American reacts to The remote life of an outback Aussie cop
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It’s called RBT, random breathalyser test. It’s normal all over the country to be stopped for an RBT. It’s very simple to just blow in the tube and if you’re under the limit then off you go. We all work together to keep our roads safe. Aussies are smart enough to realise that this will help keep roads safer for everyone. We also think we should take responsibility for our selves and our actions. Only the criminals want to push the limits and try to get out of doing this.
Your post has "our, we, everyone" wording that indicates that as Aussies we think of others as opposed to Americans who have a very "I, my" mindset hence the "My rights ..." you'll hear them repeat without them ever knowing that it's way better to consider everyone.
@@shez5964 That's well put. I was thinking along the same lines. The American cult of the individual has a very definite downside, illustrated very clearly in the out-of-control gun culture and its cost in death and injury.
Only in America is there this sense of “my rights as an individual override the rights of the community as a whole”. Australians just don’t work that way. We are more than happy to submit to random breath tests in order to keep society as a whole safe.
RBT is better than doing the dance of dipshitery.
It helps here that the police force is state based and controlled centrally not the little kindoms the American towns and city's seem the have with multiple overlapping jurisdictions. This makes them accountable and controlled, investigated or disciplined by officers they are not in day-to-day contact. This removes the way your cops cover for each other when they mess up. We don't mind the RBT breath tests they are quick and easy. Our cops generally are great guys. To be a cop now they you have to be educated and are reqire to complete a special educational degree as well as months of full time training at the academy before graduation and becoming a probationary officer. This keeps the psychopaths and morons out for the most part. The difference in attitude between the typical American cop is obvious. You should check out the highway patrol shows here and compare how they treat the people and the interactions..... most times they end with people laughing at them selves and saying well I was asking for it. In the states your lucky not to be tazzed beaten and bloody.
Most will gladly do an RBT . As we're aware that it is for the common good . Someones right to safe passage outweighs someone's right to be a dickhead . Stopping people at random might seem to some to be a denial of rights but Australia sits regularly around 10 places above the USA on the Freedom and Rights Index .
The RBT thing....a licence to drive is not a right, its a privilege granted to those who pass a test and agree to follow and abide by rules. If a government introduces random breath tests as a condition of driving on the road, then follow the damn rules. I will never understand the American attitude of protesting everything when its for their own safety and its already a condition of driving anyway.
Agree 100%!
Yep
AGREE with MOST of it..
the LAST PART scomes across as ignorant though.
We cant just ALWAYS go along with what they say is good for us.
Remember covid?
Or are you one of the clowns who still believes that was all for our own good?
NO, it was about using "for our own good" to justify increasingly intrusive restrictions on the public.
We are heading for a dark future, and signing up every time they say "for our own good" is EXACTTLY what will lead us into the authooritarian state.
But AS AN AUSSIE< dont expect you to understand this, caus most of this country is FULL OF SHEEP.
When Random Breath Testing was introduced in New South Wales at the end of 1982, the number of road deaths in the following year dropped by 25% (6th Report of NSW Parliamentary Committee on Road Safety). This was the biggest ever reduction in road deaths since records began in 1961. The other states also saw big results when they introduced RBT.
It is a criminal offence to refuse a random breath test from a police officer. The penalty in NSW for refusing a breath test is currently a fine up to $3,300 and/or imprisonment for 18 months for a 1st offence, approximately the same penalty as if you were convicted of high-range drink driving.
The Random Breath Test ( RBT) units test for both alcohol and drugs. It's completely legal and normal and most people are very happy to comply. Happens all around the country. Likewise if a police officer asks for your driver's license you must comply. Totally different to the US.
You can always tell where the Xmas/New Years RBT's have been, as the morning after there's a whole heap of badly parked cars on the side of the road, as there drivers have been pinged for having too much alcohol in there system or testing positive to drugs, and some vehicles are missing there number plates as the plates have been seized, due to the vehicle being driven unregistered.
The keyword you use is “comply”. Apathy around protecting your rights, in other words. Used to be that you were innocent until proven guilty; the RBT system assumes you’re guilty so you’re required do the breath test to prove your innocence or confirm your guilt. If it was just about safety, then you would only stop/pull over to test those who are seen to be driving illegally, dangerously, recklessly or carelessly or involved in an MVA. In Australia and some other countries you can be driving lawfully and competently but you can still be required to undergo breath testing and identification, you have no right to maintain anonymity and privacy. It should never be implied that fighting for your individual rights means you don’t support cooperation, consideration of others rights and community.
@@sancheznz354 You make some relevant points, however ... when i see all the parked vehicles the following morning ... you know that every driver was either intoxicated, drugged or driving without a licence or with no vehicle registration. Remember that driving a vehicle is a privilege not a right, you need to be trained and licensed to drive, you don't just get a set of keys handed to you on your 16th birthday. Personally, i don't like the RBT's but the result's are hard to argue, these drivers have no right to be on the roads threatening other peoples lives and welfare. Its pro-active as it seeks to find the impaired drivers before there are issues, however, its re-active when you say "If it was just about safety, then you would only stop/pull over to test those who are seen to be driving illegally, dangerously, recklessly or carelessly or involved in an MVA" ... Once they have caused an MVA other innocent people have usually been involved ... They have been forced to be part of something that they had no desire to be a part of.
