Road Lice

[Banditbandit]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet for three months 'cause I got too many speeding tickets ... :angry:

Got caught at 136 klicks across the Napier-Taupo Road ... lucky, 'cause just after I went passed the radar I didn't see, I opened the throttle ... cost me a lot of money and 50 points .. which gave me a total of 125 points inside 24 months ...:angry:

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

[Madmax]

catching crims is too much like hard work,
pore little babes like to sleep next to mister radar and mister Too hard

[Toaster]

Somebody spill his baby bottle and wants to blame teddy..... didums.

Harden up. The police do catch thousands of criminals every year for all matter of crimes. Go sit in court or check out the prisons - full of criminals that got caught.

You got caught speeding. Tough. Your choice to break the rules, you pay the price like the rest of us.

[Spuds1234]

I got the impression that you were knowingly speeding from your post; and now your here complaining that the police arnt doing their jobs properly because they are out chasing people that are doing well over the speed limit.

Dude you cocked up big time and now you have to live with the consequences. I doubt you will find much sympathy here.

[Edbear]

Somebody spill his baby bottle and wants to blame teddy..... didums.

Harden up. The police do catch thousands of criminals every year for all matter of crimes. Go sit in court or check out the prisons - full of criminals that got caught.

You got caught speeding. Tough. Your choice to break the rules, you pay the price like the rest of us.

Hmmmm... Isn't the definition of "criminal", one who breaks the law...?

[duckonin]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet for three months 'cause I got too many speeding tickets ... :angry:

Got caught at 136 klicks across the Napier-Taupo Road ... lucky, 'cause just after I went passed the radar I didn't see, I opened the throttle ... cost me a lot of money and 50 points .. which gave me a total of 125 points inside 24 months ...:angry:

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

Shit that is bad news cars are doing that speed, along with a newmans bus across the plains, fuck me the road is good enough to take that speed...

[p.dath]

Hmmmm... Isn't the definition of "criminal", one who breaks the law...?

One who commits an offence under the Crimes Act ...

[scumdog]

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

Cos too mane effwits are speeding and keeping the cops from catching 'real crims'...

(Slow learner huh???)

[rustic101]

When you point a finger there are always three point back at you....

Your current situation was entirely your own doing and preventable.

Do the Crime do the Time. Man (or Woman) Up and suffer the consequence of your actions

Rant Over

[slofox]

You could always try "slower"...

[Mudfart]

One who commits an offence under the Crimes Act ...

does that "one" apply to everyone? or are polititians theiving, police drunk drivers etc exempt?

[Mudfart]

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!![/QUOTE]
coz catching "dangerous" criminals don't collect revenue, as evident by the sliding scale of fines.

[Katman]

<img src="http://youngprogressive.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg"/>

[nallac]

You could always try "slower"...

where would be the fun in that?.

[Flip]

HA HA!

not much more to say on this topic.

[RiderInBlack]

Cos too mane effwits are speeding and keeping the cops from catching 'real crims'...

(Slow learner huh???):killingmeHave ta spread some more rep around, but Bling for that one. Should be a KB Classic Quote.
Too bad he wasn't riding at a pace at match his learning speed.

[slofox]

where would be the fun in that?.

None on the Napier Taupo - but plenty in the twisties...

[Mom]

Please dont feed the Troll.

[NighthawkNZ]

whew I thought there were real lice in the road.... move along... and I tink it s funny you are walking... hope you have good shoes...

[neels]

Please dont feed the Troll.
Exactly what I was thinking

[Ronin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX3UqY8KZpU&feature=related

[Grumpy]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet for three months 'cause I got too many speeding tickets ... :angry:

Got caught at 136 klicks across the Napier-Taupo Road ... lucky, 'cause just after I went passed the radar I didn't see, I opened the throttle ... cost me a lot of money and 50 points .. which gave me a total of 125 points inside 24 months ...:angry:

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

Wow. Way to make an entrance to the site my man. :clap:

Welcome aboard. You'll eventually learn to like it ..... ;)

[AllanB]

First post eh!

