The wai wai express

[saltydog]

28 days loss of licence, 50 dermerit points and $630 fine. How does that grab ya?!
I should have gunned it, I would have easily made it but my conscience got the better of me and I stopped.
Coming up the Ohope hill on saturday, didnt see one car the whole way up, just cresting the top and 800m away he comes around from the dump at exactly the same time. His lights instantly on as he throws his car around. The rest is history.
And i truely didnt know it was a 80km zone, now I do!
130 in a 80! He was also going me for a dangerous driving charge until his sergent worked out who I worked for (minimum 6mths on the wai wai express) so that was lucky (I guess).
Dirty Rozzers.

[Boob Johnson]

Was just up that way, bummer dude. Not exactly the best place for a runner though

[saltydog]

I live just around the corner and the garage was open at the time, I would have slipped in there and pushed the button!
But I didnt.......

[Boob Johnson]

I live just around the corner and the garage was open at the time, I would have slipped in there and pushed the button!
But I didnt.......
So whats the moral of the story? :shifty:

[MIXONE]

That peice of road is 80k now?
Twas 100 last time I travelled it.We used to see who could go the fastest up the hill and speeds in excess of 160 were common.(When i wore a younger man's clothes)
Commisserations mate.

[cowpatz]

So whats the moral of the story? :shifty:

er.... gun it next time :)

[Boob Johnson]

er.... gun it next time :)
I would never condone such activity :innocent:

[CookMySock]

wtf thats 80k through there? damn.

Steve

[saltydog]

speeds in excess of 160 were common
Yeah yeah, should have flown the coop.
The copper also reckoned I was going faster than 130 and repeated this many times during our discussion. (I was grabbing a handful as his unit locked onto me) But as Mixone said, it is a fun hill to bomb and speeds he mentioned are possible (and a bit of front wheel air over the top)
BUT I DONT DO THAT SORT OF SHIT ANYMORE.
At least until I get my licence back.
Hey, it was an unlucky break and i've been on 0 dermerits and no fines for over 4 years.....

[ynot slow]

Bugger you didn't have demerits at the time eh,would dissapear.

[sondela]

Sorry to hear that, :no:, better luck next time..

[Blackshear]

He was also going me for a dangerous driving charge until his sergent worked out who I worked for (minimum 6mths on the wai wai express) so that was lucky (I guess).
Dirty Rozzers.

What extraordinary profession am I missing out on, kind sir?

[Brian d marge]

try 28 days , 6 points ( out of 12) and a $1170

and I was only 40kph over

hope that makes you feel better....


Stephen

[OutForADuck]

Bummer... but its the lottery we play ain't it.

Hope the 6 goes quckly for ya.

[OutForADuck]

oops sorry 28 days :innocent:

[Brian d marge]

ps
why is it called the Wai Wai express in New Zealand

We ( I ) call it Shank's Pony

Stephen

[pritch]

ps
why is it called the Wai Wai express in New Zealand
Stephen



I hadn't seen that before, and we may not see it again?

Waewae means leg in the Maori language. Waiwai is close but this isn't handgrenade throwing, so close doesn't count.

[TLMAN]

28 days loss of licence, 50 dermerit points and $630 fine. How does that grab ya?!
I should have gunned it, I would have easily made it but my conscience got the better of me and I stopped.
Coming up the Ohope hill on saturday, didnt see one car the whole way up, just cresting the top and 800m away he comes around from the dump at exactly the same time. His lights instantly on as he throws his car around. The rest is history.
And i truely didnt know it was a 80km zone, now I do!
130 in a 80! He was also going me for a dangerous driving charge until his sergent worked out who I worked for (minimum 6mths on the wai wai express) so that was lucky (I guess).
Dirty Rozzers.

Ah well - at least you didn't get charged with "dangerous speed' on top, that's a court appearance more fines and 6 months loss of license.

[Badjelly]

How terribly unfortunate! It's all that dirty rozzer's fault!

[Maha]

How terribly unfortunate! It's all that dirty rozzer's fault!

Yeah, to think, if only he had stuck to the speed limit so close to home? :laugh:

[Brian d marge]

I hadn't seen that before, and we may not see it again?

Waewae means leg in the Maori language. Waiwai is close but this isn't handgrenade throwing, so close doesn't count.

ok its a spelling thing then

must be wae wae ( same as shanks , ie the leg express)

Stephen

[saltydog]

What extraordinary profession am I missing out on, kind sir? Job description:Scientific observer M.Fish.


try 28 days , 6 points ( out of 12) and a $1170

and I was only 40kph over

hope that makes you feel better....


Stephen It does, not by too much, but it does bro.


How terribly unfortunate! It's all that dirty rozzer's fault! He could have cut me some slack, say 130 in a 100! he was a bit of a tosser, had to reverse up the road to get cell coverage, asked me how to spell the name of the road we were on..... twice, wrote the ticket and forgot to put the dollar amount in, couldnt spell 'scientific', and generally was a condicending prat.

[scumdog]

So whats the moral of the story? :shifty:

Blame somebody else when ya screw-up??:shutup:

[Boob Johnson]

Blame somebody else when ya screw-up??:shutup:
OP did no such thing, he took it like a man

[saltydog]

OP did no such thing, he took it like a man

Had so much shit going on in my life recently I just smiled because I wasnt going to court, The copper wasnt worth wasting any time on and 28 days is fuck all.
Hey I once spent 3 months on a bloody fishing boat without touching land....and when we did it was in bloody South America!
28 days....nothing.
And its been interesting learning all about radars!

[caseye]

You did the right thing, hard as it may sound, stopping, not running mean't there was no more silliness going to happen.The fact that the copper couldn't spell shouldn't worry you anymore, these days they can have a criminal record and still get in, be too short an fat and still get in.
Course they have to members of a minority segment of the NZ populace before these waivers are administered but hey we don't mind do we?
I stopped too, no loss, no big fine, but plenty of demerit points copper wasn't going to give an inch on the speed but he did let me get another warrant instead of adding that to the ticket.
I did too.

[HDTboy]

The old racers maxim: When in doubt, gas it.

[Max Preload]

I should have gunned it, I would have easily made it but my conscience got the better of me and I stopped.

No good deed goes unpunished.