Provided there is no mission creep, I would rather see the drunk, drugged and unlicensed find other means of transit, one that doesn't threaten you going home safe ...
@@user-ui4le8wo3tI agree with pretty much all of your points, but these days. Driving a vehicle is a right you pay for and not a privilege. If the road taxes weren't so stupidly high, I'd agree it's a privilege. But paying for rego, pink slips, ctp, fuel tariff which is stupidly high, tolls, income tax, licensing fees. It pretty much waives driving as a privilege when you're paying that much to drive your own car on roads you pay for with your own tax and the other many fees.
@@sancheznz354driving isn't a right, it's a privilege that requires you to follow the laws to protect yourself and others whilst doing so.
You have less freedom in the USA, you aren't even in the top ten on the freedom matrix. 😂
Yes, he is alone at the station but (from what I gather) gets support at peak season for tourists.
Out there you need the name of your house, station (ranch) or business painted on the roof because aircraft are used a lot, especially for emergencies. You ought to check out the Flying Doctor Service.
Miniature video cameras were invented in Australia in the late 1970s. They were invented by TV station Channel 7 to install in race cars so the TV audience could watch the race from the driver's perspective. Road safety is important to us. We were the first country in the world to make wearing seatbelts compulsory.
There is a tv show about the random breath test units called RBT. You would probably also enjoy finding out about the Royal Flying Doctor Service which handles medical emergencies in the outback. It started in the 1920s with pedal operated wireless radios and pilot doctors flying biplanes with their nurse in the other seat and it has progressed enormously from that humble start.
Northern Territory police started using body cameras in 2014. Aussies are far more community minded and look after each other - something Americans could learn from 🤷♀️
They are axom devices from the USA I think
Joanne 100% agree
Yeah started trialling body cams in 2007 in WA
I'm an Aussie who spent sometime at school in America as a kid. Found it odd the individual right or ego of Americans even then as a child. But I have recently returned home having spent the last 3 years in the UK during Covid. I felt the UK had the same individual attitude. I was constantly defending why Australia was so strict with COVID rules with "Because if those rules save one life then it is worth it to us." Also when the electricity prices went through the roof in the UK (I worked in a law firm) the attitude was "Not my problem I can afford my electricity." My point is: I have realised that it is not just Americans that think only of the individual. I think Australian's community attitude has developed over the last few hundred years and is one that is rare. It's one that I am very proud of.
MOSTLY !!
I used to be around some rough sorts... so I know how to pick a junkie.
Had a guy stick his head in our front window last year (gold coast).
When I said "OI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING" he asked me for a lift.
I knew it was to go get drugs, didnt need to know the guy to know why he wanted a lift.
And I ribbed him about not even knocking at a strangers house, and poking his head in our window.
I asked why he needed a lift, he refused to answer, so I refused to drive him..
He threw a tantrum calling me "un Australian".
Nope, Ive just known enough of his kind to know better than get involved in other peoples drama or caught with drugs in my car.
I would rather blow in a tube and be on my way in a few minutes than be subjected to those bloody sobriety tests that go on forever and are completely disproven to be reliable then have to go do an analysis at the station anyway.
A few minutes, hell, it's all over and done in 90 seconds.
Police doing random breath tests for alcohol and certain drugs really saves lives. I think most of us Aussies realise this. I’m one of many who actually thank them when they breathalyse me.
Seatbelt laws are taken pretty seriously here too. Same reason.
Its why our airbags don't explode with the same force as its assumed you would have your seat belt on. American airbags are far more dangerous given the force they use to explode to compensate for no seat belt.
I remember when the seat belt laws came into effect in Victoria in I think 1971. There were over 1000 deaths in 1970 and it dropped to just 300 in 1971 just from the use of front seat belts. A couple of years later they included rear seat belts and it dropped by a further 100 in 1974 I think. LIkewise when they brought in the :Don't drink and drive" TAC ads in the early 80s and number of deaths dropped and the number of DUI's dropped. You should take a look at some of those ads. They were, and still are, shown on prime time and are based on real accidents, recreated so you see the actual damage drinking, or drugs, or falling asleep at the wheel does. They get the message across.
@@skwervin1 1969 for all new cars to be fitted with seat belts under Australian design rules , seat belts were I think ADR 2 or 3,, ADR1 being identification plates showing the design rules themselves. Victoria Legislated mandatory wear of fitted seat belts just before Christmas 1970 the first jurisdiction in the world to do so.
On the RBT thing it's a condition of holding a license you must submit to any road safety measures and certification their of , so Drug and Booze testing is automatically consented when you get your license.
it applies even if you don't have a licence.
