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[Akzle]

http://mobile.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.php?c_id=1&objectid=11745703


o rly. but only on the boring bits...

[Big Dog]

Why bother for 10k? Should go 150 or true open and let local planners plan.

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[AllanB]

Highly likely it will exclude South Island roads as well due to their anal criteria.


I was wondering the other day - they have these zero speeding tolerance holiday weekends and the carnage continues.

Maybe they should try a no limit open road weekend and see what happens .......

[Akzle]

Maybe they should try a no limit open road weekend and see what happens .......

or just.... permanently.


infact one of the holiday weekends recently was the worst on record, before or since 0 tolerance. cops were very mum about that one.

the agenda continues...

[Big Dog]

110 seems like pacification to me. If they change it they can spend the next 20 years saying, but we just changed it...

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[AllanB]

110 seems like pacification to me. If they change it they can spend the next 20 years saying, but we just changed it...

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Or in the event they change it and keep very good accident records on those roads, and the rate increases (at 110) they will spend the next 10 years trying to reduce the limit to 90 ..... fuckers have a plan.

[Akzle]

110 seems like pacification to me. If they change it they can spend the next 20 years saying, but we just changed it...

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unfortunately, highly likely. but still, step in the right direction.

[Scuba_Steve]

Desert road need not apply... The amount of protection needed for a change of arbitary number :blink:

[nzspokes]

110 seems like pacification to me. If they change it they can spend the next 20 years saying, but we just changed it...

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The real point of it is so they can change the rural limit to 80.

[buggerit]

The talk of 110kmh is a red herring, I think the real story will be the lowering of speed limits on some of our favourite rides,:mad:
a bit like the mp"s getting a 2.5% payrise back dated to july that was announced the day of the US elections.

[Akzle]

The talk of 110kmh is a red herring, I think the real story will be the lowering of speed limits on some of our favourite rides,:mad:
a bit like the mp"s getting a 2.5% payrise back dated to july that was announced the day of the US elections.

someone should vote about it.

[Akzle]

The real point of it is so they can change the rural limit to 80.

yet to meet the cop that can keep up with me on gravel

[Grumph]

The real point of it is so they can change the rural limit to 80.

That's going to go down well in the SI - NOT. The long straight, well surfaced roads ChCh south are suitable for 110k limit - but won't get it cos no barriers.

When Helen's motorcade caused ructions speeding in Canterbury, it hardly raised an eyebrow here. The speeds achieved were quite safe on those roads.

[Moi]

That's going to go down well in the SI - NOT. The long straight, well surfaced roads ChCh south are suitable for 110k limit - but won't get it cos no barriers...

You could ask for wire barriers down the middle of the roads...

Seriously, you're correct. The roads are suitable, but the standard of driving of many is not. And they are the ones who lower the bar by driving off the road in their cars...

[nzspokes]

yet to meet the cop that can keep up with me on gravel

Yup, you are Bad Ass.

[jonbuoy]

Everyone drives around 130kph on the open road here and in the UK and the road toll is far lower than NZ. Nothing to do with speed just bad driving and poor road surface. It switches from freezing to 40 degrees and I have never seen tar bleed or a road worker blobbing down bitumen and flinging loose gravel over a patch and calling it "fixed".

[pete376403]

Given that the average car speedo reads anything up to 10% fast, most of those showing a death-defying 110 on the speedo will still only be driving at the current open road legal limit anyway.

[Akzle]

Given that the average car speedo reads anything up to 10% fast, most of those showing a death-defying 110 on the speedo will still only be driving at the current open road legal limit anyway.

gps dawg .

[pete376403]

Yes, got one of those, that's how I know the speedo is inaccurate. Don't think they are fitted to every car, though.

[Akzle]

Yes, got one of those, that's how I know the speedo is inaccurate. Don't think they are fitted to every car, though.

certainly becoming more and more common. any car made in the last decade probably has.

[scumdog]

yet to meet the cop that can keep up with me on gravel

Yeah but if he was in a car and not on a push-bike the outcome might be a bit different.:bleh:

[onearmedbandit]

certainly becoming more and more common. any car made in the last decade probably has.

Not ones that display speed though. Not saying they're not out there but I drive a lot of late model Euro's etc and whilst a lot have built in GPS I've not seen a function to display speed.

[pete376403]

Right. The satnav in my Honda Accord can do everything but predict next weeks Lotto numbers but to display speed it has to be in diagnostic mode, then a combination of touch panel presses (and its all in Japanese) brings up a display showing road speed, direction, altitude and how many satellites it can see. Not totally straight forward.

[jonbuoy]

Right. The satnav in my Honda Accord can do everything but predict next weeks Lotto numbers but to display speed it has to be in diagnostic mode, then a combination of touch panel presses (and its all in Japanese) brings up a display showing road speed, direction, altitude and how many satellites it can see. Not totally straight forward.

Probably don't display it to stop people complaining about their speedos being innacurate. I'm sure they stopped fitting oil pressure gauges as standard to stop people complaining about oil pressure being out of specification.