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[riffer]

Yup, it had to happen.

Got caught pootling along at 112km/hr on Hutt Motorway opposite the Haywards turnoff.

My fault. Wasn't looking at the speedo.

5th one of these in 2 years.

Roll on the 3-month stand-down.

:no:

[Sniper]

Yup, it had to happen.

Got caught pootling along at 112km/hr on Hutt Motorway opposite the Haywards turnoff.

My fault. Wasn't looking at the speedo.

5th one of these in 2 years.

Roll on the 3-month stand-down.

:no:

Ouch Riffer mate, that sucks big time. Hope tim flies quick and we see you back soon

[Sparky Bills]

Sorry to hear that mate.

[riffer]

Just checked with LTSA.

I am currently standing at 55 demerits.

With the 40 I will get loaded on when they receive payment I will be on 95...

Until 25th October.

Sheesh... Talk about cutting it fine!

[sAsLEX]

pootling along at 112km/hr on Hutt Motorway


you dangerous barstard!! I will sleep easier that you are not on our roads at these reckless speeds, constantly endangering the lives of other road users

[James Deuce]

How close can you go!!

Glad you avoided the ban, that would have had awful repercussions!

[riffer]

Cop was actually really good about it. He asked about the bike, talked about his Hornet 900, and asked if I knew Dave and how he was doing.

Then he (helpfully) showed me his certificate of accuracy for his car and did 100km/hr down the road (and flashed his lights when he hit 100) to let me calibrate my speedo (which reads 8/kmhr slow).

[James Deuce]

Copy was actually really good about it. He asked about the bike, talked about his Hornet 900, and asked if I knew Dave and how he was doing.

Then he (helpfully) showed me his certificate of accuracy for his car and did 100km/hr down the road (and flashed his lights when he hit 100) to let me calibrate my speedo (which reads 8/kmhr slow).

Ouch! 8km/hr slow! sheebs. Just the right amnount to get you in trouble. I like that cop though. He did everything he could to help. Feels like my tax money is going somewhere good when I hear that.

Sorry about the fine though, that sucks.

[Slingshot]

Just checked with LTSA.

I am currently standing at 55 demerits.

With the 40 I will get loaded on when they receive payment I will be on 95...

Until 25th October.

Sheesh... Talk about cutting it fine!

Just don't pay until the 25th of October then:Punk:

[FROSTY]

Best ya tell her who must be obeyed that ya need to take your agression out on the track :devil2:
Comeon matey Ya know you want to

[Zapf]

Just don't pay until the 25th of October then:Punk:

the date the points kicks in are when the ticket has been issued. Not when you pay the ticket.

only way is go to court and hope for some reason they don't turn up.

otherwise you don't know if you'll be able to get off the next ticket between now and then.... its cutting it close...

[oldfart]

Just checked with LTSA.

I am currently standing at 55 demerits.

With the 40 I will get loaded on when they receive payment I will be on 95...

Until 25th October.

Sheesh... Talk about cutting it fine!

How do you check your demerit points with the LTSA & can you access it through the web?? :unsure:

[WRT]

Then he (helpfully) showed me his certificate of accuracy for his car and did 100km/hr down the road (and flashed his lights when he hit 100) to let me calibrate my speedo (which reads 8/kmhr slow).

My TLR was around 7kph out at 100kph (when doing 100kph, the speedo would read 107). I read somewhere a while back that most manufacturers actually factor in a margin of error of around 8% into the speedo readings so that they cant be held responsible for people getting fines. Hence, when your speedo reads 100kph, your actually doing closer to 90. However, people change the sprockets on their bikes (for those that have the speedo run off the gearbox) or oversized mags on their car and this alters the speedo's accuracy. Even changing your tyres for ones with a 5mm differnce in profile can change your speedo reading by several percent (off the top of my head I think its something like 4% on 17" rims).