@@ianmontgomery7534 driving without a license is probal cause to be screened for other offenses.
Random Breath Testing has been undertaken for several decades in OZ. The only people who have a problem with it are the ones who continually flout the drink/driving laws. This is pro-active policing, not reactive policing. Have watched several videos of the U.S. sobriety tests and find them pointless, time consuming and subjective to the whim of the police.
Body-cams trialled in West Australia in 2007, in Victoria started using them 2012, NSW 2015. Australian police can random check alcohol content. In US you have to first muck around doing some time- consuming silly sobriety test, which is just as much an “intrusion on your rights”.
Sobriety tests are not reliable.
Many people, as they get older, have neurological and balance problems. Breath testing is far more reliable.
I think field sobriety tests are an even bigger intrusion of rights. What if someone has a physical or cognitive disability that affects balance, or they might have a lazy eye that prevents them from following an object with their eyes. Its not an accurate test of sobriety. Its a total waste of time, go straight for the breathalyser, you can't argue with that.
The cops here wanted to bring in the us style feild sobriety test and they ran a few trials here with university students and some crack American Experts running the volunteers though their idear of sicence. I think they had them test two groups that were all 100% Sober and they indicated @ 30 % of them were drunk or impaired. They demanded another group and the results were worse.... the consensus here is the tester sees what they want to see.
@@chriskelly9476 I would immediately be suspect in the US when I got out of the car....I have bone spurs on my spine and literally roll myself out by using the b pillar, I also have little feeling in my feet due to Diabetes. Yet just last month I was pulled over by an RBT station asked for a breath sample and was only way within a few minutes.
It's beautiful country out that way. The night skies are mind blowing.
The only people I can imagine having an issue with an RBT are drunks and drug users who shouldnt be driving in the first place. Its quick, easy and involves blowing air into a tube.
I personally would much prefer RBT than the sobriety tests where you have to get out of your car and walk around, seems more time consuming and risky
“Is this even legal”? Try not to transplant your American values onto other countries. Everyone has their own set of values, even more so on a national level. Some years ago Kentucky Fried Chicken (Australia), a major sponsor of the cricket here, was running an advertising campaign for the upcoming West Indies tour of Australia. The ad showed an Aussie at the cricket surrounded by boisterous but well meaning West Indian supporters giving him a hard time. To win them over he produced a bucket of KFC and offered it around, which the West Indian supporters enjoyed. At the end of the ad everyone was having a good time.
This ad went viral on social media in the U.S. because, believe it or not, they stated it had racial overtones. Apparently in the U.S. there is a racist link between African/Americans and chicken. Not sure what that is all about, but once again Americans were transplanting their values onto another part of the world. There is no such racist links between non-whites and chicken here in Australia, no one thought anything of the ad. But the outcry was so loud in the U.S. that KFC pulled the ad.
If Americans want to draw racist links between ethnic groups and chicken, fine, it’s your society, just stop trying to turn the rest of the world American.
well said
Random breath testing is carried out all over the country, and is an integral and very legal part of being a driver here, and they can do drug tests also. We don't have problems with amendments to the constitution like America has. 👍🤗
I've seen the way a driving under the influence test is done in the US, getting people out of their car and walking a line and such, the RBT test is quick and simple and accurate and helps keep our roads a lot safer, who wants to be driving around if you're sharing the roads with drunken fools, thats just nuts.
We are very community and safety minded here in Australia, especially in the country. What are the use of rights if your not alive to enjoy them?
We do what we need to without much fuss, fanfare or... guns.
The difference is our 🇭🇲country laws are strict 0.05 is the limit for alcohol if you breach that your fined or even jailed depending on your DUI
I’ve been pulled over a few times for an RBT, Random Breath Test. I don’t drink at all, so I enjoy them lol. Cops have always been friendly to me. I said smiling to one when he took my license to check it in the police car, “check out my criminal record, I got a parking ticket once in the 1970s” lol. He came back smiling and said “ My records didn’t go back that far, I found absolutely nothing on you.”
We smiled, said goodbye, and the 2 cops in the car took off.
Another time 2 police officers were walking towards me at my small local shopping centre. Without fear, I smiled and said to them, “I’m innocent officers.” They just laughed, kept on walking and had a cuppa at our local cafe. Not a country town, just a suburb. I’ve never been scared of cops, always smile if I see them walking in the city or suburbs. Some have time for a quick friendly chat. One said he had to go, I said, to catch criminals, he said no, office paperwork and laughed. That’s always been my personal experience with police here in Australia. I know everyone’s experience isn’t the same. But when I smile them, they’ve always smiled back.
I don’t drink at all either Bernadette it makes me sick even just a drop! RBT still makes me a nervous wreck though even though I’ve nothing to hide 😂😂
@@Dr_KAP
You still get nervous with RBT’s. And it makes you feel sick? The taste?
