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00:03Tonight on Highway Patrol, multiple units pursue an out-of-control speeder, a golfer
00:16gets teed off, and a cyclist comes clean, and a cyclist comes clean.
00:28I break the rules that it's true.
00:34I break the rules that it's true.
01:32So what we're setting up for now is some stop sticks, which will deflate any car's tyre.
01:38We think the car will probably come to Bendigo seeing as how the plates were stolen from Bendigo.
01:43OK, so he should be here pretty quick then.
01:46See the car coming? Hold!
01:56Approaching the red light at a pedestrian crossing, Officer Gonzales is surprised to see...
02:04This.
02:08Straight through a red light.
02:09I don't understand why you do that.
02:11He went down the wrong side at the stop sign, and then went straight through the red.
02:21Hello.
02:22I'm Senator Gonzales from the Harbour Patrol.
02:25The reason we're here today is because first, when you drove out of that side street, you're
02:27on the wrong side of the road.
02:29You then drove across the pedestrian crossing, and then you went through the red light.
02:33So now it was green for pedestrians, and I thought I'd go slowly over and cross into the street,
02:40which I think is a safe move.
02:42All right.
02:42Well, here's the thing.
02:43When you turned, there was a stop sign, which you didn't stop at.
02:46Yeah.
02:46Then you turned from the right side of the road to get across.
02:49You then went on the pedestrian, becoming a pedestrian, but then you decided you'd go back
02:53on the road again.
02:54Correct?
02:54But I thought it was a safe move.
02:56Well, it's not.
02:57There's a stop sign there.
02:58Did you stop at the stop sign?
02:59No, I didn't stop.
02:59I'm not a car.
03:00I'm a bike, right?
03:01Look, there's a difference between a car and a bike.
03:04Yeah, but you still need to obey the road rules.
03:07You need to obey the road rules, sir.
03:09The road rules suck for bikes.
03:11You don't bike, right?
03:12I do bike.
03:13You don't bike.
03:13I bike every day.
03:14Every day, somebody breaks the route against me, and I'm dead.
03:30So police operations have just informed us that this vehicle is stolen.
03:34It was stolen a number of days ago just outside of Bendigo.
03:38So we've only got the two.
03:41Can you back up about four feet?
03:43No worries.
03:43Officers Mick McCran, Todd Deary and Dale Andrews are waiting to stop a dangerously speeding
03:49vehicle before it enters Bendigo.
03:54In minutes, school children will be everywhere.
03:57OK, so he should be here pretty quick then.
04:01Get ready.
04:03Right lane.
04:04It's going to be a small, like, grey sedan.
04:08Good luck.
04:10I don't even...
04:12Here he comes.
04:14Go!
04:16Go!
04:19Here he comes.
04:20Wait.
04:21Wait.
04:21Wait.
04:21Wait.
04:22Wait.
04:22Wait.
04:23Got it.
04:25Stop tick deploy.
04:30Successful hit.
04:31Let's go.
04:33Good shot.
04:35I reckon all four tyres.
04:36Yep.
04:37Yeah, 626.
04:38Excellent hit.
04:40Possibly all four tyres.
04:41I've got ops on some smoke on the road.
04:43And I've got some tyre marks on the road.
04:52So if I stick to the rules, I'm dead.
04:56Do you see how often a car comes out of the street and doesn't stop for me?
04:59All the time.
05:01Officer Gonzalez caught this man failing to stop at a stop sign, riding on the wrong side
05:07of the road, then riding along a pedestrian crossing.
05:12Incredibly, he doesn't see the problem.
05:15What?
05:15You rode right past this fella.
05:17Yeah.
05:17When he's walking...
05:18Look, I do this every day.
05:19I look carefully.
05:20Have you got an ID on you, sir?
05:21What?
05:22Any ID.
05:23Yes, of course I have an ID.
05:24Please.
05:25You have to notice that the streets are made for cars here, not for bikes.
05:28And I'm in life danger every day.
05:30I break the rules.
05:31That is true.
05:32Because if I stick to the rules, I'm dead.
05:34Well, not particularly, sir.
05:36If you stick to the rules, you'll be fine.
05:37No, you're not.
05:38Your full name?
05:39You don't ride the bike, right?
05:40Your full name?
05:40You're in your big car and you are safe.
