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Motorway Patrol (2000) Season 23 Episode 5
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00:00This time on Motorway Patrol...
00:02Go!
00:03Disappearing drivers...
00:04As he was climbing out, I dropped the door.
00:06Oh, okay.
00:07It would have broken the person's hand.
00:09With everything to hide...
00:11This is a glass pipe, usually used for math.
00:15Incredible flips...
00:16A large truck has caused a drop as they were passing the caravan.
00:21Implausible stories...
00:22We believe that that car belongs to you.
00:25You're assuming lots of things are this, that and the other, but...
00:28Yeah.
00:29And impassioned officers.
00:32Yeah, we just don't want anything to happen to the little guy.
00:50The weather's lousy in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland,
00:53and Senior Constable Errol Diprose knows drivers slip into bad habits in the wet.
00:58Feels like we've got a five car crash, nose to tail, just up the road here, blocking the fast lane.
01:04Try and clear it as quick as we can.
01:06Rain, rush hour, and rushed drivers is a recipe for crashes like this.
01:11Who's this one?
01:12Do you?
01:13You're all good?
01:16Who's the black one?
01:17You're all good?
01:18Yeah.
01:19And the blue?
01:20I'm good.
01:21Which one are you?
01:23The ranger?
01:24Yes.
01:24No, the outlander.
01:25Oh, okay.
01:26And you're in the very front?
01:27Okay.
01:27So everyone's okay?
01:28Yep.
01:28No injuries?
01:29No.
01:29Gold.
01:30Okay.
01:30Try turning it on.
01:31If it does, we're going to move to the left, yeah?
01:35It's often the driver bringing up the rear who's at fault.
01:39So you're stopped?
01:40Yes.
01:40Will you stop behind him?
01:42I will stop.
01:42And you're in the right position as to where you are now?
01:45The black car was behind me.
01:47Yeah.
01:47Van in the back.
01:48Yeah.
01:49I stopped.
01:50He manages to get off to the side.
01:52This one?
01:52Yeah.
01:53And then the van just didn't stop.
01:55So yeah, I can see his time marks.
01:56He must have been travelling quite a bit too.
01:59And so he's just hit you and shunted.
02:01Yeah.
02:03At first glance, it does seem the van at the back caused the bumper-to-bumper bungle.
02:08However, until all vehicles are moved to the left shoulder and are out of harm's way,
02:13nothing can be 100% confirmed.
02:16I'm going to stop all traffic and we're just going to get everyone to go onto the left.
02:19Okay.
02:20And then what we'll do is I'll start a crash report.
02:22We'll try and get everybody in and then we'll try and exchange everybody's details.
02:26It's no easy feat conducting three live lanes of traffic, but Errol is a maestro.
02:31You stop.
02:32You stop.
02:35Stop.
02:36Go!
02:39The vehicle centipede crawls its way over to the shoulder with the van bringing up the
02:44rear.
02:47The driver of the Kia, allegedly rammed by the van, gives his version of events.
02:52So I was just...
02:53There were some cars in front of me that were stopping on the motorway because traffic had
02:57built up.
02:57And so I stopped behind them and then it must have been the car behind me.
03:02The van behind me just didn't stop in time and drove into the back of me and I drove
03:06to the person in front of me and the car's only five days old.
03:13Kias are a common vehicle, not to be confused with a rare feathered creature.
03:17This man-made Kia is now extinct.
03:20So you're responsible for everybody else, okay, because everyone else was stopped.
03:24After further investigation, it's found in this instance the van driver is at fault.
03:29I can see your skid marks back there.
03:33So you obviously were distracted by whatever reason to see that these cars had slowed up
03:37literally to a stop, okay.
03:39You should have anticipated traffic and you haven't.
03:42And that's why you've locked it up, okay.
03:45Because everybody else has managed to stop safely.
03:47I just need to look ahead, yeah.
03:50Rather than...
03:50And if you get distracted for a second, you've travelled quite a bit, yeah.
03:55And then you look at it and go, oh hell.
03:56And then you panic and lock it up and it just goes, shh.
03:59Alright.
04:01And maths and physics, yeah, don't lie.
04:03Alright.
04:03Like the skid marks.
04:04We can measure those.
04:05We can find out exactly what was going on.