We are total opposites with RBT’ though lol. I enjoy them as I, like you, don’t drink, so I know it’ll come back clear and I get a friendly chat lol.
I got drunk twice as a teenager Doc, hated the effect it had on me and I just don’t like the taste or smell of alcohol. People used to say, Go on have a drink, I’d reply with, if you hated sardines or whatever, would you eat them if you hated the taste or smell. They said, no way. I said, I rest my case 😂
@@bernadettelanders7306 yeh my Mum is the same- if we have even a half a cup of any alcohol you can guarantee the next day will be any combination of headache, migraine, vomiting, nausea. I don’t know why I get nervous around police, maybe it’s an authority thing, the fear I’m going to get in trouble for something 😂 I could psycho analyse myself.. but I’ll refrain 😂
@@Dr_KAP isn’t that strange, u r scared of police and I’m not. Wonder why. As u said, if and when, which isn’t often, I love a small chat and a joke with cops. None have ever been nasty Re jokes or a smile, always polite.
Gee alcohol really hits you hard. I don’t get physically sick like you, no wonder u don’t drink.
When I did my breath test I told the police officer “I’ll be the most boring stop you’ve ever had”. I don’t drink. Never had a speeding ticket or a parking ticket. Don’t take drugs. I’m very vanilla 😂😂
Australia is a very policed country, but i dont mind. I prefer to be more policed and feel safer than the cops not caring at all. Drunk drivers arent famed here. I dont have an issue with cops generally in Oz, ive never had a bad interaction with them. Ive been pulled over unregistered on their system even tho it had been.paidso he let me go so long as i went to rta straight away to sort it... when i did i saw hom as i left n waved the paperwork at him n got a big thumbs up in return.
Years ago i moved to victoria from western Australia for awhile. I got stopped for a random license check, i was still on my W.A. licence as i hadn't been in vic for 3 months. I had the newly released wa licence, the officer looked at it in confusion, went to his car and called someone. When he came back i said , had to check it was legit i bet, he laughed and said yeh i haven't seen this type before. Back then Victorians started with 12 points on their licence and lost them if they committed offences, wa drivers started with zero and gained. When the officer asked how many points i had i proudly replied with zero 😂 after the look of horror on his face i explained the difference between the states, it was chuckles all-around. That was just one of the great interactions i have had with police over the years.
I read a report a few yrs back that said deaths and accidents on Australian roads have decreased significantly since RBT was introduced. Also I’m pretty sure he is only police officer there so that means he would be on call 24/7. Also by him taking the job and staying on for a few yrs I’m pretty sure he would be given incentives like career opportunities etc. it’s like nursing, when I graduated I was given option of remote nursing and if I said yes I was offered career advancement
It's the law to stop at an RBT, majority of Aussies are used to RBTs or random rego stops etc, We don't care because no doubt at some stage they'll catch someone who shouldn't be on the road, either suspended licence, unregistered car, Driving Under the Influence whether that be alcohol or drugs so I'm quite happy with where we're at with it, even speeding cameras, don't speed and live with it. I'm 50 years old and have been driving since I was 8 (on the farm until I was legally allowed on the road) and it's just normal. Plus my step Mum has been a cop in SAPOL for 40 odd years.
Yes, the RBT is quite normal and accepted here. You can also be pulled over at random by a moving patrol at any time, no matter where. I encountered one such incident on a rural highway just a few weeks ago. Police car pulled out behind me, lit up and just subjected me to a roadside alcohol and drug test. They don't need the old "probable cause" or whatever to stop you. No problem, have a nice day.
I believe the UK first invented and started using police body cam video. Early 2000's I think. We also have drug testing in Aus as well now. Similar to RBT. It picks up illegal drugs such as marihuana, cocaine etc. We have RBT across the country. It's called Random Breath Test, for a reason. You never know where they will be positioned. You can drive into town and get tested, and on your way back home (half an hour later, for example), they're no longer there and have moved to another location. Love your videos. It's great that you don't constantly stop and start and interrupt all the time. Keep them coming! All the best from Australia!
You are correct. It was first used in 2005 in the UK.
I can’t imagine why anyone would protest about RBT testing, it has had a huge impact in reducing road accidents.
Ironically, the US doesn't have RBTs and their road fatalities from drunk driving is 31% whereas Australia is 30%.
According to some limited research on my part I found the following:
"The effectiveness of RBT has been shown to have saved many lives since its introduction. Conclusions: Controlling for the declining trend in traffic fatalities, the effects of changes in the MLDA law, the implementation of RBT has generated a huge effect, preventing an estimated 5279 traffic crash deaths in four Australian states. This provides further evidence that the implementation of RBT and increases in the MLDA are effective policies for reducing traffic fatalities (as at 2015)" . I probably get RBT checked about twice a year and it's something I fully support. I find it a sensible and effective intervention and willingly participate.
remote police, 1 person 24/7
Road deaths per 100,000 people:
US 11.78. Australia 4.2.
