TOP 100 THREADS 2006| 2006 | topic title | author of topic | summary/ comments |
| 51 | Introductions | Falkor | It is the biggest thread where we meet the most new people |
| 52 | Secret NT Handshake? | Flash | Has had me chuckling to myself from the first post |
| 53 | Usernames | Blackrat | The inspiration behind the names |
| 54 | How many HATO vehicles have been hit? | Blackrat | Sobering thoughts for when working on 'live' motorways |
| 55 | 'Bacon butty' lorry driver caught | Racetrack | Unbelievable 'reasons' for stopping on the shoulder |
| 56 | Uses for red and white sticky tape | Cruise Control | Proof that life in the HA and Ambo servie aren't so different! |
| 57 | Site stats | Falkor | Amazing to see how the site has grown so quickly |
| 58 | HATO acronyms | Falkor | taught me lots, including how to spell ‘acronym’!! |
| 59 | Airwave Radios | Chris Norman | Rumour is we’ll all have them soon. |
| 60 | Smilies | Falkor | What more can I say?! |
| 61 | Pedestrians On The Hard Shoulder!! Look Out!! | Flash | Pedestrians on the hard shoulder! SEEN ANY LATELY? |
| 62 | POLICE PLANS FOR ROADSIDE FINGERPRINTING!!! | Flash | Big Brother or common sense, looks like it's coming anyway? |
| 63 | Mileage | Charl_Hunter | What sort of mileage does an average HATO motor do? And how literally is the standing still for 20 mins out of an hour taken? |
| 64 | Worldwide Police Forums and a little run in | falkor | historical topic this one, because it's what lead on to the launch of this site! |
| 65 | First on scene | ukmedic | ukmedic1 talks us through an RTC that happened right in front of his eyes, would you have handled it differently? |
| 66 | PCSO Stabbed in Manchester | smithster | an officer of the law is stabbed in the neck while doing his duty, members chime in with their commisserations |
| 67 | First aid | Charl_Hunter | What first aid equipment do you carry and how much first aid training do you get? !! |
| 68 | books, CDs, media which may interest traffic officers | falkor | are there any books, CDs or other media out there that T.Os should know about? |
| 69 | Videoing? | Race Track | HATOs with video equipment? or is it just T.Os using camera phones?! |
| 70 | Register An Interest In The Traffic Officer Service... | guest | how long does it take to register and really, what's the point?! |
| 71 | Boots | Blackrat | "Do To's get issued boots?" >> Such a small topic that is now onto its third page!! |
| 72 | Hi vis for mops | the monk | Boy - Well this one opened a can of worms!! |
| 73 | r e a r .. r e d s | falkor | Oh you had to start this one off Falkor, another sore point well discussed!! |
| 74 | Anyone got a Kirby? | Blackrat | Only BR could think of a thread like this, the title made me laugh!! |
| 75 | How to Claim Back SIX YEARS of Illegal Bank Penalty Charges | drocto | Drocto – Priceless information!! |
| 76 | Police response from HATO's | Blackrat | what are the types of responses that HATO's have had from POLICE across the country?! |
| 77 | Toil - Who , what , when why [time off in lieu] | Lollipop Man | what can you claim TOIL for? Training? union business? Working through breaks due to an incident?!! Working overtime due to an incident? Working any hours not normally rota'd in for, at the request of your Super? |
| 78 | Portable flashing lights | Blackrat | the best kit the HA provide? but do they go out of sequence? DO THEY WORK?! |
| 79 | HATOs and the Special Constabulary. | TheWanderer | CAN HATOs be specials? YES and NO by the sound of it, are YOU a special and a HATO? |
| 80 | Abnormal Load Escorting! | Flash | Will HATOs be escorting abnormal loads? SHOULD HATOs be escorting abnormal loads?! |
| 81 | Useless motorway trivia | PavementPizza | what rivetting stuff do you know about motorways that others have no clue about? c'mon SPILL! |
| 82 | Is everyone ready | Charl_Hunter | well it's Christmas 2006, so is EVERYBODY READY? Christmas Tree? pressies? back up supply of Baileys?!! |
| 83 | 'Your Patch' | Charl_Hunter | just how big is your patch? do you ever go off it? if so, WHY? |
| 84 | Heavy Goods Vehicles Q + A of discopete | brian (the bearded one) | do artic drivers change their own defective wheels? How would you jack up a lorry anyway?! |
| 85 | Assesment Centre | guest | just what goes down in an Assesment Centre? tricky? scary? easy? hard? long? short? |
| 86 | 16 Year old PCSO's | Blackrat | Does a 16 year old have enough life experience to be a PCSO? |
| 87 | Amazing photography | Charl_Hunter | SEEN any amazing photos lately?! |
| 88 | HDD telly | Biffo | what's HDD telly all about? anybody seen it in action? |
| 89 | Model HA Discovery | mondeoman | models of HA vehicles? can it be true? SHOULD it be true?! |
| 90 | Membership fee | Blackrat | will the site have a membership fee? if so how much? and who will cop the dosh?! |
| 91 | STATS on visitors to the site (inc forums) | falkor | site stats from the early days - check 'em out, way back to Sept 2006 |
| 92 | Are Reds cool? | the monk | although it starts with many comments as a reaction to the monks' opening line the topic eventually addresses the subject in hand |
| 93 | DARTFORD RIVER CROSSING TRAFFIC OFFICERS | chris norman | DARTFORD RIVER CROSSING TRAFFIC OFFICERS, what do they do, why do they do it, how are they dressed and why? |
| 94 | Cameras | Blackrat | evidence, ANPR, operational .... should/ do T.Os use cameras? |
| 95 | New Years Resolution for the HA | snafu | what are the thoughts of T.Os at the end of 2006? any aspirations? pay? attitude of management? what?! |
| 96 | E b a y | Northern Lad | anybody transacted on the legendary ebay? if so what happened? |
| 97 | Do you want a Wii ?? | kipper | it's DECEMBER 2006 and Nintendo's wii has just hit town!! |
| 98 | Broadband speed | Northern Lad | 2MB connection? how much? and who? |
| 99 | TRY THIS THEN | Nevr you mind | Nevr you mind's game of choice for 2006! |
| 100 | Wheels Out | guest | 15 degree fend off? pointing into or out of the main cariageway? and WHY?! |
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