HI, my name is Konrad, I'm a biker for a few years now, currently resident of Ireland/Europe, someway someday maybe resident of New Zealand / Australia.
I was wondering, what is the attitude of police officers in New Zealand towards road users, and especially bikers. I've got to read couple of post on A/NZ forums, with the impression that road rules are executed very strictly, and even slight offences like 105kph in 100 kph zone, or light bulb not working, or lack of indicator when turning, are not taken lightly if spotted. Is that a rule in NZ that even minor offence ends up with a fine or court?
In Ireland, I was stopped couple of days ago for speeding - 100kph in 60 zone, I was riding imo smoothly and safely, no filtering, no lane splitting, with consideration to other road users. I was stopped by a biker guard ( police in Ireland = Garda ), he didn't ask me for ID nor driving licence, just said I was going a bit too fast, asked me to slow down, wished me a pleasant day and went on. No fines, no points, very kindly and friendly, and it's not a single case. Very rarely bikers get tickets here, sending to court is unheard of, unless biker was drunk and caused an accident. Is that attitude towards bikers present in NZ at all?
Have a good grip
Konrad
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