Road deaths per 100,000 people, USA is Number One!
USA speed limit on major highways 130Kph, Gold Coast to Brisabane 80 Kph
@@noname-nd8ec speed limit on the Stuart Highway (NT) is 130kph.
phone 000 (911 in the usa) he's on his way, will only take 2 or 3 hour "240km awqy"
Remote postings can vary depending on the remoteness of the area. Police and teachers can be out for 12 months to 2 years. Longers if they choose to take the post longer. In some states they accused points and the remoteness has higher points. With teaching the higher the points accrued the better chances you get to transfer to your desired area after you have completed your contract. My time out west was 7 years. Really great experience. Sense of community was amazing.
RBTs are all over the country and you never know where they may be: some statistics are:
For example, in New South Wales, the introduction of RBT in 1982 led to an initial 48 percent reduction in fatal crashes over a four and a half month period and an average 15 percent reduction in fatal crashes over a subsequent 10 year period.
A drivers licence is a privilege, NOT a RIGHT! It does not give you the right to endanger others by driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This is why we have Random Breath Testing. Get caught and you lose your licence. Aussie police would not waste their time making drunks do stupid tests when a breathalyser will show results in seconds.
exactly. its nothing to stop for 30 seconds to blow in a straw. most of the time they don't even ask for your license. its just:
Have you had anything to drink today?
Blow in the straw until I say stop.
Your right to go.
maybe if there is a couple of cars in front and you can't go, they will ask how your day has been.
@@myopinion69420 If they ask how your day has been, an American will say "I don't answer questions".
@@davidrayner9832 in Australia, the average cop is not thinking is this driver going to shoot me either. Less stress all around,
@@adriaandeleeuw8339 I wouldn't want to live in a country where drunks can refuse breath tests and keep on driving, and where everyone is afraid that everyone else might shoot them.
Try walking around outback and a license is a necessity as well as a right.Some would like to charge a license fee for legs.
Both of my sons have worked out there or remote. My eldest has been going out there with his wife since they finished University. He took a job about 2 weeks before COVID hit without his family on the condition he was flown home every school holidays. He was locked in for 2 years and the medical staff ran away on two other missions 7 hours from him in different directions. So he was the only emergency medical person there for all 3 missions and he has great respect for our first people. He has been an honourary member of his first mission for over 30 years. He did 13 years with his family on the Polar Cap above Canada. Two more years as an Emergency Medi Vac flying people out of remote areas. They had a plane with a hospital room in it. Right now he is the emergency Medical person for the Islands above Darwin at the top of Australia. His house is on the ocean at the bottom of Australia and the Officers wife knows nothing if she just did one year.
Yes, it is normal to be breathed tested all over Australia and now they add a drug test too. No one minds and it has cut road deaths way down. There is no objecting when people want it too. We want our kids to be safe on the roads. America needs retraining and some common sense. Maybe not where you live but they do in the places I have been to. I am tired of being told about their Freedom and we live a way better life earning a living wage.
They made a award winning Australian remote police documentary back in the early 80's, If you get a chance, go watch it. It's called Mad Max.
The first body cams in Australia was Western Australia police in 2008. Then they slowly rolled out across Aus
There are so many videos on YT about Americans refusing to do a breath test, citing some amendment to the constitution which gives them the right to unhindered travel. I commented on one how ridiculous this was and got into a full-blown argument with the poster about it. I pointed out that this amendment was written in the days of horse and buggy when, if you were going home from the saloon, the horse knew the way and you weren't going that fast. Today, you're travelling in a ton or more of steel that doesn't know its way at 60 mph. There's a big difference in the amount of damage you can do but just like their favourite amemdment that was written in the days of muskets, they cannot and will not accept that it's outdated. I asked him if say, your wife and kids were travelling in one direction and 20 miles away a car travelling in the opposite direction was stopped for a breath test and the driver refused (because he'd had a few drinks), continued on feeling mighty pleased with himself for putting those cops in their place and being so thankful that he lives in a country where he can do that, and then wanders onto the wrong side of the road just as he and your wife are about to pass each other, and your wife and kids are killed, would you still think it's OK for that person to be able to refuse a breath test or would your rather he didn't have that right, was found to be over the limit and thus taken off the road before he went any further? No answer. Apparently, it'd take something like this happening to change the mindset from 'It's my God-given right and my rights are more important than anything else' to 'It's everyone's right to get to where they're going without being killed by a drunk driver and if I have to blow into a tube once in a while, that's OK'.
Random Breath Teasing is completely normal and if you haven't been drinking it's fine. It's made the road safer and you wont find many people willing to drink and drive which makes me a lot happier.