05:42I'll be back.
05:44Ridiculous.
05:45Excuse me.
05:54I hope that's it there, yeah.
05:55Officers Matt Green and John Graham have been asked to attend a potentially serious late
06:01night crash.
06:02So we're just on our way to a car versus tree collision out on the call to freeway, one
06:07of our major arterial roads.
06:09There's reports that the person may be injured.
06:12So ourselves and another highway patrol crew are heading out there and ambulance are on
06:16the way as well.
06:17We're making haste.
06:18We'll get there as quickly as we can.
06:19And then we'll make an assessment once we get on scene.
06:236-11.
06:24Has this 12 and 16 been closed for us at your end?
06:28Yeah, of course.
06:28You'll be right there now.
06:29At the scene, it's not hard to see what's happened.
06:36Oh dear.
06:38Yeah, look, so what's happened tonight, a big branch off this gum tree has come down
06:41across both lanes of the Calder Highway coming into Bendigo.
06:44It's a 100km per hour zone, one of our major arterial freeways.
06:48A young fellow coming along, hasn't seen it until too late and he's collided with it,
06:53which has pushed him across into the barrier.
06:55Decent branch covering the road.
06:59Unbelievably, the driver isn't just walking and talking, he hasn't got a scratch on him.
07:05Thankfully, no injuries, he's fine.
07:07But it's just luck rather than good management tonight.
07:09It's like that tree not far back from here.
07:12I guess a branch must have fallen off it.
07:15Thankfully, no one else hit it.
07:19Undoubtedly, the wire rope barrier has actually saved his life tonight.
07:22Otherwise, he would have speared off into the other trees that are off to the side of the freeway here.
07:26Probably a timely reminder of one of the many dangers of driving on country roads, especially at night.
07:31wildlife, trees come down, especially during summer.
07:34Hey.
07:36And no one's happier to see the driver unscathed than his mum.
07:41You okay, though?
07:42I'm good.
07:43Hey, the airbags work, buddy.
07:45Yeah.
07:46Thank God I was in this and not my old car.
07:48That would have been a whole lot of problems.
07:52He's quite right.
07:53In an older car without airbags and a crumple zone and all those modern safety features,
07:56I've got no doubt that it would have been significant injuries.
07:59You can see the size of the tree behind me.
08:02100km per hour impact, that's more than enough to kill someone.
08:05There's nothing in that.
08:06So you guys have to hang around if you want to head off.
08:08I've got everything.
08:10Except a car, his pride and joy, now destined for the wrecker's yard.
08:17Aww.
08:18Naturally he's upset, that car's a ride off, but he's uninjured.
08:23All those car parts and cars can be replaced, but it's much harder to replace body parts,
08:27so he's a very lucky boy tonight and I think in time he'll come to realise that.
08:32So would you like to head back to the house now?
08:34Yeah.
08:35Yeah.
08:36I need a cuppa.
08:41Here it comes.
08:42Wait, wait, wait, wait.
08:44Got it.
08:46Yeah, good job.
08:46Let's go.
08:47Yeah, 626.
08:49Excellent hit.
08:50Possibly all four tyres.
08:52Officers Mick McCran, Todd Deary and Dale Andrews are in pursuit of a speeder in a stolen
08:58car.
09:00He's doing 200km per hour, five minutes before school's out for the day.
09:05This driver needs to be taken off the road.
09:09Copy.
09:10Just catching up now.
09:12Bendigo 652 is police forward.
09:13Commander, can 626 take over and initiate a pursuit for me please?
09:18We have a dangerous vehicle heading into a 40k zone.
09:21Yep.
09:22Bendigo 626 taking over in pursuit.
09:27Slow down.
09:29Yep.
09:29Yep.
09:34Yep.
09:35Yep.
09:39Get ready.
09:50Get on the train!
09:58I find this ridiculous.
10:00Oh, you find this ridiculous.
10:01Yeah.
10:10What's actually wrong is two different things, OK?
10:13Like I said to you, you're riding on the wrong side of the road.
10:15You're right. I didn't stick to the rules.
10:16You failed to stop at the stop sign.
10:18You then rode across the crossing
10:19and then thought you could go back on the road through the red.
10:22You can't do that, OK?
10:24You're putting yourself in danger and others too.
