Where did all those Police come from???

[MD]

What the hell. I'm too scared to venture to my letter box for fear of a laser beam through the eyes. Never seen so many Police on the roads as this weekend. You'd think there was something special on! The HP weapon of choice is definitely the laser. They're pinging heaps of motorists.
Helen's going to be rubbing her hands with joy as she counts the weekend's tax takings on Tuesday.
I got stung just minding my own business cruising along the motorway with cars all around me. The detector went off but that's no help against laser anyway. The truth was that when I saw him I thought I was going slow enough not to warrant his attention and when he jumped on his bike, I thought he would pull the car beside me- so did the car because he started to pull over on to the shoulder then changed his mind! I should have tried that.
I questioned how Mr Plod managed to pick a small bike out amongst about 6 larger vehicles all moving along in a tight block at the same speed. Sadly for me it was above 100kph. It's about now I had better apologise for my heinous crime. I know we've heard about some despicable crimes of late on the news but this will top the lot. Go ahead and hate me for it. 115kph on a dual lane motorway, not overtaking, dry conditions, good visibility (well obviously not good enough to spot a parked bike over a rise). Yep, I know I should be castrated, boiled in oil, hung drawn and quartered and sent to a leper colony. Luckily they never found my concealed baton and jar of vasiline (vasalene?).
He asked 'what have I learned from this' - a long moment of silence followed. I wanted to say 'that you are an arsehole' but that wouldn't have been constructive to our already failing relationship.
I know the laws the law and I accept it was all me me me that got the ticket but shit a brick 115 on a quiet stretch of straight m/w and I'm made to feel like a crim. No wonder more people are doing runners.
Another whinge. When did the highway from Whitby to Pautahanui roundabout get lowered from 100kph to 80 kph? That's a great piece of perfect curvy seal that can actually be enjoyed at 100. Now with the stroke of a pen we've become crims if we do the speed that's been deemed safe for decades.
Sigh, that feels better now.
Hope the rest of you stay out of trouble.

[RantyDave]

Go ahead and hate me for it. 115kph on a dual lane motorway, not overtaking, dry conditions, good visibility
A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN! JESUS MAN, WILL YOU PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Dave

[raster]

It's a conspiracy I tell you!!!

[SuperDave]

Went northish along 16 for a most of the way and we only ran into one cop. Looks like they were all out to get you.

Yeah I reckon thats bullshit, if the cars around you are going the same speed it's unfair to pull the bike only. As far as phsyics go wouldn't 1.5 tonnes moving at 115kph be a hell of a lot more deadly than a wee bike of 220kgs loaded going the same speed?

[raster]

Went northish along 16 for a most of the way and we only ran into one cop. Looks like they were all out to get you.

Yeah I reckon thats bullshit, if the cars around you are going the same speed it's unfair to pull the bike only. As far as phsyics go wouldn't 1.5 tonnes moving at 115kph be a hell of a lot more deadly than a wee bike of 220kgs loaded going the same speed?

Wasn't it a 4x4 that killed the poor bugger in the 323 on Saturday morning?
Not going too fast but travelling too close to car in front, then they turn it around and say "too fast for conditions".

[sunhuntin]

yep, radio was bleeping about lots of cops over the weekend, so i stayed off the bike and told my man to keep his foot light [not that he needs telling!] saw one mufti cop had some one pulled up, and one of those "youre going this fast" sign thingys with half the lights of the first number missing. so not many cops really... had one pull in at work to gas up, and thats it.

[Edbear]

Yeah, you were breaking the law, you got caught, yadda, yadda... Does seem a bit harsh though, eh? Especially if you were only keeping with the traffic.

"So, what have you learned from this?" "Don't keep up with the traffic?"

[beyond]

:(

Classic case of singling out the biker yet again.

Oh, of course, I forgot, you are the bugger that was changing the CD, swapping channels on the radio, yakking to Grandma in the back while not looking, thumping the kids in the back seat with your free arm, rolling a ciggy, looking for that dropped CD case, picking your nose while looking in the mirror and of course, the horrendous danger you put everyone else in, on such a vulnerable machine. 115kmh. Man, you henious criminal you. :Pokey:

[jimbo600]

Mark, I'm really dissapointed in you. 115 in a 100 giving all us law abiding bikies a bad name. Yep its BULLSHIT alright. They know that there will be high volume traffic over the weekend so its cash cow time. I'm also amazed that they could pick you amongst all the other traffic, and get a refected signal.

