Singapore Traffice Policemen

[omnislash]

My encounter:

 

I travelled against traffic flow but not on purpose... I'm looking for a bike shop so didnt realize i was against traffic flow.. But i was travelling very slowly and by the side of the road.. When i saw an oncoming car den i realise...

 

I turn into a one way street as soon as i can and den a TP followed me in... I tried explaining but he wont give chance.

 

I'm trying to say when a killer is convicted.. There is 1st degree , 2nd degree, man-slaughter and even self-defence... But he simply condemn me... A-hole...

[ary76]

juz to add,

 

my experiences:

 

when i was 16, juz passd my license there was once when somehow, i did beat a red light at about 3am along Robinson Rd. Imagine my surprise when i heard a booming voice next to me : " HOI!!! YOU THINK THIS IS YOUR FATHER'S ROAD AHH !!!! CAN ANYHOW BEAT RED LITE!!!! " ... being new, i apologised profusely but as he let me off without a summons .. i really dun think much of the shouting that i got.

 

when i joined the traffic police after a few years doing normal policing, i can really feel the dislike among the driving/riding community againts tp. true, we issued summons and prosecute offenders in court but that is our primary duties, apart from attending to accident casses, managing heavy traffic in the event of faulty traffic lights ( imagine doing that on a heavy rainy day ..sux ! ), escorting VIPs , etc. so far for all my time there ... i can only say, sometimes, the way how the driver/rider reacts to being stopped ,matters also. try to figure the situation below ...

 

saw a car beat red light ... pulled him over

 

me: excuse me sir, could you please switch off ur engine and may i have ur driving license and nric pls?

 

driver ( a 50 yrs old man ) : i'm sorry sir, i was distracted just as i was about to turn and thought i was driving thru the amber light. i'm really sorry for what i did. wuold you be able to give me a chance in this instance?

 

my first instinct was to issue a summons for a straight cut offence but his courtesy and politeness at least convinced me to just issue a written and verbal warning.

 

comparing that to this:

 

saw a bike switching lane without signaliing, a car behind him had to brake to avoid colliding with him.

 

as i was on my way back to base, i had wanted to stop him and gave him only a verbal warning, not even a written one. but;

 

me: excuse me sir, could you please switch off ur engine and may i have ur driving license and nric pls?

 

rider: what i do wrong?

 

me: sir, i am stopping you for failing to signal while changing lane.

 

rider: i was changing lane what! wah lau, the car beside me was driving so fast and you also din not stop him. stop me only. see bike only you all summon. cars u dun want to summon! ( he was literally shouting at me )

 

peeved that i am, i took out the machine and issued him a summon for careless driving. said thanks and rode off.

 

i guess it cuts both ways also . there are those TP that are really rude but there are also some who are very courteous and polite.

 

but currently, from what i observed, the new ones now are very much arrogant and downright rude. those from my time, the old and experienced ones, were mostly into investigation now and i am seeing lots of new faces on the road everytime. and from all the time that i was stopped by these new officers, i find them plainly lacking in their customer service skills.

 

 

so it all boils down to ur luck on whom u get stopped by.

 

[pango]

TP sucks! Cos they dun smile at ppl. They treat all road users as traffic offenders or potential offender. Try smiling at them? The moment you do it, you will feel they sucks!!

[ary76]

Originally posted by pango@Jun 12 2005, 05:04 PM

TP sucks! Cos they dun smile at ppl. They treat all road users as traffic offenders or potential offender. Try smiling at them? The moment you do it, you will feel they sucks!!

and why does they have to smile at everyone?

 

do you smile at people you don't know when u ride? i think you have other things in mind to look out for and do during ur ride than to keep reminding yourself to smile at everyone and be seen like a goon on wheels.

 

 

lemme ask u , what would u think if a TP smile at you while riding? if u say it will gives u an impression that TPs are friendly, well... bullshit.

 

even when TP approached traffic offenders by smiling, they are faulted as to being happy in summoning them but when they dun smile when they approached you , they are being blamed for being arrogant. so how?

 

[pango]

30.6% hate TP. So TP sucks!

