Booze Buses In Melb Last Night

[Mean_R34]

I was out for dinenr in St Kilda last night and the police presence was huge.

Sitting by the window for a number of hours the marked cars passing was regular.

Leaving there for home, I saw 2 different random cars pulled over on Fitzroy street.

On Intersection of Alma Rd and Brighton Rd there was a booze bus stopping St Kilda bound traffic. Another on Alma Rd getting east bound traffic, ANOTHER at the same intersection getting city bound traffic. I was amazed as I rarely see 1 bus around. Head southbound on Brighton rd for 200m and BAM... 2 buses side by side stopping outbound traffic.

I did hear on the radio that they're getting serious in the lead up to Christmas, but 5 buses within 200m of each other??

Apart from the blantantly obvious reason not to drink drive, this over the top presence is there to drive the message home.

Hopefully it works and there's a few more people around to spend Christmas Day with their families.

Take it easy out there folks.

[madbung]

Yeah it's been all over the media, they're blocking all city arterials ect for this blitz.

No escape so they said.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

drove home through 2 boozy's last night but was flagged through both

[llama_au]

I'm all for it. The more drunk drivers off the road the better for everyone. Doesn't bother me if I get drink/drug tested

[paulr33]

the definition of police, is to police a situation so something doesnt occur

they arent detectives on the street, detecting what happened, after its occured

the more police presence, the less likely something will happen

[eMsta]

about time this shit happened......amount of alcohol related road deaths is too high....specially during xmas and ny

[33gtst]

operation RAID...why do I lol at that? haha for some reason I think of swarms of flies..

[_Ryan_]

booze/thc/amphets, but i think they would blood test if you look smashed

good on em

Project FTW

[33gtst]

^^^^

last night they had booze bus at chapel st and then drugs bus in front of shell servo, they test for drugs at random as well.

I was "intercepted as part of the operation RAID "remove all impaired drivers" 2008.

Good idea but I still loled when he gave me the card...

[gdogzgtr]

Drug tests don't show prescription medication. I have issues with drug driving in that it's only a fine and dermerit points no licence suspenion compaired to alcohol affected and in many cases drug driver's would be impaired more.

Also use Drug of dependance is an court appearance offence generally but if you get tested and it shows that you have used drugs and drive it's only a fine. Seems really stupid to me.

The incresed police presence in city is good but the government and force command instead of hiring more police are masking the lack of police members by paying members (overtime) from all over the state to work in city on their holidays or rest days to make up the numbers.

[twennyone]

I usually finish work at around 3.30-4.30am-ish, leaving the city, weekdays and weekends, and by the time I pass thru most booze/drug buses have well and truly

packed up for the night. All I see is parked cars lining the freeway, obviously been done for somethihng. And I see some f*cked up people driving at that time of the night, no doubt about it. IMO they should stay

set up until at least 5am. It is amazing how much dodgey shit you see going on on the roads at that time of night.

But this weekend, i did not see one single BT/DRUG set up going home (city rd, hoddle,eastern fwy, doncaster rd) and usually theyre a hot spot.

[eMsta]

wish these guys were around to catch the commodore doing fish tails on blackburn rd near kmart burwood, and the black r32 on burwood hwy in knows that nearly stacked into on coming traffic while trying to do the same thing

[HEKT1K]

But this weekend, i did not see one single BT/DRUG set up going home (city rd, hoddle,eastern fwy, doncaster rd) and usually theyre a hot spot.

i went home almost exactly the same way, and saw nothing. was expecting the eastern to have cops everywhere!

Edited November 23, 2008 by HEKT1K

[jakez88]

was chilling at crown last night and expected booze buses on the westgate western suburbs bound but nothing.

[llama_au]

There was a drug bus heading up the Mornington Peninsula freeway this afternoon.

[R31Nismoid]

There's been a booze bus on Dandy Rd (at verious points) every weekend for about the past 6 or so if memory serves me correct. Whilst this weekend was a "operation" its certainly nothing new.

Having a boozie twice though in the same spot (fri/sat night) was a bit surprising. Although Sat night it was only the smaller mini-booze bus thing

Friday night barely a car was allowed through (around 10pm)

[NickR33]

Drug tests don't show prescription medication.

even the ones that say 'don't drive or operate heavy machinery' on them... hmmm

and what about the rest of the year... like when the idiots crashed into a pole 50m up the road (Dandenong near Chap) and then spent the next 2 hrs outside my bedroom window yelling and screaming at each other about who was going to say they were driving as they were all smashed... even when my gf got up and called the cops they never showed up

or the guy a mate followed up Dandy who was mounting the kerb, driving on the median, swerving into other lanes as he was so smacked out of his brains he couldn't stay awake? do the drug tests test for Heroine?

totally agree with your comments re overtime tho... you would think that with all the bloody cop shows on tv there would be more kids wanting to sign up lol

[gdogzgtr]

It's not about people not wanting to join. There is well over 2000 people who have completed all stages to join Vicpol and are on a waiting list to get called up to go to Academy. The government won't put in the money to training so thus no recruits and making lack of numbers.

I believe that the drug tests don't so heroin but not 100% sure of that. They are very limited in what they show. I have heard that they show Marijuana, Amphetamines and that's about it. I have not worked on drug bus so not fully aware of the testing capabilities but that's what i have heard.

[KezR33]

It's all a big scare. They're not out there to catch drunk drivers, just deter them. If they catch you then they've failed in their job. This latest "ring of steel" or whatever they're calling it is pretty effective though, lots of media coverage.

[Mean_R34]

or the guy a mate followed up Dandy who was mounting the kerb, driving on the median, swerving into other lanes as he was so smacked out of his brains he couldn't stay awake? do the drug tests test for Heroine?

I think you'll find he'd been on the happy pills.