Police take right approach to 16yearold driver

I DON’T understand the fuss.

A 16yearold female driver is pulled over by a police officer for allegedly travelling at 60kmh in a 50kmh zone (misdemeanour number one).

She is driving on a learner’s licence without a supervisor (misdemeanour number two).

She is not carrying her licence (misdemeanour number three).

She has no other form of ID with her (not an offence but really?).

The police officer, after failing to find her on ‘‘the system’’, asks to take photos in order to confirm her identity. What else was he supposed to do? Let her go without any evidence of her identity? Seems to me he was just doing his job.

Now, the young woman, who felt ‘‘violated’’ by the police officer in his late 60s has her photo, clearly showing the tattoo on her chest, on the front page of the Otago Daily Times.

And the police, yet again, are running around apologising for simply doing their job. For goodness sake, when will the nonsense end? Catherine Brown

Cromwell

IT seems to be descending into the domain of the ridiculous when I read (ODT, 13.4.18) that the police are investigating a complaint about one of their officers when he stopped a learner driver.

Surely this person has abrogated all of her rights because she was speeding, driving without being supervised and wasn’t even carrying her licence. No wonder the officer asked if she had a tattoo as he wanted to make sure of her identity, as it can be noticed how many cases have to be dropped because of a technicality.

In addition, as this person cannot even obey the simplest traffic rules, should she really be allowed to drive?

This officer should not be investigated but instead promoted. He may have helped save other road users from possible injury by his prompt actions. Ian Morgan

Oamaru ...................................

BIBLE READING: He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. — Titus 3:5.