And you are complaining about the cops doing their job!

You take your chances and play the game, obviously you have lost a few times!

Maybe you should find a mate to trailer the bike to a few track days until you are allowed on the road. Do you need a valid license to do a track day?

[Tink]

I would suggest if ya wanna take it to speed.. .leave the country... plenty of countries have no speed limits or do as many say on here... take it to the track (said so many times its not funny any more)...

RIP DOPSY

[Swoop]

I wasn't even in top gear !!!!
So, you're not The Stig then?:scratch:

[sAsLEX]

I got the impression that you were knowingly speeding from your post; and now your here complaining that the police arnt doing their jobs properly because they are out chasing people that are doing well over the speed limit.

Dude you cocked up big time and now you have to live with the consequences. I doubt you will find much sympathy here.

you could quesiton the volume of the limited resoure available to policing that is allocated to catching us dangerous speeders though

[Smifffy]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet for three months 'cause I got too many speeding tickets ... :angry:

Got caught at 136 klicks across the Napier-Taupo Road ... lucky, 'cause just after I went passed the radar I didn't see, I opened the throttle ... cost me a lot of money and 50 points .. which gave me a total of 125 points inside 24 months ...:angry:

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp190/FindStuff2/TV/The%20Simpsons/simpsons_nelson_haha-1.jpg

[marty]

One who commits an offence under the Crimes Act ...

What about the Misuse of Drugs Act? Or the Arms Act? Or the Land Transport Act?

[marty]

you could quesiton the volume of the limited resoure available to policing that is allocated to catching us dangerous speeders though

There's about 25 HP cops in the Taupo/Napier district. They cover about 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try and create a roster that has more than 3 cars on the road covering the whole of the district at any one time. Then cover leave and court time.

If you then still can't avoid getting caught, you're a fucking muppet.

[sAsLEX]

There's about 25 HP cops in the Taupo/Napier district. They cover about 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try and create a roster that has more than 3 cars on the road covering the whole of the district at any one time. Then cover leave and court time.

If you then still can't avoid getting caught, you're a fucking muppet.

well I have not bee Caught in what must be over 24 as I am point free..... yet my average speed would not of dropped....... but probably increased....... I should be dead according to the adds

[Spearfish]

I should be dead according to the adds

Maybe this is where you go when you do?

[Gremlin]

been there, done that, done the walking. Changed bike, dropped my top speed, and barely talk to cops now. Crazy huh? :weird:

[p.dath]

does that "one" apply to everyone? or are polititians theiving, police drunk drivers etc exempt?

You are correct, you need to be convicted of an offence under the Crimes Act to get the new special title of "criminal". Otherwise you just an aspiring criminal, waiting to get qualified.

[yungatart]

136? On the Napier- Taupo? Without a radar detector? And you weren't even in top gear?

One of the heaviest patrolled roads in the country....what an idiot!

[Grubber]

I got the impression that you were knowingly speeding from your post; and now your here complaining that the police arnt doing their jobs properly because they are out chasing people that are doing well over the speed limit.

Dude you cocked up big time and now you have to live with the consequences. I doubt you will find much sympathy here.

Thats a "NONE" from here if it's any help.

[Banditbandit]

I got the impression that you were knowingly speeding from your post; and now your here complaining that the police arnt doing their jobs properly because they are out chasing people that are doing well over the speed limit.

Dude you cocked up big time and now you have to live with the consequences. I doubt you will find much sympathy here.

Yeah .. I know that .. just feeling frustrated 'cause the bikes are parked up . It was my fault .. I did it .. many many times ...

[HenryDorsetCase]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet for three months 'cause I got too many speeding tickets ... :angry:

Got caught at 136 klicks across the Napier-Taupo Road ... lucky, 'cause just after I went passed the radar I didn't see, I opened the throttle ... cost me a lot of money and 50 points .. which gave me a total of 125 points inside 24 months ...:angry:

Why can't the be out catching crims rather than harassing us rising at sane and safe speeds !!!! I wasn't even in top gear !!!!

