police presence?

[APPLE]

this time everyear there are more and more patrol cars on the main highways?they are more than happy 2 issue speed offences out 2 all bikers.so 2 every k'br destined 4 paeroa this sunday.Ride safe?and b WEARY:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:

[stify]

this time everyear there are more and more patrol cars on the main highways

happy that they stick to "main" highways personally

[SPman]

probably end up pretty weary......and we'll be wary as well.......

[Karma]

Yeh a few of us will be taking a fairly relaxed ride down there...

Would imagine that a high speed bike race is a magnet to high speed road riders... and that's what the HP counts on.

I'd also insure that L plates and that are being used where appropriate... the HP are ticket happy at any times, but paeroa will be like shooting fish in a barrel i'd imagine.

[kiwifruit]

ah yes, the dreeded patrol car on the horizon
we will all be scanning for the roof with lights or the undercover holden with stock wheels and multiple aerials, or the..... geez, who knows what they are in these days......
not that we exceed the speed limit anyway, so its not really a problem :)

[scumdog]

S'easy for you guys to talk - try and be IN one for your working day!!:wacko:

And still get a fright when you see one approaching!!:eek5:

[skidMark]

S'easy for you guys to talk - try and be IN one for your working day!!:wacko:

And still get a fright when you see one approaching!!:eek5:

:wacko: lol in a cop car ive never been in the back even and i don't really wanna be lol....do they have bucket seats? LOL

[scumdog]

:wacko: lol in a cop car ive never been in the back even and i don't really wanna be lol....do they have bucket seats? LOL


Yup, 'lectic adjustment etc - with our do-nut enlarged posteriors we need all the comfort we can get!!:shake: :rofl:

[2much]

Hey Scumdog, quick question if you don't mind?

Cop car sitting on the side of the road at night with radar on, I remember hearing a while ago that they have to have atleast their park lights on (for safety an all that), is this true?

Reason I ask is there was one sitting up the Kaimais tonight on the roadside just around the corner after the passing lane ends at the top. Fortunately saw him there on my way to Putaruru, but didn't spot him on the way back in the pitch black until almost beside him.

[scumdog]

Hey Scumdog, quick question if you don't mind?

Cop car sitting on the side of the road at night with radar on, I remember hearing a while ago that they have to have atleast their park lights on (for safety an all that), is this true?

Reason I ask is there was one sitting up the Kaimais tonight on the roadside just around the corner after the passing lane ends at the top. Fortunately saw him there on my way to Putaruru, but didn't spot him on the way back in the pitch black until almost beside him.

Old M.O.T. rule (made it easy to spot 'em a long ways off back then).

Today? It's up to the officers discretion (now theres a word!!) as to how safe he is without the park lights on.

Me? heh heh heh, when I know of a speed-problem area the gloves are off and you'll never see where I came from!! (day or night).

Unless I'm just playing.

Do you know it is possible to sit out in full open visibility on a bright sunny day and still get people doing 70+ in a 50? - AND even with the red'n'blues going you can STILL get people speeding towards you!:wacko: :eek5:

[DEATH_INC.]

Do you know it is possible to sit out in full open visibility on a bright sunny day and still get people doing 70+ in a 50? - AND even with the red'n'blues going you can STILL get people speeding towards you!:wacko: :eek5:
Yeh, I may know some people who do this.....

S'easy for you guys to talk - try and be IN one for your working day!!
And still get a fright when you see one approaching!!
Ha ha, that's classic. A real biker at heart aren't ya :niceone:

[kiwifruit]

Me? heh heh heh, when I know of a speed-problem area the gloves are off and you'll never see where I came from!! (day or night).

Unless I'm just playing.




is it some sort of game to you?
gosh, i hope "they" don't all think like that

[raster]

Watch out for the red SS commodore full kit, without stock wheels

[quickbuck]

There was a nice white Comode ute up near Waiouru the other day. Parked beside a farm gate.... Guess What! Well, we were heading south, but he did start to follow the noth bound traffic at pace.

