02 September 2011

Police scamming motorists

The police is involved in a scam together with the traffic authority to drum up business for the Road Traffic Authority (RTA) at the expense of the unsuspecting motorists.

When a motorist is stopped by police on the side of the road, the police officer then alleges that the vehicle’s exhaust is too loud, even though it may be standard or appears to be standard.

The officer having no mechanical qualifications or any instrument that measures the sound pressure level of the vehicle’s exhaust, then issues a defect notice to the driver of the vehicle.

You are guilty under assumption, and the onus is for you to prove that you are innocent. The myth is falsely propagated by the mass media that you “Innocent until proven guilty”.

The vehicle then must be taken to the RTA to have a test done at the owner’s expense.

No compensation is given for the time or materials used in clearing one’s name.

If you do not do this, you are automatically fined further.

In order to satisfy performance criteria, police personnel must be a (financial) asset to the government. Bonuses and advancement is based on the financial success of the police officer’s performance, rather than how many crimes have been stopped.

Police are urged not to take on ‘jobs’ that require time consuming paperwork. Seldom reported by the mass media, many crimes not only go unreported but not pursued by police, as the ‘paperwork’ factor is counted and not a financial viability to the government.

After obtaining this information from the officer, the police officer laughed at how they ‘roll’ the motorists.

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