GEELONG remains one of the state's worst drink drive hot-spots, after a police operation in the city nabbed 27 boozed drivers, two drug drivers and impounded a hoon's car.
More than 100 police and six booze buses swamped Geelong last night and breath tested 4130 motorists as part of a targeting alcohol and drug affected drivers. (sic) The stated purpose of this 'operation' was to target dring and drug drivers. They inconvenienced a bare minimum of 4130 people -based on the implausible notion that there were no extra people in any car- to catch an incredibly low 0.702179% of people. That is LESS THAN 3/4 0F 1%, or it means that 99.29782% of innocent people were inconvenienced for no other reason than the desire of Victoria Police to reap extra revenue for the Roads Corporation, which many of you know as its trading name; VIC ROADS. VICTORIA POLICE is a corporation as well, and any corporation has to run at a profit in order to satisfy the requirements of the Corporations Act. This is why you are being hasled and harrassed by these booze busses. The safety angle is a marketing ploy-nothing more.
But the operation also caught 19 speeding drivers, 21 unregistered drivers, 12 unlicensed/suspended drivers, 41 mobile phone offences, 19 seat belt offences and 56 defective vehicles. This is further proof that this is about revenue raising. The corporate marketing officers at the American-owned-tabloid-the-Herald Sun informs us that the focus was on drink and drug drivers, yet, the VICTORIA POLICE Corporate Officers were more than happy to line their pockets with an extra 168 income earning opportunities!!!
Are you buying into the corporate marketing line about safety being more important than profit?
Operation Commander, Road Policing Superintendent Neville Taylor said the results left police dumbfounded.
"Geelong has been identified as in the state's top 10 at-risk areas for road trauma,'' he said.
"This (Geelong's results) is very disappointing. -Why would he be disappointed with a result of over 99% of motorists not being effected by alcohol or drugs? Was he hoping for more positive readings to reap in higher revenue? To justify the inconvenience they are causing to the overwhelming amount of innocent people who have their time wasted by these detestable arevnue raising activities. And the corporate media, be it the radio, the newspapers or tv support this unlawful behaviour through their reusal to point out the obvious facts of this disgraceful situation. Am I really in posession of some type of fantasticly clever brain that alows me to point out to you something that has escaped ALL OF THE CORPORATE MEDIA'S ATTENTION? Of course not, they all know, or ought to know. They choose not to cover this reality, they choose to keep you in the dark, to helpthe charade that ancourages you to think that these actions are about safety- We will continue our strong presence across the wider area and will continue to breath test and drug test motorists to remove these people from our roads.''
One male driver had a blood alcohol reading of .097 while a 32-year-old St Albans man was nabbed zooming at 135km/h in an 80km/h road works zone -which would be safe in many places in the world that actually have a focus on safety, rather than on profit- on the Western Ring Road in Gowanbrae.
His car was impounded for 48 hours, he lost his licence for 12 months and a received a $597 fine plus towing costs.SO MUCH FOR INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN ACOURT OF LAW.
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