Thread: Blind Side

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Thank you, but as you might not see in the image, there is nothing to identify the driver, assistant of vehicle. This was done on purpose for my safety. Perhaps I could have got on the phone to the police but I also had things to do and I was not going to follow them and put myself and vehicle at risk. The image was recorded at the last moment before I got in the car.

You didn't need to follow them...just a quick snap of the rego plate is all that is required. A call to the cops when convenient and then let them take care of it. The aim of the exercise is to make the driver aware that when he does stupid things that endanger himself and others there are people watching and taking notice.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Thank you, but as you might not see in the image, there is nothing to identify the driver, assistant of vehicle. This was done on purpose for my safety. Perhaps I could have got on the phone to the police but I also had things to do and I was not going to follow them and put myself and vehicle at risk. The image was recorded at the last moment before I got in the car.

For some time now I have been thinking about this. Almost everyone has mobile phones these days. There are many situations in which people are fearful of being overheard making a call to draw the attention of the authorities to a situation. An example is somebody being threatened on public transport, which I have seen many times.

What we need is a number we can text to similar to 000 which is monitored in real time. Or alternatively there is an app called "snap send solve" whereby you take a photo, describe the problem and send it to an authority which can deal with it. It automatically identifies the local government authority from your location so if it is a parking problem or roadworks required or similar it uses your gmail to notify the local authority responsible. It also identifies the local supermarket if you are reporting an abandoned shopping trolley for example.

Snap send solve does not result in a real time response so its use is limited. I can see a big advantage here if people have a way to silently report incidents in real time so that they do not draw attention to themselves. But it needs to be monitored and responded to in real time.

Cheers

Doug

Originally Posted by doug3030

For some time now I have been thinking about this. Almost everyone has mobile phones these days. There are many situations in which people are fearful of being overheard making a call to draw the attention of the authorities to a situation. An example is somebody being threatened on public transport, which I have seen many times.

What we need is a number we can text to similar to 000 which is monitored in real time. Or alternatively there is an app called "snap send solve" whereby you take a photo, describe the problem and send it to an authority which can deal with it. It automatically identifies the local government authority from your location so if it is a parking problem or roadworks required or similar it uses your gmail to notify the local authority responsible. It also identifies the local supermarket if you are reporting an abandoned shopping trolley for example.

Snap send solve does not result in a real time response so its use is limited. I can see a big advantage here if people have a way to silently report incidents in real time so that they do not draw attention to themselves. But it needs to be monitored and responded to in real time.

Cheers

Doug

In the case of the car in the OPs photo...all that's needed is to note the rego plate and file a traffic complaint with local police station. Usually in the case of relatively minor law breaches the offender gets a caution letter and that's it. If he's already had previous convictions or caution letters then the police may chose to take it further.

I recently had cause to report a character (on P plates) who was repeatedly speeding up and down my street at speeds in excess of 80km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. I filed a traffic complaint with my local cops.....turns out there had been at least 10 other people who had filed similar complaints. The guy ended up getting his license pulled and I haven't seen him on the road for months.

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

I recently had cause to report a character (on P plates) who was repeatedly speeding up and down my street at speeds in excess of 80km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. I filed a traffic complaint with my local cops.....turns out there had been at least 10 other people who had filed similar complaints. The guy ended up getting his license pulled and I haven't seen him on the road for months.

I find it hard to believe that they took action to pull his license based just on reports from the public. More likely his rego was put on a watch list and they found something that would stand up in court to charge him with. I am not saying it is not worth reporting them but it would be rare that someone could actually be charged with a speeding offence without his speed being accurately recorded by a calibrated police device.

CHeers

Doug

Originally Posted by ian

as to the overhang, I think you are allowed 1.2m front and rear (which equals 2.4 m in total), add on the length of a typical car (4.5m?) and a 6m pipe probably doesn't exceed the allowed limits. And if the side load doesn't project beyond the door mirrors, the whole shebang MIGHT be considered "legal"

There's a ruling in WA that overrides the 1.2m total rear overhang.

The overhang from the rear wheels must not exceed 60% of wheel base.
A Ford sedan has a 2.8m wheelbase so the max overhang from the rear wheel cannot be greater than 1.7 m.
Given the overhang from the rear wheel to the rear lights ~1200 mm that leaves about 500 mm of overhang from the rear lights.

He would definitely get done for deliberate obstruction of windows and mirror.

Originally Posted by BobL

He would definitely get done for deliberate obstruction of windows and mirror.

and so he should

on holiday in Bali in a taxi.
Guy in front of us on a small motorbike had a concreters wheel barrow tied on his back.

I was in Home Depot looking for a drill bit. Another bloke is standing next to me looking at drill bits also. As one of the useless employees walks by the other bloke asks, "Do you have any auger bits?" Useless responds, "We don't have nothing like that." At that point I said to the bloke, "Like those?" pointing to the augers on the top of the display wall. Useless just slithered away.

Originally Posted by fenderbelly

on holiday in Bali in a taxi.
Guy in front of us on a small motorbike had a concreters wheel barrow tied on his back.

If it had been a desk and chair he would have been done for impersonating and office......Sir

Originally Posted by rrich

I was in Home Depot looking for a drill bit. Another bloke is standing next to me looking at drill bits also. As one of the useless employees walks by the other bloke asks, "Do you have any auger bits?" Useless responds, "We don't have nothing like that." At that point I said to the bloke, "Like those?" pointing to the augers on the top of the display wall. Useless just slithered away.

Sound like some/most of the staff at the Big Green Shed. They put an ex painter in the gardening section

I was in Woolies. There was a printed and laminated sign on one of the cash register lanes saying:

"This register is closed due to an unexpected computer error"

I picked up the sign and walked up to the service desk and asked: "So if you were not expecting it, why did you have a printed and laminated sign made up for it?"

After about thirty seconds of silence, the misfit responded: "Ummmm welllll ummmm we knew we would get an unexpected outage at some time I suppose..."

Me: "Ok so if you knew it would come at some time you were expecting it, but the sign says it was unexpected. Isn't that misleading your customers?

I played with his head for a minute or so along similar lines until he figured it out that the best thing to do was to just put up a "register closed" sign and not try to explain it too much, just like all the other closed registers on the day.

Cheers

Doug

I hope it made you feel like a big man making a guy's day even more miserable. Do people come in to your workplace and give you a hard time? If so, then be a bit more compasionate. if not, think yourself lucky that you don't have to deal with people like yourself.

Grumpy John is having a grump

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Do people come in to your workplace and give you a hard time?

Every single day and every single call. They come in over the phone but you would think that the purpose of their visit is to give me a hard time. I find this to be strange behavior since every single one of them has never spoken to me before and I have not caused their problem. Every one of them wants me to solve their problem but they treat me as if I caused it when I am the only one who can solve it for them.

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

If so, then be a bit more compasionate.

Yeah right, I would like to see how you handle it.

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

if not, thank yourself lucky that you don't have to deal with people like yourself.

No I don't have to deal with people like me. I get to deal with people like you.

THey are all grumpy and a disproportionately high percentage of them are named John

Cheers

Doug