04:07The reason this car-tastrophe happened in the first place is also now coming to light.
04:13We believe the reason that happened was there was a breakdown further up the road,
04:18which would have caused the traffic in that far right lane to sort of suddenly jam up.
04:23So this time of the day with peak hour traffic, you just have to have your wits about you
04:27and be focusing on what's in front rather than what's around you.
04:36Super early Saturday morning and traffic is flowing well on the southern motorway.
04:42Just on the Cavendish drive off-ramp, a Mazda runs straight into the side of a Holden,
04:47flipping 270 degrees and landing on its side.
04:53Motorists rush to free the driver from the rolled vehicle.
05:05No sooner is he out, he hightails it into an orange dodge and flees the scene.
05:17Constable Freddie Wijoyo is attending this disappearing act.
05:28The pileup is five cars deep and the abandoned vehicle is blocking two lanes.
05:36What's happening? Any injuries?
05:41Yeah, the person who was driving.
05:43He took off.
05:43Where?
05:45Jumped in, a car pulled up there, jumped in, and then he took off that way.
05:49Oh, okay. That way, on the right, what's the car?
05:53Thanks to the witnesses' sharp eyes and wits, the hunt for the vanishing driver can begin.
05:59Is this car involved, all of this?
06:02Huh?
06:02These two.
06:03These two?
06:04Yes.
06:06It turns out three cars were involved in the crash.
06:09The Mazda slammed into the Holden, shunting it into the Ford ute.
06:14The other motorists, while well-meaning, need to move on so the lanes can clear.
06:20No, I think the other two is fine. They can just drive off.
06:25Freddie checks the car for any indication of the driver's identity.
06:29There are no clues to his name here, but plenty of eyewitnesses.
06:33The guy was coming down the 20, full pelt, in between cars.
06:37We've just got some people up, so I've stopped because I've got the dash cam coverage,
06:40so I'm just going to get in to the police and let the police have a look at the dash
06:43cam
06:43and do what they need to do.
06:45I helped get the guy out of the car, and so the car was on the side,
06:50and he lifted the door up.
06:52As he was climbing out, I dropped the door.
06:54Oh, okay.
06:55So it would have broken the person's hand.
06:59Oh, right, okay.
07:01With a good description of the injured man, Freddie passes the details on to comms.
07:06Just come off the motorway, waiting at the lights.
07:09Guy come down the hill and hit the side of me and flipped, and was like,
07:13oh, what was that?
07:14He was definitely intoxicated. I helped him get out of the car.
07:17Is this why Houdini fled the scene?
07:29At the Cavendish Drive off-ramp, Constable Freddie Wijoyo is keen to get to the bottom
07:34of why a driver fled the scene.
07:37After colliding and causing a triple nose to tail, and finally landing his car on one side.
07:46He didn't look fully with it, and then he kind of just took off really quickly.
07:51He was in his car, and then in the next car, real quick.
07:54Freddie assesses the damage to the other cars.
07:57Luckily, no one was hurt.
07:59No one except the driver of the crashed Mazda.
08:03We pulled the door open and he got out.
08:05The door came down on his hand again.
08:07When he sat there, is it bleeding, or is it more like...
08:10Yeah, no, it was grazed.
08:12He got out, and then he just got a ride with another car that was coming down behind him.
08:16Just buggered off straight away.
08:19Keen to clear the right two lanes, officers move the mangled Mazda.
08:28Hopefully its owner with the mangled hand won't get far.
08:31We have other units try to do some enquiries, and then go to his address and see if we can
08:36speak to him.
08:37And the reasons why he left the scene without giving any details to the other people,
08:42or without even talking to us.
08:43The towee arrives to transport the abandoned vehicle,
08:46and the ute needs a minor adjustment before heading the road.
08:51I was trying to remove the guard to stop it rubbing on the tyre so I can drive it home.
08:55With the vehicle secured, Freddie finds one more dubious clue.
09:00This is a glass pipe, usually used for meth.
09:05And yeah, we found it in the car.
09:06We found it in the car.
09:13Sergeant Will Lorenz, like most Kiwis, loves a bit of camping.
09:17Yeah, it's usually so good, so chill.
09:19There are wonderful spots all over the country to pitch a tent or park a caravan.