The only time I've ever had a problem is quite funny I used to be a barman I'm driving home during my shift a drink had been knock over and splashed on me so I smelt of booze I got pull over, the copper who came up to the window was a trainee he said blow in the tube which I did, I don't drink so it came up negative now I smell like a distillery sp he tries again same result at which point the sergeant comes up shines his torch in see I'm wear black pants white shirt and have a bow tie in my pocket. He asks if I'm a barman when I say yes he waves me on
I believe he was there for 4yrs
here in oz, in every state, every cop car is deemed to be a radar checker and whats called a mobile booze bus n can test u at any time n they dont need a reason to pull u over....yes, its had a big impact on drunk driving but unfortunately, we still have far too many drunk drivers
We also have too many people too lazy to type the words you & and.
Everyone in Australia does this with no problems! Well very few problems!😁👍
Yes the police do breathalize anywhere anytime here. My doctor was late for my appt (8am) because he said the police were doing RBT at 7am. They do rotate the police often here in Queensland.
Landline has been on ABC television for decades. It is weekly viewing I never miss. It reports on a vast spectrum of rural issues in Australia. It shows every week that farmers, and regional communities are by far the smartest people this Country is blessed with. A criminal shame they are so often ignored.
Been breathalysed a few times, always 0.00.... cos I'm not a bloody idiot.
Also, most Australians do not have an adversarial relationship with police. Here, police are helpful, not going from 0-100 in 3 seconds or less. Police here are more honest and trustworthy. Tyrants do not rule, and in Queensland, we have an external commission to investigate any police wrongdoing. That is taken very seriously.
Yes, small stations are often manned by single officer.
I was with you until you said police here are "honest & trustworthy". Victoria Police would have trouble living up to that .
You must have been like Rip Van Winkle and slept through the police response to the Covid fiasco which was draconian and violent. The Victorian police especially seemed to be drunk with power and reveled in the mayhem they caused. They are cowardly dogs.
I think body cameras are brilliant for backup to protect the officer in situations and good for timelines. It takes a special person to work outback. You have to show compassion, care, and be tough,and strong at the same time. Yes, he’s alone at the Station. I think they do rotate officers
RBTs are a normal part of life across all of Oz, and unless we've been drinking it's not an issue. In fact it's probably the only rime a family ever has the chance to meet coppers on the job. A stop out in this country, away from the cities can run into tenty minutes as we chat about weather, road conditions and life in general. The kids get to see that coppers are friends, not to be feared.
The first Police Force, globally, was the uK police in 2005, the first Australian Police Force were Western Australia in 2007, the Northern Territory Police (which this officer is a member of) was 29 December 2014
When the dirt turns from a normal colour to "Red", you can generally say your in the outback. That place is beyond the Black Stump. Middle of Bum F%$k Nowhere...
The use of bodycams and Random BreathTesting takes the subjective assessment of impairment out of the equation. If over the limit, a blood test or second breath test is taken. The RBT tests are quick, easy, and importantly trusted by the public.
Body cams were trialled in 2007 in Australia, then rolled out in 2015 gradually.
Many years ago I got caught speeding, just enough to get the police officers attention. Pulled over and got out of the car handed over my driver's licence, he asked why I was speeding and I said I had no reason. He was about to write up a speeding ticket, when the other officer got a call to something much more important. He hurriedly handed back my licence and said watch your speed as he jumped in his and took off, respect on both sides always a good result for all. Back then the maximum leeway over the limit was 6 mph I was doing 7, it's much tighter now in some states it's now 2 mph before you get done.
England was the first country where Police used Body Camera's (in 2005). Western Australia got them in 2007 and then the rest of Australia along with California (USA) got them in 2012. Now, it seems, every country has them. Roadside Breathe Tests are so normal, so everyday and anywhere. In the built up area's, we also have overhead camera's which catch people holding/using their mobile phones. RBT's and the "Phone" camera are life savers as it does cut down on the amount of people putting other drivers at risk.
See if you can find the Aussie TV show ‘RBT’… it is literally just clips of police doing RBTs and they have scrolling numbers as the machine is analysing the breath sample, and viewers will often be guessing… if the driver is under or over the limit. Then the result is shown on the show and they will also tell you what the penalty was for those who failed at the end of the episode.
Straight up, this cop is a long way from civilisation. This cop is in the middle of no where! The outback they are talking about is the outback. Most Australians don't that far out. OMG, this cop is so what is needed out there. It is so hard to be a cop in the outback. Got a genuine subscriber. Well done, no one has done the outback like you have done. Kudos to you. Also DUI (Driving Under the influence) laws here are strict.
In some of these outback, we have some properties larger than
Rhode Island 1,214 square miles some of our stations can be 9000 square miles.
The latest technology for random breath tests, you no longer blow into the tube, but count to 5 into the device. So simple!
He won't be the only cop on staff there. They would have just focused on him for the show.
Body cameras were first trialled in Western Australia in 2007.
Another point is that the blood alcohol limit to drive legally in Australia is 0.05. It was reduced from 0.08 in 1991. One of it's biggest proponents was Peter Brock, on of Australia's greatest racing drivers. He even adopted 05 as his racing number.
And of course, at least in Victoria, if you are a probationary or learner driver the limit is zero.
