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Highway Patrol - Season 14 - Episode 04: No Serenity
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00:02Tonight on Highway Patrol, caught speeding, call your lawyer.
00:08The registration of the vehicle also expired.
00:10The registration when?
00:1215.
00:1315.
00:14Heading to Canberra, ending up on the barrier.
00:18It all happened so quickly.
00:21And it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe.
00:25We're heading to Bonny Doan.
00:26There will be plenty of surroundings up there, but, you know, not much here right now.
00:54Black Range, I've been coming up on you now.
00:57All right, no, I'll just have a look.
01:01There he goes.
01:03Oh, sweet.
01:04This speeding vehicle needs to be stopped before it causes a crash.
01:09I'm now doing 150.
01:11But it's already pulling away from officers Powell and Shakespeare.
01:16156.
01:17I'm at 155 now.
01:19You're catching him.
01:19It's very happily still doing 142.
01:23He's dipped in.
01:24That's going to be a stolen car.
01:25Yeah, probably, but let's get a bread joke.
01:27Might take Burke.
01:32What is it?
01:33No, it's just expired.
01:35I reckon she was pulling away at 155.
01:40I reckon you were catching up a little bit.
01:42Safe enough to stop.
01:46We took Burke Road exit.
01:48We're just on the off-ramp.
01:51I'm going to call it easy 150.
01:53Yeah, 100%.
01:53We'll review the in-car later.
01:5515th of the 4th, expired.
01:56Yeah, give me one second.
01:57I'm just going to quickly get OBS on the driver.
02:00Sorry, guys, one second.
02:01Just mind, uh, just have the keys and shut the car off for me.
02:07Sorry?
02:08No, there's a car on the freeway that's, like, up on the centre.
02:13Oh, good.
02:14Uh, OK.
02:16Officer Chris Lowe has been told a vehicle is stranded on the motorway below.
02:21At the worst possible time, in the worst possible place.
02:26We've just driven past a Land Cruiser parked on the centre of the freeway.
02:31So, the centre of the Prince's freeway.
02:32It's busy.
02:33It's 8.39 in the morning.
02:35We've got a lot of traffic.
02:37So, it's a pretty unsafe place to be stopped.
02:39He was conscious when we drove past.
02:41He was moving around inside his car.
02:42So, I'm not too worried medically.
02:44But, not a safe place.
02:45So, let's see if we can sort him out.
02:48Oh, no, there it is.
02:49I see it.
02:50And he is right on top of that wire rope.
02:53Look at that.
02:55Don't be careful of the tension in that wire too.
02:57Yeah, no worries.
03:00Hey, mate.
03:01What's happened?
03:02Big white truck.
03:04Pushed you off the road.
03:16That kid is really far forward.
03:18Paul pulling up against the passenger.
03:20I don't reckon he's got a belt on.
03:22Nah.
03:23Look at this little Suzuki just in front of us here.
03:25I can observe two young boys in the back seat.
03:27Probably about four or five maybe tops.
03:31One on the left there.
03:32He's pulling really far forward,
03:34which indicates to me that he's not actually wearing his seat belt.
03:36So, we'll just intercept this car and see if the young fellow is wearing his belt as he should be.
03:43In low light with wet conditions,
03:46officers Tim Schnapp and Mick McGill need to remedy this problem as soon as possible.
03:52Hello, sir.
03:52How are you?
03:53Hello, hi.
03:54So, my name's Tim Schnapp.
03:55I'm an acting sergeant at the State Highway Patrol.
03:56Have you got your driver's licence with you?
03:58Yeah.
03:58Cool.
03:59Hey, kids.
04:00How are you going?
04:01Good.
04:02You need to put your seat belt on, young fella.
04:05You're done very well.
04:06Yours is good.
04:07The reason I want to stop you today,
04:09I was pulling up next to you on Stud Road back there,
04:12and I observed the young fella in the back passenger seat there,
04:16pulling himself right up forward,
04:18holding onto the back of the passenger seat there.
04:21I know.
04:21Yeah.
04:22That would indicate to me that he's not wearing a seat belt.
04:24Second son, if I tie him on, he will be very upset,
04:29and five minutes, ten minutes after,
04:33he will take off the seat belt again.
04:35So what can I do?
04:36Yeah.
04:36Because I have no choice.
04:37I was driving.