09:24The fast lane of the southern motorway isn't one of them.
09:31It sounds like it could be kind of bad.
09:34I'm hoping for no injuries, so we'll see when we get there.
09:41On arrival, traffic is already blocked up in both directions.
09:47The caravan lies on its side, still attached to the vehicle.
09:51No one's injured, which is the main thing.
09:54Two occupants are safe over there.
09:56The holiday makers were on their way to Whangare.
09:59Now they're stuck waiting for a tow truck.
10:01At least they have plenty of company.
10:04We're going to try to flip the caravan and clear the lanes.
10:09You're probably going to have to close the motorway because once it drops down,
10:12it's probably going to drag that way.
10:16Much to the dismay of waiting motorists.
10:20The motorway is closed and towies attempt to right it.
10:29Now the job of finding out exactly what happened can begin.
10:33The driver towing the caravan believes it's the work of a caravandal,
10:38a truck that's overtaken him.
10:40He reckons that the truck overtook him and then caused him to lose control.
10:45Well, if it did, it was way back there.
10:47Yeah, and he doesn't look like he's weaving at all.
10:50So what we believe has happened and what a witness has explained
10:54is a large truck has caused a draft as they were passing the caravan,
11:01which has caused the caravan to fishtail and ultimately roll.
11:06The hopes and dreams of a classic holiday are loaded onto a tow truck,
11:10this time with no chance of it flipping on its side and causing motorway chaos.
11:17For Sergeant Will Lowrens, the message is clear.
11:20Make sure that you are aware of the hazards when you're towing,
11:25the specific hazards for your vehicle, i.e. caravan.
11:30That's kind of a wreck to that poor man's evening and day now
11:36and it's going to cost him a bit to get back to where he was.
11:42On the southern motorway just before the East Tamaki turn-off,
11:46Constable James Richardson is attending to a Mazda left on the breakdown chip.
11:52James spots a man resting on the barrier just behind the car.
11:56Is he connected to the abandoned vehicle?
11:59Sir!
12:02Sir!
12:04The barrier arrester is now walking away next to a live lane.
12:08Sir!
12:09What's going on?
12:11What's going on?
12:13What's going on?
12:14Nothing.
12:15Why are you walking on the motorway?
12:16Oh, I got lost over the park.
12:19Yeah, but you can't be walking, is this your vehicle?
12:21No.
12:22OK, well, do you mind walking back to my vehicle?
12:24You can't be walking on the motorway, it's just dangerous.
12:26You have vehicles and...
12:27Oh, sorry.
12:28Yeah, do you mind walking back to me?
12:29No, I'm in the trouble.
12:30The wanderer claims he got lost in a nearby park and is not connected to the car.
12:35As it's an offence to walk on the motorway, James needs to get his details.
12:39Do you have a driving licence?
12:41Not on me, no.
12:42I just couldn't open the park.
12:43Yeah, but I'm saying, do you have a driving licence?
12:45Like, on...
12:45No, not on me, no.
12:46I don't have a driver's license number.
12:47No, sorry.
12:48Is your middle name...
12:50Pardon?
12:50Is your middle name...
12:52Yes.
12:53Well, that's not the correct date of birth you've given me.
12:57Sorry, that's my name, so...
13:00You realise it's offence to tell a police officer false details, OK?
13:04Something's just not adding up.
13:06We have to get you off the motorway, OK?
13:08I just walked back to where I came from.
13:10Nah, we're not going to let you do that, OK?
13:11Why are you walking down the...
13:13I was just walking through the park.
13:14With the indignant man sticking to his incredible story, James calls for backup.
13:20Sergeant Rowan McCarthy and Constable Saffron Doty arrive to assist.
13:24He said he's just walked from the park onto the motorway, and he just doesn't want...
13:30doesn't want to be driven home.
13:32He just wants to be walking back through the park.
13:34OK.
13:36Do you live in ****?
13:38Yep.
13:39What are you doing here?
13:40Going for a walk.
13:42Ah.
13:43From home to East Tamaki is a four-hour walk, supposedly in Jandals.
13:48James gets the details of the registered owner of the car.
13:52We believe that that car belongs to you.
13:54You're assuming there are lots of things that are this, that and the other, but...
13:58Yeah.