Him alone
The Outback is the sparsely occupied and rural parts of Australia, so bush land and desert can both be included in the Outback.
Body cams have been around in Australia since 2012 not sure where it started, but not all states did it at once.
it is part of the road rules here, everyone knows it is a possibility once you get your license
I have been wearing a body worn camera since 2017 and they were initially trialed by my previous employer in 2015. I am encouraged to activate the camera any time that there is the likelihood of conflict, or when I take any action that could lead to my conduct being questioned.
Are you… a bouncer/ security guard?
@@jessovenden I'm a compliance officer for my local authority, previously I worked as a parking officer for the city council. I also have regular contact with compliance officers from the regional council (for whom I worked 7 years ago) and they too are now wearing body cameras and stab proof vests.
@@iallso1 Well I’m glad they’re trying to keep you officers safe, but of course I am sorry that it’s necessary. I’d imagine the cameras are a positive thing? Some people surely must behave differently when they know it’s all being filmed?
@jessovenden that is the theory, I have been trained in de-escalate techniques, and where possible attempt to disengage, but occasionally customers can be persistent. The camera footage makes providing evidence to the police easier. Not that I am looking for people to get into trouble, but on the last occasion, the police were able to identify the guy who assaulted me and were able to visit him show him the footage, and tell him to cut it out. The previous assault, before this council invested in the cameras ended in court where I received an apology, and hugged it out.
@@iallso1 Please be careful out there. I hope the dickheads leave you alone!
UK started Body Worn Cameras (BWC) in 2005. Introduced to Australia in 2007. Introduced to USA 2014.
Lol my Patrol area in Western Australia was bigger than Texas, 14 to 28 day round trip to finish visiting all the remote sites.😊
2:46 Police body cameras first appeared in UK year 2005 👍
Apparently, legislation allowing Random Breath Testing (RBT) first came into force in Victoria in July 1976. Other States followed. RBT was introduced in NSW in December 1982. That's over 40 years ago. The biggest problem now is not alcohol but drugs and mobile phones.
Random Breath Test is used in many countries, as long as you have nothing to hide, just do it. It only takes a few minutes. then there are countries where people claim that they are not allowed to do that due to the constitution, but of course if you are in a hurry, you probably shouldn't argue with the police for 30 minutes with the risk of being arrested
Yes, the police setting up on the roads at any time of the day and pulling people over for RBT is very common. It’s very quick and easy sometimes they don’t ask for your license and they can already tell if your car is registered or not. It’s about a 20 second interaction.
Fink Dessert Race. Out of this world !
Yeah, the breathalyzer is great. Gone in 90 seconds!
When you see the yanks do their field sobriety tests, you'd think they were doing screen test for a B-grade Hollywood horror thing.
The RBT and licence check is pretty normal in Australia. We just do it. Most Aussies don't have too many issues with the police. We have a lot less road accidents ( alcohol related anyway)than we used to per capita. There are also a lot of unmanned speed enforcement cameras on trailers that just get moved around as well of fixed speed cameras and police vehicles with speed cameras in
RBT rules are pretty clear in Australia but if you choose to be a dickhead they arrest you and take you back to the station where you then face being charged and then it gets serious
In 2020, nation wide in OZ, there were 7,423,770 (!!) RBT interactions. Of those, 0.8% (59,390) were positive, that is over the blood alcohol limit. Not surprisingly, when the number of RBTs conducted goes up, the number of deaths from alcohol related crashes and incidents (pedestrian struck etc) goes down (over a 12 year survey).
The closest thing you would have to these Cops are the Navajo police, Navajo Nation. They probably cover the same amount of territory. They also have similar problems to deal with, like drinking in dry settlements, Drugs & gangs etc.
A few years back when I was working as a delivery driver for a local restaurant. The police had set up an RBT at the end of town and another the next town over. Set a personal record , got tested 9 times in 3 hours as I completed 18 deliveries. Got on a first name basis with a couple of cops.
Normally when they where out I would only meet them once or twice. Generally the number of people caught was very low. Only once did I see more than 2 , was after a local football match where they cops caught 12 idiots.
I understand that your 4th ammendment effectively makes RBTs impossible to do in the USA and thats to the detriment of everyone using or close to a roadway.
6:56 - It is a condition of your license that you do not drive with a level of alcohol exceeding a prescribed limit, (varies depending on license, hence why he asks for the license also), it is not unusual to be asked to confirm if you are driving within the bounds of your restrictions. To think that the US would protest over this is mind boggling.
Body cameras were first used in the state of Western Australia in 2007. They were first used in NY in 2013.
In Australia you can be pulled over at any time for a Alcohol and drug test. A great idea that is support by everyone, excepts those that of course think they have the right to exceed the alcohol and drug limits and still drive.
Kulgera is a one man police station.