04:39Yeah, you're a responsible parent.
04:40You need to make sure your children are restrained.
04:43Your kid was hugging the back of the passenger seat.
04:46I know.
04:46That's about that far for his face to travel
04:48before it gets smashed against the back.
04:50You can see it doesn't matter, but everyone...
04:51It doesn't matter.
04:52No one will do that.
04:53It matters very much.
04:58Obviously the reason I'm poor driving today
05:00is in relation to your speeding.
05:01In excess of 150 k's an hour.
05:04An outrageously speeding driver
05:06has an excuse for everything.
05:09What's your reason for exceeding the speed limit like that?
05:12I had cruise control on.
05:13You had cruise control on?
05:15Yeah.
05:19I was doing an excess of 150.
05:22The car behind us came up and said you were catching us.
05:26So you were doing an excess of my speed.
05:28You then flew past us while we were doing about 100.
05:31You wove through a bunch of traffic.
05:33Do you think if you had cruise control on that maybe you wouldn't have been flying through
05:38all the other cars?
05:39When I was going around the cars, I took it off first.
05:42Oh, okay.
05:43So what's your reason for exceeding the speed limit while the cruise control was off?
05:46100% I did not go 150.
05:47Okay.
05:48So when I was behind you, I was maintaining an even distance, 150.
05:53So what speed do you think you got up to?
05:55I would say max 120.
05:59Max 120.
06:00Okay.
06:01Alright.
06:03But a witness confirms exactly what officers Powell and Shakespeare saw.
06:09She roared up behind me.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Clashed the lights.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Went past me, backed off, up.
06:15Yeah.
06:16She was driving all over the spot.
06:18Yeah.
06:18Same.
06:19No worries.
06:20What's the status of your license?
06:22What license have you got?
06:24I've got a P1.
06:36What's happened?
06:38I was traveling near the side lane.
06:41And a big white truck.
06:44Yep.
06:45Just...
06:46And I went...
06:47Pushed you off the road.
06:49And I wound up coming through the fence.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Did you happen to get the rego of the truck that emerged over?
06:56I was too busy just looking out.
06:58Bugger.
06:59That's okay.
07:00Let's have a look, eh?
07:02Yep.
07:03A little bit of fluid there.
07:04Bad news.
07:06It's deeper than it looks.
07:07This could have been disastrous.
07:09All right.
07:10Just going on a tow truck.
07:13Your wheels are pointing the same direction, so that's a plus.
07:16I can organize a tow truck.
07:18Come and get you off these wire ropes.
07:20Sit tight for a minute and see what we can do.
07:22How the car became stranded on the wire barrier is one thing.
07:26How to get it off is a different matter.
07:29Meanwhile, rush-out traffic is backing up.
07:34He's stuck until we can get a tow truck down.
07:36He's on top of the wire ropes.
07:37There's a lot of tension in that rope.
07:39We need to get the tension removed first, then the vehicle off.
07:42The vehicle's in pretty good nick.
07:43Pretty sure it'll still drive fine.
07:45But we won't know until we take it off.
07:47All right.
07:49We're going to shut the road down.
07:55I'll do a quick breath test, mate.
07:56Have you had any alcohol?
07:57Officer Tim Schnepf is explaining to a father that there are no excuses for not having his little boy restrained
08:04in his car seat.
08:06You were travelling through the traffic.
08:08Even when I had the blue and red lights on and I was trying to get you to pull over,
08:12you still weren't pulling over.
08:14Okay.
08:15Put it this way.
08:15What would you prefer?
08:16To pull over and stop on the side of the road to fix the seatbelt of your child or for
08:22something to happen in relation to a collision or an emergency manoeuvre on your part and your kid to fly?
08:28It doesn't matter.
08:29See how he is now?
08:31Hi.
08:32Hi.
08:33Yeah.
08:34He's obviously got out of that.
08:36I know.
08:36By himself.
08:37Yeah.
08:38I know.
08:39He's always like this.
08:40You can see I was serious talking with him.
08:43Yeah.
08:44If you notice that he's not strapped in, you need to pull over and fix it.
08:47I understand it's dangerous, but what can I do?
08:50To the shopping centre and to my home, it's the same distance.
08:54It doesn't matter what distance.
08:55A lot can happen in that short distance.
08:58I don't know.
08:59I can't do it anymore.