14:07On the Southern Motorway, officers are trying to work out why this man has abandoned a vehicle
14:11and is now denying driving it.
14:13We believe that that car belongs to you.
14:16You're assuming there are lots of things that are this, that and the other, but...
14:21Yeah.
14:22Rowan is lost for words.
14:24Atok confirmed this man got out of the vehicle from the driver's side.
14:28I'll tell you what.
14:29That car there is parked way too close to the fog line.
14:32That car's going to get toped.
14:33OK.
14:34You understand that?
14:36We've been trying to ring the owner of that car.
14:38Right.
14:39And it's coming back to your cell phone.
14:41Right.
14:45Either...
14:45Are you sobering up the drive?
14:47Have you been drinking any drugs?
14:48No, I haven't taken any drugs.
14:49We're all drinking.
14:50OK.
14:51Incredibly, the self-proclaimed lost pedestrian seems to have a change of heart.
14:55How long can I spend?
14:58OK.
14:58I will organise a tow truck.
15:01You'll organise a tow truck.
15:03He is indeed the owner, but he's still claiming he didn't drive it here.
15:07I now want to require you to just undergo...
15:10Ah, blow it there.
15:13Well, we're going to start with a passive breath test, OK?
15:15So all you have to do is just count one to ten from here, OK?
15:19Yeah.
15:21On...
15:22You know what I'm going to do?
15:23OK, now we're going to go to a breath screening test.
15:24So I'll blow into the machine and try to do this, OK?
15:27All right.
15:29I want to...
15:30OK, so I now require you, because you're refusing this, I now require you to accompany me to my
15:35patrol vehicle or other side's place for the purpose of an evidential breath test, blood test,
15:40OK?
15:40OK?
15:40Well, we need to lock the tarp.
15:42That's my keys.
15:47Surprisingly, he has the keys to the car that he claims he didn't drive.
15:53The driver's now on a trip to Monaco station for an evidential breath test.
16:00Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going,
16:04yep.
16:09320 micrograms.
16:10Clearly over the legal limit.
16:11His game is up.
16:14If you are going to drink, stay home, don't drive, not worth it, risking your life along
16:18with other road users.
16:23To help keep the motorway safe, patrol units often rely on fellow motorists reporting dangerous
16:28behaviour to police.
16:30Constable Adrian Bentley is responding to one such call-out.
16:33ATOC is following the Mazda.
16:36Not sure if they know each other, but yeah, one mile definitely throw up on children.
16:41There are now reports of occupants fighting next to a live lane.
16:45Probably not too far away.
16:47The traffic just before the harbour bridge is chocker.
16:514-1's only about 40 seconds out.
16:54Adrian spots the vehicle, parked up, with the driver matching the description.
16:58Two of the reported occupants are distancing themselves from the car.
17:04Hey, bro, stay there for me.
17:06Now, have you just thrown a punch at somebody?
17:07Yeah.
17:09As the driver beats a hasty retreat, Adrian radios in for other units to follow.
17:15Combs for one, I've got some 40 issues.
17:16That other Mazda that was stopped, sounds like that is our target vehicle from before.
17:20It's left and I'm yet to speak to that driver.
17:22Can we get another unit to pick that up, please?
17:24Roger.
17:25So what prompted this motorway brawl?
17:27Bro, he was driving dangerously.
17:29He had my son in the car.
17:30He had some issues up there, eh?
17:31Yep, we're after that car, Fred's driving.
17:33Yeah.
17:33Have you been drinking today?
17:35I had a little bit on my way here.
17:36What was the argument about it?
17:38So you get an exception with his driving?
17:39I've run him multiple times just to drive straight.
17:43Yep.
17:44Has he been drinking?
17:46I can't tell you, man.
17:47I've only literally...
17:48He turned up at my house about an hour ago.
17:52Adrian suspects alcohol is at the heart of this altercation.
17:55He just wasn't driving, like, safely.
17:57There was a couple of times where I had to grab the wheel
18:00just to, like, stop it from going in the other lane.
18:04Yep.
18:04And then it got to the point where I'd had enough.
18:07And I said, you know, pull over.
18:10Unable to hear both sides of the story,
18:12for now, Adrian's content to get the pedestrians off the motorway.