If you are in Auckland, there is a 5k speedo test on the southern motorway down towards the bombays, you can use that to test how accurate your speedo is. Failing that, next time you spot one of those trailers with a speed sensor and a big sign on it, just do some runs past that to check your speedo. Dunno how accurate those are either, but its a good place to start.

[Lou Girardin]

112 km/h! Bloody murderer. :whistle:

[sAsLEX]

How do you check your demerit points with the LTSA & can you access it through the web?? :unsure:

you can ring them, numbers in the book

[ManDownUnder]

Just checked with LTSA.

I am currently standing at 55 demerits.

With the 40 I will get loaded on when they receive payment I will be on 95...

Until 25th October.

Sheesh... Talk about cutting it fine!


...eerrrrr welcome back?!?

You better leave it in first or second matey - mine'll do 110 in second and yours is newer so... maybe faster?

Would it be ok to do 105, but only on one wheel perhaps?

Close call - good luck!

[vifferman]

Got caught pootling along at 112km/hr on Hutt Motorway
'Pootling' is hardly dangerous.
It's very unusual to have your speedo reading under the actual speed, unless your bike's been geared up or has a different profile rear tyre or summat...

[riffer]

How do you check your demerit points with the LTSA & can you access it through the web?? :unsure:

See here: http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/infringements_faq.php#7

[riffer]

...eerrrrr welcome back?!?

You better leave it in first or second matey - mine'll do 110 in second and yours is newer so... maybe faster?

Would it be ok to do 105, but only on one wheel perhaps?

Close call - good luck!

110 in second?

Mine does 115 indicated in first!!!!

At last that's what it looks to be if you do the mental arithmetic. Being a mph speedo and all.

Mine does just under 180 km/hr in second, at the redline.

[riffer]

'Pootling' is hardly dangerous.
It's very unusual to have your speedo reading under the actual speed, unless your bike's been geared up or has a different profile rear tyre or summat...

Speedo is off the front wheel. Front tyre is getting pretty shagged.

[ManDownUnder]

110 in second?

Mine does 115 indicated in first!!!!

At last that's what it looks to be if you do the mental arithmetic. Being a mph speedo and all.

Mine does just under 180 km/hr in second, at the redline.

actually I think you're right... (shows you how often I redline the thing)...

I take it back - just stay below 112 (bloody speed demon :rofl: )

[vifferman]

Speedo is off the front wheel. Front tyre is getting pretty shagged.
Then it would be reading high - unless it's a 70 profile when it should be a 60, or the spring in the speedo is tired.

[crashe]

Well the moral of the story is slow down...

Pay the fine and get out onto the race track and speed there.

Now you have to behave yourself on the roads for two years.

It was good of the police officer to be so helpful to check what your speedo is really reading.

[James Deuce]

Well the moral of the story is slow down...

Pay the fine and get out onto the race track and speed there.

Now you have to behave yourself on the roads for two years.

It was good of the police officer to be so helpful to check what your speedo is really reading.

112 is speeding? I really don't think riffer needs a lecture particularly, nor do I think that he was trying to break land speed records. I get passed on the motorway and open road by most traffic with a 110 indicated on the R6 - considerably quicker if it happens to be Madboy.

[FROSTY]

112 is speeding? I really don't think riffer needs a lecture particularly, nor do I think that he was trying to break land speed records. I get passed on the motorway and open road by most traffic with a 110 indicated on the R6 - considerably quicker if it happens to be Madboy.
No he is a dire villan --a criminal to be locked in the stocks. :mad:
112km/h in a 100k zone -My gosh he could have killed an innocent and with all that extra speed.
No there is nothing for it --his bike must be stripped-all lights and indicators removed and a number like-48 fitted to the front of the bike -to indicate his villany
To cap it off he must only ride his bike on closed roads such as a road in feilding and taupo
WE MUST GET THESE LAWBREAKERS OFF THE ROAD POST HASTE

[unhingedlizard]

my bike does 180kph in first. Off a cliff.

