 zone and take off and do more then 103 to catch them
Even the LAPD needs permission to use stop sticks, it comes from the Supervisor who is watching everything on screens and listening to all the communications, so he has the authority to call for any tactics he wants to employ as well as where and when it’s safe to do so. I know this from watching KTLA5 and police chases from the air with now retired Tim Lynn, a pilot and former Police Officer.
"just a little blue sign" he says, ...not noticing the "POLICE" in bright orange letters on her vest. 😂🤔
I watched a video and a guy asked a bunch of random Japanese kids around 11-12 about how they would describe America, and this is wat they said “BANG BANG!”😂
But officer, I need to make my tik tok video!🤣
Something people don't understand is the police don't work for the people; they work for the government and enforce government rules and their primary interest is to ask questions to see if any infraction of government rules has taken place. Some rules are legit to deal with people who do harm to others, and some rules exist to raise revenue for the government.
They are employed "by" government to "uphold State laws" not government rules.
If people aren't breaking State laws, they have nithing to fear.
They are there to collect revenue.
@@partymanau So who will you call if you or any member of your family is violently assaulted, or you experience a home invasion?
@@partymanau Old argument, but if every one obeyed the laws, there would be no revenue raised. People gift the govt their hard earned cash, by breaking the law.
The highway patrol even use cars that are unmarked with no light bar on the roof, just discreet lights hidden behind the grill and windscreen and back window.
General duty cops in NSW generally are friendly and respectful. Not the same as Highway patrol cops. They can be smart ass and think they know everything. And of course in saying that they aren't all like that. Many years ago there were plenty of police cars on the road to calm the traffic down. Now the few that are on the road hide behind bushes and rocks which doesn't slow anyone down. Being on the road 10hours a day I see it all unfortunately.
We now have mobile phone deection cameras that take photographs of the offence and then the computer mails out the ticket. In NSW this will cost you $410 ($544 in a School Zone) and 5 demerit points...unless you get busted this weekend (October Long Weekend), which is a Public Holiday and demerit points are doubled. NSW drivers have a 13 point limit and once exceeded have their licence suspended automatically for 3 months. Demerit points also last for 3 years. Worse still, the Compulsory Third Party insurance on your vehicle increases significantly if you have demerit points on your licence, so it's a double whammy when you get booked.
I live in Merrylands. The area is subject to street racing and I often hear the police sirens chasing them.
when you said it was a random stop it was something we do called a random breath test (RBT)
Our road laws are based on scientific research. We actually have several research centres who focus on this. As soon as something is shown to reduce the risk to drivers and pedestrians you can be sure it will become law pretty soon in all states here. That is why there is such a huge emphasis on safety belt s and no mobile devices in your hand while driving because the research is clear, safety belts save lives and holding a phone or other device in your hand while driving is a killer. That is why school zones are 40km/h zones and there is a push to reduce it to 30km/h because at that speed most people will survive a bump. At 40 there is still way too much damage. Also, our cop cars are top of the range because they want to be able to get to hot rods and souped up vehicles.
In some states in Australia, you need an annual roadworthy certificate before renewing your annual rego to ensure that vehicles are road worthy in the public interest. I reckon that if you rely on people to drive around with balding tyres or damages that pose a public safety risk, you will be waiting for a long while until one decides to repair / replace vehicle damage, which may become an accident waiting to happen