09:00Unfortunately, because he's not restrained, he's going to come with a ticket today.
09:04Yeah?
09:05There's going to be an infringement notice.
09:06Alright?
09:06I'll get that one written up.
09:08You have a chat to your son.
09:10Put him in the seat and get him sorted.
09:12Okay?
09:12We'll stop doing that paperwork.
09:13Alright?
09:14I'll be back in just a minute.
09:22You need to get to the hospital.
09:25I'm a bit struggling.
09:27You're a bit struggling.
09:28This speeding pee plater has been caught by officers Powell and Shakespeare.
09:33She's trying every excuse in the book and then writing some new chapters.
09:38Where have you come from?
09:39We're coming back to my cousin.
09:41Okay.
09:41From the city.
09:42And you need to get to the hospital.
09:44Why didn't you go to a hospital in the city if you felt like you need to go to a
09:47hospital?
09:47Because the hospital in the city is taking so long.
09:50Okay.
09:51There's three, four hospitals within the city range you could go to that you'd be able
09:55to get to a lot faster.
09:57Because that manner of driving, it's not safe at all.
10:00Are you able to show me any, any briefings?
10:03The whole thing is recorded on the in-car video.
10:06Can I see that please?
10:07She sure can.
10:09Yeah.
10:09This is her then.
10:11Got it.
10:12And this is her now.
10:14At this point, we're sitting there doing about 85, 90, third lane.
10:17And you'll see yourself come up on the right in a second.
10:19And that's you that's gone past.
10:23And then again, you've taken off into a gap with the car coming up.
10:27So this is all data tracked.
10:29Our speed is either the same as yours or less than.
10:33Thoughts on that?
10:36Devastating.
10:37Devastating.
10:38All right.
10:39And the registration of the vehicle is also expired.
10:42Registration when?
10:44Fifteen.
10:44Fifteen.
10:46Melbourne 611.
10:47Can I order an impound total hour last?
11:00Stop sign?
11:01Yeah.
11:02Yeah.
11:03It's a pretty dangerous intersection there.
11:05I've just got a guy there in a ute.
11:07Basically blew a stop sign.
11:10Just going to go and see why he thinks it's okay to do such things.
11:13I don't think so.
11:15Officers Pinky and Stock have spotted a motorist in a major hurry.
11:21Stop signs, John.
11:22I just don't understand it.
11:24No, it's a male driver.
11:26I'll just go and say hello.
11:27Beach road's known for lots of collisions.
11:29And I want to make sure that he knows what he's done.
11:31Wherever this driver was going, it must be good.
11:35But now he's going to be late.
11:37Hello there.
11:39The Mancini, Constable Pinkney from the Moravan Highway Patrol.
11:42The reason we've stopped you is that basically as you came out of that road there, you went
11:47straight through the stop line.
11:48It didn't stop.
11:49You just cruised all the way through it.
11:50So what's your reason for going for a stop sign?
11:55As I've come out, I've looked.
11:58There's no one around the corner.
12:02So I've gone.
12:03I believe I've done nothing wrong.
12:05I've looked both ways.
12:07There was no one coming.
12:08So I'm going.
12:10You know?
12:11I just think it's a joke.
12:12You have to pull me over for something like that.
12:15No, as I was saying, going for a stop sign is in the fence.
12:18You didn't come to a complete stop.
12:19I hope you basically rolled through that.
12:21Imagine if someone had come round at the speed limit over here.
12:24I've got two eyes, mate.
12:24I can see.
12:25That's fine.
12:27I'm doing my job, mate.
12:28That's what I'm here for.
12:30Well, that appears negative.
12:31I'll be back in a moment.
12:31New ticket.
12:34Mate, I'm annoyed for sure.
12:35But, you know, I've got things to do.
12:37I've got to go home, grab me son, grab me bloody motorbikes, hook them all up, and
12:41we're heading to Bonny Doon.
12:43And now I've got a half an hour delay because these blokes take too frigging long.
12:47There's a red sign that says stop.
12:49This is a busy road.
12:51Motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians.
12:54Not much serenity then.
12:56Well, mate, there will be plenty of serenity up there, but, you know, not much here right
13:00now.
13:01There's your driving licence back, and there's your infringement notice there.
13:04Alright, if you need any questions, alright, cheerio.
13:06See ya.