[Quasievil]

Hey Scumdog, you need to get a radar detector mate, so you get a little warning before the cop shows up, do it for your heart, its not against the law so you might as well, do you think the police will have an issue with it?

[scumdog]

is it some sort of game to you?
gosh, I hope "they" don't all think like that

Nah, 'playing' is just with their minds, sitting there, radar on and doing paper-work and flashing any getting a little quick.

Oh, I forgot, we don't 'do' warnings or show discretion, oh well never mind.....

[skidMark]

quasi he is a cop lol

[Edbear]

Never ceases to ammuse me the number of drivers who are oblivious to their surroundings. Some who don't see the HP or camera van on the side of the road and others who, whilst only travelling at 80-90k suddenly brake about 50m from said HP or camera car! So many idiots drive along in dreamworld only vaguely aware that they are in control of a vehicle! Like the lady North of Wellsford yesterday aft. Drivers door ajar, gesticulating wildly to the passenger with one hand and drifting all over the place, suddenly braking for corners even though she was going about 75km/h! Finally noticed my headlight in her mirror, so practically stopped on the next sharp corner to let me past!!!!!:ar15:

[dhunt]

this time everyear there are more and more patrol cars on the main highways?they are more than happy 2 issue speed offences out 2 all bikers.so 2 every k'br destined 4 paeroa this sunday.Ride safe?and b WEARY:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:
Yip, I found out the hard way yesturday :angry2: Nice polite cop, didn't give me a lecture anything but informed me that the cops can get you for anything over 110km now :argh: And promptly told me I was in need of paying some speed tax. :nono:

[RT527]

Yep, I that just proves how much people are actually concentrating on the road in front of them.


I think people tend to do that because they think that you are already tied up with a job so they should be safe to nip by at pace. I would say it again proves that there truely are morons out there, who simply dont look where they are going.

Think yourself lucky if all you see is a cop this weekend, Cause you certainly do not want to see me coming down the road, if you do, someone is in trouble!!!. having said that you still get idiots that wont pull over for a big red truck with flashing lights either, like the lady that kept passing everyone who was pulling over for me till she got to a corner and paniced cause she finally looked in the mirror to see what all the sirens and air horn noises were about, shes lucky I`m a proffesional driver and had allready anticipated her panicing and had backed off a whole heap( by this stage we had traveled a little over 4 1/2 kms behind her):doh: :zzzz: :ar15: :blink:
Anyways hope you guys had a good ride, by the way one of the local cops chased a guy on an apirilla 1000 i think it was` from ngatea all the way to clevedon, where he ran out of gas....his comment was i would have lost you if i hadn`t run outta gas, my mates reply.......at what stage in the last
1/2 hour did you think you lost me?.

[nadroj]

Do you know it is possible to sit out in full open visibility on a bright sunny day and still get people doing 70+ in a 50? - AND even with the red'n'blues going you can STILL get people speeding towards you!:wacko: :eek5:[/QUOTE]



Bread & butter business:done:

[Edbear]

Anyways hope you guys had a good ride, by the way one of the local cops chased a guy on an apirilla 1000 i think it was` from ngatea all the way to clevedon, where he ran out of gas....his comment was i would have lost you if i hadn`t run outta gas, my mates reply.......at what stage in the last
1/2 hour did you think you lost me?.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:gob:

[Toast]

Anyways hope you guys had a good ride, by the way one of the local cops chased a guy on an apirilla 1000 i think it was` from ngatea all the way to clevedon, where he ran out of gas....his comment was i would have lost you if i hadn`t run outta gas, my mates reply.......at what stage in the last
1/2 hour did you think you lost me?.

What a poofter. If you can't get away from a cop on those kind of roads, on an Aprillia thou, you need a reality check in regards to your skill level.

[Toast]

Yep, I that just proves how much people are actually concentrating on the road in front of them.


Kinda depends how far the person gets clocked from though. Sometimes the cops will hit them from 400m+, which driving at 70km/h, is a little more than you really need to be worrying about.