If you were a proper anarchist you would refuse to be co opted into the system, you are a free man, do what you want. Just ride anyway, and dont pay stupid rego fees or anything. In fact, remove the number plate from that bike and do a wheelie past that cop, while swilling some Jack and giving the finger. Go on. You know you NEED to. You're an individual, not a sheep. Go ON...

[Banditbandit]

:killingmeHave ta spread some more rep around, but Bling for that one. Should be a KB Classic Quote.
Too bad he wasn't riding at a pace at match his learning speed.

I've been speeding all my riding life - from when the legal limits were 30 and 55 miles an hour ... I haven't learnt yet .. and I doubt I ever will ... it's too late to teach this old dog new tricks ... not the first time I've lost my licence either ...

[Banditbandit]

You could always try "slower"...

Tried that in the past - never could achieve it ..

[Banditbandit]

If you were a proper anarchist you would refuse to be co opted into the system, you are a free man, do what you want. Just ride anyway, and dont pay stupid rego fees or anything. In fact, remove the number plate from that bike and do a wheelie past that cop, while swilling some Jack and giving the finger. Go on. You know you NEED to. You're an individual, not a sheep. Go ON...

There's knowingly taking a risk ... which I have done many times ... and got away with it ... and then there is downright stupidity. I won't be that stupid any more ... did that many years ago (can't quite wheelie a '63 Triumph 650 the way you can a modern bike) ... at least I learnt to stay out of sight by not being that stupid .. the essence of freedom is survival ... if you rebel too visibly and illegally they even take that away from you ... so I make my choices as a free man ... and I chose to stay as invisible as possible ... and sometimes the radar traps see you anyway ...

[Banditbandit]

Wow. Way to make an entrance to the site my man. :clap:

Welcome aboard. You'll eventually learn to like it ..... ;)

Thanks. If I can't ride - at least I can talk about bikes ...

[sinfull]

(can't quite wheelie a '63 Triumph 650 the way you can a modern bike) .. So your speedo was out huh

[Banditbandit]

So your speedo was out huh

Speedos on the Bandits are notoriously out ... I thought I was passed at 140 klicks .. and was very pleased when he said "136 ..." I know that up the hill (passed the radar I didn't see ...) the speedo was showing more than 170 klicks .. so I was very lucky I was not walking on the spot ... the cop said he saw me open it up ... I thanked him for not resetting the radar reading

[sinfull]

Speedos on the Bandits are notoriously out ... I thought I was passed at 140 klicks .. and was very pleased when he said "136 ..." I know that up the hill (passed the radar I didn't see ...) the speedo was showing more than 170 klicks .. so I was very lucky I was not walking on the spot ... the cop said he saw me open it up ... I thanked him for not resetting the radar reading
What's that got to do with a 63 650 Triumph ?

Edit re read the post above and with ya now lol

Old saying though aye do the crime and all that ! I had a 3 month walk couple of winters ago but aint had a ticket since, V1 FTW

[duckonin]

136? On the Napier- Taupo? Without a radar detector? And you weren't even in top gear?

One of the heaviest patrolled roads in the country....what an idiot!
Well then yungatart there must be a lot of idiots that drive that road as there are a lot that do that speed including Newmans coachlines..Not sure what all the drama is about...Nope not one of the heaviest patrolled roads at all, but in saying that one does have to have caution once passed the Opepe reserve heading to Taupo...speed builds with the freefall from the top...So why do people buy fast bikes? maybe we should all be on scooters, those that buy the fast ones do so for a reason and that would be to run the 'gauntlet trying not to collect tickets',any other reason?

[Katman]

You could always try "slower"...


Tried that in the past - never could achieve it ..

You could always try walking.

Oh wait..........:killingme

[Banditbandit]

You could always try walking.

Oh wait..........:killingme

VERY FUNNY :angry: ... actually I laughed my head off ... :yeah:

[MSTRS]

Well then yungatart there must be a lot of idiots that drive that road as there are a lot that do that speed including Newmans coachlines..Not sure what all the drama is about...Nope not one of the heaviest patrolled roads at all, but in saying that one does have to have caution once passed the Opepe reserve heading to Taupo...speed builds with the freefall from the top...So why do people buy fast bikes? maybe we should all be on scooters, those that buy the fast ones do so for a reason and that would be to run the 'gauntlet trying not to collect tickets',any other reason?