Driving is a privilege, not a right. RBTs, Random Breath Testing, weeds out drunk drivers and unlicensed or suspended drivers. This keeps our roads safe and ensures that we're all protected by insurance as well, as drunk and/or unlicensed/suspended drivers are not covered by insurance as these are criminal acts. If you fail to provide a sample, you go to jail and lose your license. We are all told the rules when we apply for a license and are expected to follow these rules or...take the bus.
It’s the law in Australia to have a road side breathalyser, you can’t refuse, if you do, you’re arrested.
we got body cams for the 2000 sydney olympic games over 12 weeks with 40 BWV units using CCTV laws, just to try them out. unlike the usa, the australian police can opted out of using them. the usa started using them as stanard kit first, after the UK.
I'll bitch about a lot of road rules here in Aussie, mainly on speed limits and passing being too restrictive etc and have a history that reflects those views. RBT is something I don't object to and is something I'll never be caught for as I strictly do not drink and drive, with my car spending many a lonely night in a pub's car park. I see it as something that skill and experience cannot control or reduce the negative impact on your (and others) safety unlike speeding and overtaking
Australians are so oppressed we have laws saying pools need to have child proof fences surrounding them rather than have the freedom to find the neighbours 3 year olds corpse floating in your pool.
RBT or Random Breath Testing is common in Australia and New Zealand, also in New Zealand you'll always get tested at EVERY traffic stop regardless of why you were pulled over.
The difference between Australia and New Zealand vs America is we see it as our right to drive on the road without a drunk driver slamming into the side of our car killing us or our family vs Americans viewing it as an infringement on their individual rights.
Random Breath Testing (RBT) has been the law in New South Wales (where Sydney is) for about 40 years. The blood alcohol limit for someone on a full licence is 0.05 (US is usually 0.08). If you are on a learner or provisional licence (is called P plate, issued to new drivers who have passed the driving test, but are not experienced and often young. They have lower speed limits than a full licence, and also restrictions on carrying passengers, especially at night) the limit is 0.02… so basically, you can not drink at all with that limit. We also have Random Drug Testing (RDT). Seat belts are compulsory in Australia and we have very strict speed laws. Do not speed in Australia. They can stop you at any time for the RBT.
For probationary drivers in Victoria, it's .00, ie not a trace of alcohol. The original limit in most states was .08, Vic was the first to lower it to .05.
Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 rtb all happens in the UK 😊
I know this bloke.On an empty,gun barrel straight road, I saw one oncoming car.I was just cruising along and suddenly his flashers come on,and he does a U-turn and the siren comes on.He booked for doing 136km/h in a 110km/h zone.$816 fucken dollars.If you have done outback driving, you know that 110km/h feels like 40km/h.Still, it could have been worse.Half an hour earlier I pushed the mighty VE Commodore to 180 km/h overtaking a road train.He was traveling at over 120km/h.
Innocent people get run over; involved accidentally in road races that go wrong and end up in the morgue because of drinking and driving.
the wooden road signs would have been put up by the farms, yes he is the only one next near police is probably 400 kilometres away
Breath and drug testing happens all over Australia. It is very common. They can stop you randomly and make you take a test.
America got body cameras in 2014, and they were desperately needed. Australian got theirs in 2018 but the need isn't as great because we have a different attitude to policing.
It is fascinating to see the different perspectives US vs Oz. The US see the 30-sec random testing as an infringement of rights. Failing to consider the benefit of not getting killed by a drunk.
The Aussie looks at US cops asking people to prance around while they attempt to guess how drunk they are. Not one of those officers has ever been calibrated. How accurate are those tests?
Would you be prepared to bet $10,000 that the US cop can consistently tell the difference between 0.0805 (arrested) & 0.0795 (Legal)? Aussies would rapidly call that out for the BS that it is.
The Americans forget the rights of the other citizens..... In the US its me me me. Australia has mandatory breath testing a traffic stop can just be for breath testing, doesn't need to be another reason....dont like it tough.....blow in the bag....used to be a plastic bag which had chemicals that would react to alcohol, today its an electronic device that does similar, refuse to do it...automatic loss of licence for at least three months some state twelve months.....on the spot...but there is a court case to make it official via a magistrate or Judge...possibly adding a fine, a hefty fine. The police can also randomly pull you over to check licences, registration of vehicles, whether the vehicle is Roadworthy, all based on Legislation which requires the driver to have a licence make sure the vehicle is safe and complies with current safety laws for that vehicle. I have been random breath tested dozens of times usually asked if you have been drinking if you say yes they will ask how long ago....if less than twenty minutes ago they will require you to wait twenty minutes before they test you, due to residual alcohol in the mouth. If you answer no they will instruct you to both blow and how to blow in the machine. If it gives a negative reading you get told to leave, In Australia we do not have field sobriety tests by officers. They use their machine if it say you are over the limit which is 0.05%, you are then required to be tested on a calibrated breath testing machine, not the hand held testing machine. In all the tests I have had I have been on my way within a few minutes.
It is not just testing for alcohol they also test for drugs.