First time i went to auckland, I followed a cop car on the way back along the motorway at 140kph. Was a line of about six of us!

[sAsLEX]

Failing that, next time you spot one of those trailers with a speed sensor and a big sign on it, just do some runs past that to check your speedo. Dunno how accurate those are either, but its a good place to start.

They always tell me to slow down or too fast never the actual speed I am doing(testing 100), mind you they are always in 50k zones

[2_SL0]

Bummer, but your still hanging in there with 95. I got that a good few years ago. I ended up driving like a nana and havent stopped yet.
Sounds like the cop was a very reasonable guy.

[MD]

Just checked with LTSA.

I am currently standing at 55 demerits.

With the 40 I will get loaded on when they receive payment I will be on 95...

Until 25th October.

Sheesh... Talk about cutting it fine!
Bugger Riffer. 40 points for 112kph?? Surely it's only 10 or maybe 20. At 55 now you should be well short of licence loss. Or have you got some more points 'in the pipeline' so to speak. I understood that they do not record the points against you until fine is paid then its backdated to time of offence. Then with hindsight they would see you have achieved the magic goal of 100 and honour you with a personal visit by an Officer with a letter from the Queen, or something not as pleasant. I went 14 mths on 90 points. You really start to shit yourself the closer you get to clearing some points. Sort of expect to get slammed with 10 points a day too soon. That's the injustice of demerits. Do 111kph on Monday and it lose your licence, but if some old points drop off on Tuesday and you get caught doing 111 ist's Ok that day.
I reckon we should be able to get overdrafts as well above the 100 limit. Something like, you're in excess mate, donate $100 to your favourite charity to cover the excess! Anything but take away our licence

[MacD]

Then he (helpfully) showed me his certificate of accuracy for his car and did 100km/hr down the road (and flashed his lights when he hit 100) to let me calibrate my speedo (which reads 8/kmhr slow).

I checked my RF speedo against a GPS after it became quite obvious that it was not reading correctly. My speedo is pretty much 10% optimistic across the 50-100km/h range. That is, it reads 110 when I'm really doing 100.

I'm quite surprised that your speedo reads slow as that is fairly uncommon in my experience. Do you run a non-standard profile on the front tyre (RF speedo is a front-wheel-drive one)?

[vifferman]

They always tell me to slow down or too fast never the actual speed I am doing(testing 100), mind you they are always in 50k zones
I suspect that there are different types, and that they have changed the way they operate, due to eejits like me. :whistle:
First few I saw, I went, "kewl!", slowed down till there was a break in traffic, then accelerated to see what velcity I could get up to in the few metres before the measuring/indicating doofer. Next ones had a thing that once you exceeded the speed limit came up with a scoreboard, keeping tally of how many dollars you'd won (at least that's what I think it was doing :confused: ) After that, all the ones I saw just flashed SLOW SLOW SLOW, no matter how fast I went. :weird:

[Lou Girardin]

I think they've changed them to discourage record attempts.

[madboy]

It'll be a lot less than 40 demerits for 112. Something pissy like 25 or something. I sat on 95 for 21 months many moons ago when I was a cage only man. It was pure fluke that I got through as I can't say my driving habits changed too much. But then in my driving history I usually get pinged for piss-ass little tickets anyway, like 130km/h on Wgtn urban mway SH1 - 3 lanes each way, big ass median barrier, 1.30am and not a single other car apart from the bloody cop on the road. The times when I'm really giving it to it the cops usually aren't around. It's all fluke.

Hard luck Riffer, time to pay your tax you murderer you!! Remember speeders are killing us!!

[madboy]

After that, all the ones I saw just flashed SLOW SLOW SLOW, no matter how fast I went. :weird:I've been trying to find one of those to test my speedo but I've never come across one at the right time yet... I usually just settle for testing the camera vans with the bike front on, but the buggers never send me the results. Typical slack govt department. :oi-grr: