Christchurch Traffic Dept (the good old days)

[awa355]

I wonder if the bikes were painted black & white?

Did they have 'high' speed pursuits back then?

What's the chances of Rastuscat's grand daddy catchin a horse and dray?:2thumbsu

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[paturoa]

The front sprocket looks small too, so all high speed persuits would have required hills.

[slofox]

I wonder if the bikes were painted black & white?

Did they have 'high' speed pursuits back then?

What's the chances of Rastuscat's grand daddy catchin a horse and dray?:2thumbsup



Y'reckon I'd get away from him on me gixxer?

[jellywrestler]

Y'reckon I'd get away from him on me gixxer?

yeah but they'd know where your parents lived and you'd get a walloping when you got home, it wasn't illegal in them days

[slofox]

yeah but they'd know where your parents lived and you'd get a walloping when you got home, it wasn't illegal in them days

Nah. It wasn't was it...:angry: My ole man was a "belt first and ask afterwards" man.

[Grumph]

Of more concern is the lack of mudguards....I can just see it, flat out down Colombo St in hot pursuit of a speeding cart and zig - zagging to avoid the heaps of horse crap.....

When they did get bikes as we know them, the old man serviced them at Bells shop.

[unstuck]

Oi, wheres your bloody helmet.:angry2: The old girl next to his left shoulder is having a good squizz at his seat, wonder what she,s thinking.:Punk::Punk:

[rastuscat]

Nice. Just outside the Colombo Street Donut Salon.

[Banditbandit]

The front sprocket looks small too, so all high speed persuits would have required hills.

Mate - in 1895 that bicycle was high speed ..

[awa355]

Traffic Officer Macintosh must have been on his days off. or too full of doughnuts to pedal fast enough to catch the engine:scratch:

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[far queue]

Traffic Officer Macintosh must have been on his days off. or too full of doughnuts to pedal fast enough to catch the engine:scratch:Judging by that letter katmans relatives must come from Chch.

[awa355]

The traction engine driver would've had a good defence,

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Another piece I have found describes the police using a stopwatch and their knowledge of walking and cycling speeds to estimate if a vehicle was speeding.

Four mph on the straights and 2 mph on the corners. ( proposed)