stuffem, Absolute less than zero respect for traffic branch cops. In nearly 40 years of driving I have yet to see them hiding behind the bushes with their ray gun when its pissing down rain, wet and cold on a dangerous piece of road when it really does count.
In the same time frame I have yet to see a friggin truck pulled over gettin written up but i can drive the road any day and watch the diesel jockeys go nuts speeding, tailgaiting, lane hogging, cutting people off, losing crap from uncovered loads, non working tail lights etc.
I've been booked probably more than most, I do around 120 kay a year and 90% of my tickets come from doing less than 10 kph over the limit on a freeway or such. against the rules? definitely but I am not going to change my habits to the point that I'm driving around with my eye on the speedo instead of the road.
Am I nice to them, Like hell. they can blow a goat. Any time one of them wants to put their safety record against mine I'll put money on me. In all those years I havnt bruised a grape.
When I see them being serious about doing the job properly my attitude will change. Until then I'll continue to point out the 30 year old mitsubishi sigma with rust holes you can see through, broken windscreen etc driving past as he's writing out my ticket for doing 6 kph over the freeway limit and telling him what a nice person he is.