[ary76]

Originally posted by pango@Jun 12 2005, 10:53 PM

30.6% hate TP. So TP sucks!

lol

[Kman]

They are doing their jobs and like the saying goes u do the crime u do the time u actually thing speed is cool u die nobody gives a flying fck xcept your love ones u kill others leh only the imature ppl would hate TPs and i am not saying that we should love them and of the day they are doing theri jobs and its your stupidity if ya get caught,....

[pango]

Base on statistic poll, 29.96% hate TP. As such TP sucks. And of course you can care less what majority think.

[rhema83]

That is very immature behavior. Can you imagine how chaotic our roads will be without TP? I know they summon you, but they are not cold-blooded mindless summoning machines. They can be reasonable if you are polite and reasonable in the first place. If you get caught for blatantly breaking a law (like speeding more than 30kph above limit) then serve you right.

[pango]

Do not deny fact. 29.96% hate TP.

[pango]

Do not make unsolicit presumption. The 29.96% voters does not attribute to 100% traffic offenders. As such, base on consensus, TP still sucks!!

[DM]

Originally posted by pango@Jun 12 2005, 05:04 PM

TP sucks! Cos they dun smile at ppl. They treat all road users as traffic offenders or potential offender. Try smiling at them? The moment you do it, you will feel they sucks!!

what are you? 6 years old ?

[pango]

Majority win. And all winners are 6 years old.

[DM]

Originally posted by pango@Jun 16 2005, 12:48 AM

Majority win. And all winners are 6 years old.

alright, if you say so.

[ET]

[BRIANKTM]

TP ARE MY IDOL........

[pango]

Percentage up again to 30.36. Trend moving up ward!

[pango]

[pango]

30.98%

[DGray]

Originally posted by Arcfire@Apr 13 2005, 11:42 AM

Pretty neutral towards them.....as long as they dun give me crap, i dun give them crap....

Same here.....

[Teezi23]

Originally posted by pango@Jun 20 2005, 12:32 AM

30.98%

u really hate TP alot hor??what happened??

TP took back the license that THEY GAVE u?

care to enlighten us why u hate them so much?

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.....

GIVEN A CHOICE.....I THINK MOST OF US WILL WANT TO DON THE WHITE UNIFORM....RIDING A BIG BIKE....AND LITERALLY OWN THE ROAD!!!

tell me no!!!

hehe just my 2cts worth!!

[LTC]

I like to have TPs on our SG roads.

My encounters with them had so far been pleasant.

Just like us they are human beings except that they have their duty.

Their duty is traffic enforcement.

Maybe some of us got punished in some kind of a way.

If I am a bad roaduser. I rather accept punishment or rather a lesson learnt instead of getting arrogant and perish on the road.

If one day I get a ticket for traffic offence, I'll be most happy as long as the TP explains to me wat did I do wrong.

 

I'm not from TP but I do my share to summon roadusers for beating red light, careless driving even failing to signal intention to change lane.

 

 

The only bike I summoned before was when I was off duty and wat made me do that was the idiot rider corner at a pedestrian crossing nearly hitting an old lady together with her grandchild, scaringly them. Exhibit ur skills without risking others.

[rae07]

Originally posted by madman@Apr 25 2005, 10:23 AM

green light, both turns, with me behind. one gave a wide turning, almost hitting kerb on the left, the other...worst! turns right into the opp road b4 turning back into the correct side recklessly.

[schmikes1183]

TPs are doing a fine job...We need them to control our roads casuse some riders/drivers think they got license and pay road tax means they are entitled to ride/drive to their personal sastification without caring about other road users or the speed limits..speeding like there is no tomorrow and endangering others..so overall i think TP are doing a good job in maintaining order on the road

[pango]

Originally posted by Teezi23@Jul 16 2005, 01:23 PM

u really hate TP alot hor??what happened??

TP took back the license that THEY GAVE u?

care to enlighten us why u hate them so much?

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.....

GIVEN A CHOICE.....I THINK MOST OF US WILL WANT TO DON THE WHITE UNIFORM....RIDING A BIG BIKE....AND LITERALLY OWN THE ROAD!!!

tell me no!!!

hehe just my 2cts worth!!

No time to hate. Me still riding. Undisclose.