[ZorsT]

All the cops must have been taken away from Nelson :cool: :whistle:

[Brett]

Thank goodness the boys in blue did a wonderful job of punishing a rutheless baby killer. Shame on you. Should have taken your licence for that sort of behaviour.
Thank you Mr Plod for making us all criminals. Fool.

[ZeroIndex]

haha.. did anyone see the 6 cop cars surrounding an old *1989ish* Ford Laser in Huntly last night? the guy musta been doing a runner from Hamilton, and he got spike-stripped (due to his two flat front tyres).. GO COP GO!!! Get all the cars off the road

[Motu]

I haven't seen any Cops all weekend,so far - I think you ride on the wrong roads.

[boomer]

Its silly season; 115 is discpicible :psst: Coming back from Henderson last saturday nite at 12 and my radar goes off; i look up ahead and theres the rozza thinking he's from miami vice, knelt down with his gun poised on the car door; 105 and he leaves me be; umm.. another ping not 100metres up the road.. its crocket in teh same styled pose as Tubbs back up the road! Well he got the bird as i went past him at 110;

Twas either tollerance day (+/- 10%) or they were enjoying the miami vice reinactment:sherlock:

[enigma51]

Jeez md you reckless biker you could have killed some one doing that type of speeds!

[justsomeguy]

Three of us got pinged yesterday - looks like a fecking KB record.

[thehollowmen]

A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN! JESUS MAN, WILL YOU PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

When you put it that way, us childfree people might start riding faster

[Coyote]

He asked 'what have I learned from this' - a long moment of silence followed. I wanted to say 'that you are an arsehole' but that wouldn't have been constructive to our already failing relationship.:killingme that had me in stiches


Another whinge. When did the highway from Whitby to Pautahanui roundabout get lowered from 100kph to 80 kph? That's a great piece of perfect curvy seal that can actually be enjoyed at 100. Now with the stroke of a pen we've become crims if we do the speed that's been deemed safe for decades.
Sigh, that feels better now.
Hope the rest of you stay out of trouble.
Shit! That's now 80?! I was doing {an undisclosed speed} down there only 3 hours ago. Not that it would matter losing my licence {not that my speed was to the point where I could've lost my licence :shifty:} as the RG is going to be racified these holidays, but I could've got a rather nasty fine {if I had been travelling at an illegal speed}

[Toast]

He asked 'what have I learned from this' - a long moment of silence followed. I wanted to say 'that you are an arsehole' but that wouldn't have been constructive to our already failing relationship.

OMFG that kind of patronising shit from a hillbilly would've been hard to swallow, even for an unconfrontational fellow like myself. Good on you for doing the wise thing and taking it in the rectum, not trying to enlighten the dim bugger, 'cos some holes in the head are just too deep to shine a light in to.

[T.I.E]

they are making alot of money out there, but bugger it all we keep breaking the rules. nasty for singling you out amongst the crowd though.
there weren't many out west ak today which was great.
but yall must beware.

somethimes i hate it when they are right, but dam they could lose the attitude (I AM GOD AND I KNOW IT) when they are writing out a ticket.

[erik]

He asked 'what have I learned from this' - a long moment of silence followed. I wanted to say 'that you are an arsehole' but that wouldn't have been constructive to our already failing relationship.
:laugh: :brick:

If it makes you feel any better, I got my first speeding ticket (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=579210&postcount=46) on saturday on the ride up north.

I learned a couple of things from that:

1) Don't speed on the nice flat clear straights with good visibility on SH1 near abouts Waipu (really common sense I guess :doh: ).

2) If you see a speed camera van, stay slow for a considerable while after it as there may be a cop around the next bend.

[Paul in NZ]

Funnily enough...

I only saw one HP today and I was being semi sensible at around 118 with a big bad black SS (or summat) commodore thing right up my jacksee so I pulled over and let her past... She pulled up beside me and suddenly buttoned off with a worried look .. As she fell back I saw all thechnology on the dashboard and guessed she had detected a radar / laser with all that crap! Ha ha! Missed me!

Lucky boy

[miSTa]

Mmmmmm, no cops spotted doing the Akaroa gp today, having said that half the trip was off the main road.

[.produKt]

Soo how many got pinged today?

I got done on Bealey Ave here in chch by a camera facing towards the flow of traffic doing 64 in what i thought was definitly a 60.