13:09Well, the logic doesn't really work.
13:11The thing is, I'm here to protect the people on the roads and the people on the pavements.
13:14You know, if he's going to Bonny Doon, mate, he's going to get some jousting sticks.
13:18All I can say is he's dreaming.
13:19If he thinks that going through a stop sign, stop line, is okay, then maybe he should be
13:24the one who's dreaming on that.
13:32I got pushed sideways.
13:33It's a big truck.
13:37Our driver's in pretty good spirits.
13:39He looks a little bit shaken up by the whole thing.
13:41He's not alcohol affected.
13:43He's licensed.
13:43Everything's fine in that regard.
13:45He's just a little bit shaken because he's been pushed off the road by a very large truck,
13:49which scared the best of us.
13:51Unfortunately, he had a dash cam fitted.
13:53It wasn't working.
13:55If the dash cam was working, we'd have access to exactly what occurred.
14:01We'd likely have access to the registration of the truck, which would allow us to make
14:05follow-up inquiries with the truck driver.
14:07I was halfway along its length, and it pulled straight over, and it forced me into here
14:14and pushed me to the fence.
14:17I think he didn't see me.
14:20I don't know.
14:21It all happened so quickly.
14:25And quickly, this is Towie's middle name.
14:29Shouldn't take too long.
14:30How you going?
14:31Reckon you'll be able to get it off?
14:36These are reasonably flexible, so they shouldn't be too bad.
14:40All the suspension components on those lane cruisers are pretty tough.
14:43I reckon you'll be right.
14:47Wait, wait, wait.
14:50You're coming up on the post.
14:52Can you back up at four feet?
14:59That's you just gone past.
15:02Officer Corey Powell has just shown a peep later, a recording of her high speed and reckless driving,
15:09just minutes earlier.
15:11This is you over here again.
15:12Yep.
15:13So at this point we're sitting behind you so we can get your registration because we thought
15:16this was a stolen car because of the way you were driving.
15:20Thoughts on that?
15:23Devastating.
15:24Devastating.
15:27Mum won't kill her, but the car could.
15:31Officer Tom Shakespeare has spotted a major defect.
15:34Looks like these rear tyres are a little bald.
15:38Look at the malformation of the tyres.
15:40Down to the wiring.
15:41The wall misshapen and peeling off.
15:44Have you done that defect paperwork completely?
15:47Yeah, I was going to...
15:47They've also just chopped the exhaust pipes off.
15:49The rear muffler's just not there.
15:52Oh, let's have a look.
15:53Give me a sec.
15:55So basically, Corey's checked the windows and the tint does not comply with the standards of registration.
16:01It needs to be below 35% light trans minutes and it was 15%, so just far too dark.
16:09It's going to be getting ticked for a roadworthy required once it gets out of the impound.
16:13You've also got the rear left tyres down to the wire, which is a major defect which I'll be grounding
16:17the vehicle for.
16:18So it's going to be requiring a roadworthy check as a result of the notice that I'll submit to VicRoads.
16:23Alright, once it comes out of the impound, that'll be required.
16:25Yep.
16:26Well, the tow truck driver's here, so if you grab everything you need to out of the vehicle,
16:29any stuff you've got in the car, just make sure you get it all together so we can take that
16:33away.
16:33Actually, the car will go in the truck. It'll be in impound for 28 days.
16:37What if I get my mum to pick up this car? Please. Please.
16:40No.
16:41She'll come right now.
16:42Is it? No, it's not about who picks it up.
16:44Please.
16:45But the car is being impounded.
16:53When you get in a car, the first thing you do is you put your seatbelt on.
16:57Officers McGill and Schnepf are trying to get this father to understand that he must have his boys restrained while
17:04driving, especially in wet conditions.
17:08The driver, his excuse is that he's just driving from the shops to home and it's a short distance.
17:15And I'm just trying to explain to him that even if it is a short distance, anything can happen.
17:19Whether he has a collision, whether someone cuts in front of his car and he has to hit the brakes,
17:23the first thing that's going to happen is his child is going to smash his face against the back of
17:29that front passenger seat.
17:32And even at low speed with such a young child, that could result in some serious, serious injuries.
17:37Okay, sir. So that's your driver's license back today.
17:41Okay, so in relation to having an unrestrained child on the car,
17:44Okay, it comes to a $385 fine and carries three demerit points from your driver's license.
17:48Courtesy as well, your registration's due in a couple of weeks.
17:51Make sure that's paid as well.
17:52Alright. How'd you go with securing your child?
17:57I don't know.
17:58You put your seatbelt on?
18:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:00Has he got his seatbelt on now?
18:02No.
18:02Still refused.
18:03No.
18:04Well, you can park here and walk it, that's fine, but you cannot drive that car anywhere.
18:07Okay, yeah.
18:07Until that child has been restrained.
18:08I just can't park here.
18:09Because I have no choice.
18:11Well, you do.
18:12As a responsible parent and a responsible driver's license holder, it's your responsibility.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Alright?
18:17I'll leave you with that.
18:18The car's not to be driven until the kids are restrained.
18:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:21Okay?
18:22Alright, cool.
18:24So, statistically, just having the seatbelt on will double your chance of survival in a serious crash.
18:29Why would you want your kid to have your kid put at any risk at all of being injured or
18:34killed in a serious crash?
18:35It's just beyond me.
18:38Bye-bye.
18:39Bye-bye.
18:40Bye-bye.
18:41Bye.
18:44That shouldn't be too bad.
18:46This driver's been shunted off the road by a truck that possibly didn't see him.
18:51Wait, wait, wait.
18:54Unfortunately, his undercarriage is impaled on a steel post.
18:58Can you back up at four feet?
19:00Go!
19:04Looking good so far.
19:06It's going to be a good day for Geoff.
19:11Looking good, Geoff.
19:14There's a little bit of fluid there.
19:17Looks like a hydraulic hose of some sort.
19:20I don't think it's the brake line.
19:22But I can get a look under the bonnet and work out exactly what it is.
19:25If it's an unrelated system to the braking system, it'll be fine.
19:28But better to check anyway.
19:30The fluid coming out of it's not the fluid you want coming out of your car.
19:33If it's okay to drive, then it'd be fine for him to drive.
19:36But it's from the ACT.
19:38It's okay.
19:40One of those things.
19:43Getting a mechanic out here to fix it roadside, while it's a simple fix, it's just not safe.
19:48So, hopefully it's not a serious thing, it's just a plug that's come off.
19:52But it does connect to the brake fluid.
19:54So, worst case, the brake fluid comes out and then his actual brakes don't work.
19:59Going back to the yard will sort it from there.
20:04That could have been much, much worse.
20:09First of all, I've always been pulled over in this car and then has been...
20:14A speeding P-plater with an ironic hoodie is having her mum's car impounded.
20:20Fast car, slow learner.
20:22There's copies of these for the registered owner as well of the vehicle.
20:25I think it's your mum that's registered to.
20:27Would you rather I post those to them?
20:28Can you send it to me?
20:30If you're happy to give it to her.
20:31So, there's two copies of the same thing.
20:32That's the defect notice.
20:34So, this is the impound paperwork.
20:35Yep.
20:35And it'll be a cost of 9.32 and 40 to get it out.
20:38Okay?
20:39Have a good one.
20:39Thanks, mate.
20:40You too.
20:42Don't ever speed it ever again.
20:4621 year old female driver there doing in excess of 150 on the 100 zone.
20:51Weaving through pretty heavy traffic.
20:53She's got no P-plates up.
20:54She's a P1 driver driving around in a car like this.
20:57She's got a modified exhaust back tyre down to the wires.
21:00And she's driving it like a racetrack on the Eastern Freeway.
21:04It's just...
21:05Yeah.
21:06Absolute dangerous, ridiculous, reckless.
21:19Next time on Highway Patrol.
21:24A red light runner refuses the request.
21:27I would recommend you do not drive a motor vehicle, sir.
21:29You're refusing to bring water.
21:32The streets of Box Hill are paved with gold.
21:35There's a truck dropping money, apparently.
21:37I've got no idea.
21:39That...
21:39That was a burn out.
21:40And there goes the pride and joy.
21:43He's been driving inappropriately like a kid.
21:46Idiot.
21:46Father's.
21:46So good.
21:46No, no.
21:47Here's your own.
21:47No, no.
21:47Just a feel.
21:47You got no idea.
21:47No, no, no.
21:47You got no idea.
21:48No, no, no.
21:48No, no.
21:48No, no, no.
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