10:27Yeah, I know I didn't stick to the rules,
10:29but I think I didn't care for you.
10:30Yep.
10:31Why are you filming?
10:33Because that's what cameras are for.
10:35And they're even on the patrol car.
10:37I love the logic of I don't like the rules,
10:40so that's why I'm braking them here.
10:42And now it's time to watch everyone's favourite show,
10:44Highway Patrol Uncut.
10:47Review the footage from our car, mate.
10:50And I'll show you, cos I'm happy to.
10:52So we're approaching this intersection here, right?
10:55That's the crossing there.
10:57You're actually on the wrong side of the road, going past us.
11:01You barely use that crossing, and you continue through that red.
11:04No, I don't use it. It's correct, yeah.
11:05OK. So what's going to happen today is,
11:07instead of giving you a multitude and a handful of tickets,
11:09I'm only going to give you the one going through the red light there, OK?
11:12I'm not going to give you the one for going on the wrong side of the road.
11:14I'm not going to give you the one for going on a footpath here.
11:16But you need to understand there will be an infringement notice today, OK?
11:20I understand where you're coming from,
11:22but unfortunately, like you said,
11:23our infrastructure is built a little bit different.
11:25You just still need to follow our road rules.
11:28He's gone straight through that red light,
11:29which is where all traffic needs to stop,
11:31and then continued on his merry way.
11:34He got very close to a pedestrian.
11:36He was crossing with a walker and whatnot,
11:38and he was screaming safety,
11:40and unfortunately, I did not see any kind of safe riding today.
11:45It was just too much for me to not pull him over.
11:56He's got a fellow driving a golf cart here down the road.
12:00Two heads on board, a couple of golf clubs.
12:02Where's the golf course here?
12:06Things you see, eh?
12:07Yeah, things you see.
12:08Not sure where he's off to, but let's find out.
12:12Officers Low and Kellis don't know this man,
12:15how far he's driven,
12:16or even if he's had a couple at the 19th hole.
12:19But they are duty-bound to find out.
12:22Hi, mate. How are you going?
12:23Good. My name's Chris. I'm from Westgate Highway Patrol.
12:25Yep.
12:25Where are we off to?
12:27Greenville.
12:27Where have we come from?
12:29I'm within the two kilometres.
12:31Yep, yep. All right, fair enough.
12:33You got your driver's licence with you?
12:33No.
12:34Don't have a licence with you?
12:35No.
12:35Have you got a licence?
12:36Yep.
12:37Excellent.
12:38But I don't need to give it to you.
12:39You don't need a licence, Rob.
12:41Out on the road.
12:43Trust me, I know the law.
12:45All right.
12:46I'm within two kilometres.
12:48Yeah, that's fine.
12:50We'll double-check it all anyway.
12:52But our job is to check everything, yeah?
12:54The only thing you can do is we're testing it.
12:56Can't be able to live.
12:57Easy. No worries.
12:58The gentleman seems...
13:00..off.
13:01That's because this isn't the first time he's been pulled over.
13:04We're obviously in the golf buggy driving down the Kringle,
13:09and we get pulled over, which is the second time,
13:12but you're allowed to drive to the golf course
13:15if you're within two kilometres of your home.
13:20And the good thing about it is you don't need a licence,
13:22you don't need to be registered, you don't need anything.
13:24All good, mate.
13:25Yeah.
13:25All I want to do...
13:26No, no, look, you're right, I'll just have to double-check it.
13:28This is bordering on harassment now.
13:30Oh, you've pulled over a few times.
13:31This is the third time.
13:33So this is bordering on harassment...
13:35This is not you guys, this is bordering on harassment.
13:37Either you guys get educated
13:39or I start writing in complaints.
13:40Oh, mate, look, if you're riding one of these
13:42outside that distance, then it isn't a fence.
13:44Oh, of course I know that.
13:45And the only way for us to work that out
13:46is to stop you and check.
13:47Well, of course I know that,
13:48but the problem with me is that...
13:50You guys highway patrol?
13:51Yeah.
13:52OK, so last time it was highway patrol as well.
13:54OK, look, let me ask you a question.
13:55Yeah.
13:56You're driving behind me in the golf cart, right?
13:59Yeah.
13:59There's no identifying points on a zap.
14:01I can't identify you.