One trip across there we saw 6 cops (3 marked, 3 mufti) and a camera van. It's a single raod, and less than 150kms, FFS.

[duckonin]

One trip across there we saw 6 cops (3 marked, 3 mufti) and a camera van. It's a single raod, and less than 150kms, FFS.

Bully for you, what are you trying to say FFS ?

[Pixie]

What a bunch of bend over forward pussies kiwis have turned into<_<

[Quasievil]

Im fairly sure the speed limit has been 100 kmph for a while now, not sure why so many are slow at learning.

enjoy the walk throttle controller.

im cool with 100 kmph as a spped limit personally, if I go over and I do the thats my issue and fine and penalty, if I get caught.

Its not so much what the safe speed is, its how fast you need to slow down in the event of........... happening, thats why its 100 kmph.

From a faded memory of a documentry somewhere sometime cars are fairly safeish at a collision at 56kmph, they base the 100kmph and reaction times to slow down to 56kmph in the event of............happening so as to get you into this safeish zone if needed. i.e 100kmph + reaction time = 56 kph (averagely of course) that applies to cars, but one rule for all has to apply.

Dont speed if you dont want to walk

[slofox]

Bloody Road Lice ... I'm beating the feet

Not beating the meat then, huh? No fines for that...I don't think so anyway...

[MSTRS]

Bully for you, what are you trying to say FFS ?

Fate Fucking Sucks?

[BoristheBiter]

Not beating the meat then, huh? No fines for that...I don't think so anyway...

Depends on who's watching.

[slofox]

Depends on who's watching.

Rrrriiiiight....some dude hereabouts got done for doing it in his car a couple of years ago IIRC...

[ynot slow]

Swings and roundabouts,we speed,we sometimes get caught,well for me anyway.And agree the bandit is an easy beast to find you're doing 150km without realising,but that is no excuse,neither is speedo error,but my invoice was for 118km and thought I was doing 123-8km when disco lights started at night.

[duckonin]

Fate Fucking Sucks?

Not bad have a good day...

[avgas]

Could be worse.
You could be dead.
People keep waking up dead all the time these days.

[Smifffy]

Could be worse.
You could be dead.
People keep waking up dead all the time these days.

Yeah, but none of them complain about it

[slofox]

Could be worse.
You could be dead.
People keep waking up dead all the time these days.

It's months since I last woke up dead...must be getting out of practice...

[ynot slow]

It's months since I last woke up dead...must be getting out of practice...

A carpet layer I knew had a T shirt "I've used up my sick leave today I turned up dead".

[rastuscat]

Interesting thought follows. (Well, I think so)

The gubbermint internal discussion agencies are looking at what is called a safer system. Basically, they are looking at trying to get our road transport system co-ordinated to mean that when a person makes a cock up, the outcome is mitigated by safer roads cars etc.

This safer system would reduce the road toll, so I personally think that the think tank is heading in the right direction. KiwiRap is part of that concept.

My problem is, if we just support that concept as the be-all and end-all of road safety we miss out on what is the grestest chance to save ourselves, that being the recognition that we are the factor that most influences our own personal safety.

Who can influence my decision to go too fast into a corner, probably on the wrong line? Me.

Who can ride at a distance that means I can stop when the dick head in front of me stops for reasons known only to him? Me.

Who can avoid most head on crashes by staying on my own side of the centreline? Me.

Now, those are things I can influence right now, this second, at no cost at all to anyone.

So there.

P.S. anyone else ending posts with "so there" is in breach of my ineffectual property rights.

So there.
:headbang:

[MSTRS]

It has always been that way. Yet, the grey men would have it that everyone needs to be saved from themselves. Of course, all that means is that the 'systems' put in place to that end simply allow the motoring public to think even less.
At what point do diminishing returns become obvious?