18:16I've just confirmed what your details are.
18:18I'm happy to drop you off.
18:19If any more needs to come of this, I'll have to contact you, okay?
18:22But at this stage, I'm happy to take you where you need to be,
18:24get you off the motorway.
18:25Appreciate it.
18:30Interesting situation there.
18:31Obviously, the one male we've picked up has been involved.
18:34Sounds like he's been drinking with the driver of the other car.
18:36Thanks, guys. Sorry for the inconvenience.
18:38All good.
18:39Still got units out looking for that other vehicle,
18:41but we've taken this male at least off the motorway
18:43and somewhere safe for the night.
18:45We'll follow up with the video footage
18:46and whatever else we can come up with.
18:52It's not only motorists' officers rescue on the side of the motorway.
18:56Constable Liam Jackson is being called out to a Toyota Witz.
18:59We're just coming back onto the northern motorway now.
19:03And we will be behind the car shortly.
19:07Witz is the German version of the word witz, meaning joke.
19:13There's a cat in here.
19:14But leaving a pet unattended in a vehicle is no laughing matter.
19:18If your car breaks down, it's always best to call 105 for help.
19:22This cat's sitting just in here.
19:23Can't leave the car unattended and a cat unattended on the motorway, eh?
19:27It's too dangerous, you know.
19:28We're concerned for the cat and the car.
19:31Who would leave a poor, defenceless cat in a car by itself?
19:34Good question. Don't know.
19:36Perhaps the reason lies with the cat itself.
19:40Hey, man. You all right?
19:42Pets do believe themselves to be the overlords of their masters.
19:46Could it be this feline manipulated its owner to stop and pick it up an urgent treat?
19:51It's not safe for an animal given that it could escape and then jump onto the road, causing a crash
19:56on the motorway.
19:57And, yeah, we just don't want anything to happen to the little guy.
20:01Calls to the caged kitty's underling have gone unanswered.
20:05But it seems this puss-puss has already begun weaving its spell over Liam as well.
20:10Just checking on the cat to make sure he's all right.
20:14There he is.
20:14All good?
20:16Hey, man. You all right?
20:18How long you been in here?
20:19He's quite scared. He's relaxing a bit, though.
20:23Aw.
20:25Animal welfare has been notified.
20:27It's pretty hot in the car.
20:29Like, it's summertime now, so temperatures are going to be soaring.
20:31Luckily the windows are down, but, yeah, still not ideal.
20:34Especially if he can't access food and all that as well.
20:38Despite the budding cat mants, Liam does have the rest of the motorway to patrol.
20:43What we're going to do is we're going to ask JTOC to just monitor the car for us until Animal
20:49Control get here.
20:50We'll just leave the car.
20:51The cat's nice and secure. He'll be all right.
20:53Hopefully Animal Control here soon, and when they come back, we might drift back and give them a hand.
20:58I'll just say goodbye to the little guy.
20:59We're going to go.
21:02Okay? Animal Control will be here soon to take you.
21:05He'll be all right.
21:07He's a good boy.
21:08I'm sorry, can you?
21:10Just as Liam prepares himself to leave his furry buddy in his rear-vision mirror,
21:14in his side mirror he spies the cat's owner returning.
21:18Yeah, what's the story?
21:20What happened to the car?
21:21Don't have any oil.
21:22Don't have any oil, okay.
21:24Were you just concerned because the cat was left in the car, okay?
21:27That's the only reason.
21:28Hey, I know, I know.
21:29Is your phone dead as well?
21:31I'll try calling your number a few times, I couldn't get hold of you.
21:33Okay.
21:34Well, now that you're here, we'll leave you to it, take the car.
21:37The cat's okay, you're okay.
21:39Puss and owner reunited.
21:41Liam can hit the highway with precious memories that will last a lifetime.
21:46The driver who caused a four-car nose-to-tail received a $150 fine for failing to stop and 35
21:52demerits.
21:54The runaway driver was referred to Tipairanga for alternative resolution.
21:58He was given six weeks to complete a defensive driving course, obtain his restricted license and make an apology.
22:06The intoxicated driver who abandoned his vehicle was fined $250 as a pedestrian on the motorway,
22:12$200 for excess breath alcohol and 50 demerit points.
22:28The
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