14:02I don't know where you come from.
14:03I don't know who you are.
14:04So the only way for me to work out
14:05that you are doing the right thing is to stop you.
14:07It is what it is.
14:09You did what you had to do.
14:10Yeah.
14:11And I'm happy with that.
14:12Yeah, thanks, mate.
14:13Everything's worked out the way you need to today
14:14and you're all good to go.
14:15Thanks, mate.
14:15All right, mate.
14:16Take care.
14:20Drive was quite right when he said
14:21that he doesn't need a licence,
14:23doesn't need to be registered
14:24because the golf carts are exempt.
14:25So in this case, he hasn't done anything wrong,
14:28but we still need to check.
14:31And there's no identifying marks on these cars.
14:33So the only way for us to do that
14:35is to pull him up and have a chat.
14:44Get ready.
14:53Get on the ground.
15:00Cuffs off.
15:03Bendigo.
15:04652.
15:05One in custody.
15:06No injuries to members.
15:07No damage.
15:09Kill the sirens.
15:11You're losing my cuffs.
15:13Well, everything's contained.
15:14Gloves on, body worn on, so it's the car.
15:16So the vehicle stopped as a result of the stop sticks.
15:19And this is intentional high-risk driving,
15:21putting our community at risk.
15:24But the driver isn't going quietly.
15:27His tyres are in tatters,
15:29but he's threatening more mayhem
15:31if he gets the chance.
15:33I'm checking your pockets.
15:35You can't check them.
15:36Yeah, stop six deployed.
15:38Absolutely effective.
15:40Got it.
15:41Good job.
15:43Deflated all four tyres,
15:44which forced him to pull over the side of the road here.
15:47He couldn't travel any further.
15:50Worked well.
15:51Take a deep breath.
15:53You're not going anywhere.
15:54You can swear all you want.
15:56I understand you're angry.
15:57No-one wants to hurt you or fight you.
16:03Let's see if we can pull up next to her here.
16:07There's P-plates up now.
16:09If the driver in the car ahead of officers Brian and Dupre
16:12is who they think,
16:13then she is in big trouble.
16:16So my off-sider here has just checked a registration
16:18in Peace Road here in Hoppers Crossing,
16:21and it looks like it's possibly coming up to a learner.
16:24So we're going to pull over and have a look and see who it is.
16:27There's red P-plates up at the moment.
16:28We're not totally sure who it is that's driving.
16:32Make the intercept and see how we go.
16:35Hello, how are you?
16:36Hi, thank you.
16:36It's good.
16:37My name's Aaron.
16:37I'm from the Westgate Highway Patrol.
16:39Have you got your licence with you, please?
16:40Yeah.
16:41What licence have you got?
16:43I have international learner.
16:46International?
16:46Yeah.
16:47Do you have a Victorian licence at all?
16:48Uh, learners?
16:49Yes, I apply.
16:50You can't be using that one, though?
16:52Oh.
16:52When you've got a learners,
16:53you can't use your international.
16:56All right.
16:57Have you got a licence?
17:00You don't have a licence?
17:01No.
17:02Okay, so which means that you're driving unaccompanied as a learner.
17:06So when you did your test,
17:08your learners,
17:09they would have told you
17:10that you can't use your international anymore?
17:12No one told me.
17:13They're just very...
17:14They would have told you that
17:15because that's the condition
17:16of getting your learners,
17:18is that any international driver licence that you hold
17:20is no longer valid.
17:22Just grab your key.
17:23Give me a few minutes,
17:23and I'll come back with you soon.
17:26We've intercepted this vehicle.
17:27It's got a P-plate up.
17:28I'm not quite sure why that's up,
17:29but she's given us an international licence,
17:32trying to tell us
17:33that she can drive in a Fiji licence here,
17:35but unfortunately,
17:36when you apply for a learner licence,
17:39that supersedes any international licence that you hold.
17:42So this licence that she holds here now
17:44is now invalid in Victoria.
17:47So being a learner,
17:49is there any reason why
17:50you don't have any L-plates up on the car?
17:52Oh, no, actually,
17:56we have it inside.
17:57So you need to display that
17:59every time that you drive?
18:01Yeah?
18:01But you also need that authorised driver there,
18:03which is a fully licensed driver, OK?
18:06Hi, it's Natasha on the Altona 681.
18:08How are you?
18:09We're finding more and more
18:11people who are driving on learners,
18:13if they receive tickets,
18:14they really don't care about those tickets.
18:16So what they do care about
18:17is having their car impounded.
18:18So I've called our senior
18:21and spoke to them
18:22in regards to the circumstances
18:24of this young lady driving today.
18:26And the impound has been authorised
18:28to take this person's vehicle
18:30to get them off the road.
18:32It is a serious consequence
18:33and we really hope
18:35that people will learn from it.
18:37It is an escalation from tickets.
18:39By taking the car,
18:40people are noticing more and more
18:41that it's more of an imposter on their life.
18:44So by taking their car,
18:46hopefully it'll teach them the right way.
19:02Just before 3pm,
19:05multiple police have stopped
19:07the dangerously speeding driver
19:08of a stolen vehicle
19:10only 500 metres from a school in Bendigo.
19:13What happens?
19:15Thanks to swift use of stop sticks,
19:19he's in custody.
19:20Successful hit.
19:21Take a deep breath.
19:23No, ****.
19:24You're not going anywhere.
19:25You can swear all you want.
19:26I understand you're angry.
19:28No one wants to hurt you or fight you.
19:30Yeah, well, just stop, bro.
19:31You don't have to drag it like this.
19:32I pulled over.
19:33But you're not doing what you're told
19:35and I'm not going to get spat on or kicked.
19:37I'm not going to spit on you or...
19:38So don't.
19:39I don't know you want enough.
19:41Can you loosen this cuff, bro?
19:43I'll work on that in a minute.
19:44Let me give you a pat down.
19:45Word.
19:46There's the car style.
19:47I don't know.
19:48It's my phone or not my mate.
19:49So we've got multiple calls
19:50from members of the public
19:51in regards to
19:52a dangerously driven vehicle.
19:54This vehicle's travelling
19:55at 190 kilometres an hour
19:56as estimated by
19:57off-duty police members
19:58and members of the public.
19:59It's travelling into the CBD at Bendigo
20:01which is currently a 40k zone
20:03at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
20:04on a school day.
20:07It's finally important
20:08that we stop the vehicle
20:08we've used stop sticks to do that.
20:10And as our community expects us to do
20:12we stop people like this
20:14from getting into the CBD.
20:15This driver has been arrested
20:16dangerous driving
20:18failing to stop
20:19he's high speed
20:20and he'll also be
20:21drug and alcohol tested.
20:23This vehicle is stolen.
20:25You don't have to say I do anything
20:26but anything you say I do
20:27may record and give any evidence.
20:28Can I understand?
20:29F***.
20:29Yep.
20:30Lockie!
20:32We're going to seize it
20:33forensically made
20:34so it gets tested
20:34so we don't touch it.
20:36Thanks man.
20:37So the vehicle gets
20:38forensically examined
20:38once it's examined
20:39goes back to its owner.
20:41We've established his ID
20:42he's been given a caution rights.
20:44Has he got any injuries?
20:45No.
20:45Asked him.
20:46Said no.
20:46Righto.
20:48So I can understand
20:49that motorists heading into Bendigo
20:50this afternoon
20:51during peak hour
20:52are going to be a bit disappointed
20:52with the traffic conditions.
20:54Stand to only one lane unfortunately.
20:56If these people only knew
20:57what was happening here
20:58not half an hour ago
20:59with a car doing
20:59almost 200 kilometres an hour.
21:01I appreciate their patience.
21:03You never know
21:03when you come up to these scenes
21:04what police have been dealing with
21:05and I'll say to them
21:07thank you for slowing down
21:08when you go past
21:08those police cars to 40 k's
21:10and appreciate that sometimes
21:12police have got to
21:13take some action
21:13and close those roads
21:14but it really is
21:15for everybody's safety.
21:24Next time
21:25on Highway Patrol
21:27Hot under the collar
21:29with hot takeaways
21:30You are not my God
21:32you're not my father
21:33How many lies
21:35can one man tell
21:36So you lied to me
21:37about your address
21:38how long you've been here
21:39about your Victorian
21:40driver licence status
21:41and Australia's finest
21:43is going bye bye
21:44I've got a situation here mate
21:46Can I borrow your trailer?
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