But the wierd thing is, all i saw was the flash light thingy, no camera..?!.

Ahh well, im pretty sure it wouldnt have got a number plate even if there was a camera :rofl: And if it did, it'll be a nice shot of me, pretending to scrath my 'helmet' with my middle finger :lol:

[spudchucka]

You'd think there was something special on!
Easter, traditional time of year for road kill to increase. Hence increased numbers of bumble bee cars on the roads.

[Swoop]

Three of us got pinged yesterday - looks like a fecking KB record.
Make that 4, dude..........
Feck it.

[N4CR]

.produkt.... it will have been your headlight reflecting in a car centre mirror, they don't use flashes that often now... stumped me for a while that one. :crazy:

edit: yeah saw a fuckload of pigs out last two days, of course doing the best to stop people spontaneously combusting at 10kmh over, and killing african love children etc

[WINJA]

i say good on the pigs ,theyve solved all the rapes, burgs and murders and now they deserve to take the easy road and hand
out tickets to the mostly law abiding citizens of this
country(sarcasm)
all you pigs should wake the fuck up you bunch of losers we want you to do crime fighting not revenue gathering.

[James Deuce]

Bugger MD, you seem to have a points magnet somewhere on your bike. I was a raping baby killer and did 110 all the way up to Upper Hutt from Lower Hutt, but the rest of the traffic was going faster except for the Illusionworx Ute doing 80 and randomly changing lanes. Feels scary to try and even be legal, cos no one else is.

I didn't see any cops, but I had to get out of the way of a couple of motorcyclists (RG150 near Kaitoke, and satin blue ZX636 South side of Rimutakas) who obviously felt it was OK to pull out into oncoming traffic and stay there, as the oncoming traffic was a motorcyclist who would obviously think it was OK and get out of the way. Good thing I'm at the top of a mood swing and not the bottom of a trough, eh?

Where's the cop when you need one?

[.produKt]

No no nc4r, was a plainwhite van parked up on the lowerend of bealey with a 10inch wide looking thingy on the back,
i somehow doubt it was my headlights reflecting off a can's center mirror :lol: lol

[fishb8nz]

On my way from Hammy to Whangaroa, over Waitangi weekend, I saw a traffic cop every 20 minute. Typical holiday weekend. Either somebody pulled over, with lights flashing, or just cruising in the opposite direction.
Simple indications here - take it easy. Welly it on the back roads but forget it for the major highways. No major crystal ball work there!

[Sniper]

Bugger mate, shit you got the harsh end of the stick. You have every right to complain that the bugger was doing his job, but in truth, good on ya for not complaining and taking it on the chin. :niceone:

Next time, do a farking runner OK.

[MD]

Funnily enough...

I only saw one HP today and I was being semi sensible at around 118
Lucky boy
118 !!! Are you insane Paul? There was I feeling like a failed citizen going all the way up the dial to 115, while you were going off the deep end. You need therapy. I feel like a saint again after hearing that.
Why can't I be a chick magnet instead of a demerit points magnet?
Shut up.. no one answer that.
On a serious note I know Easter is usually a terrible time for road deaths so its good to see a high HP presence on the roads at a time when it will help. If they put all the muftis on the road - now that would stink.
And thanks to all you other KBers trying to cheer me up by also getting tickets. I would have prefered beer though. Or better still petrol. I put some 98 in at $1.72 ... ouch.

[MD]

Three of us got pinged yesterday - looks like a fecking KB record.
Tell us more JSG. Were you all caught at the same time or picked off individually. Laser?

[MD]

good on ya for not complaining and taking it on the chin. :niceone:


Cheers. I have no problem with them doing their job. in fact if all I ever get is copped at 115 here, 116 there, then I'm well ahead of the ledger.

[Dafe]

Bugger, doesn't sound good MD.

Unusual thing was, Myself and UncleB and others took an early ferry sailing on saturday morning and arrived at Picton at 9am.

We did a run from Picton across the Takakas, back to Blenheim and returned to Picton for a sailing that night. We did not see one cop, until we arrived back in Wellington.

We were so confident that there must be no cops on patrol, that I sat at 150kph from Nelson to Blenheim. Sure enough, Not a cop to be seen at all.

Maybe all the Nelson cops went to Wellington to make their quota this month.

My response to the coppers question would have been: " That from this day - I'll never give support or assistance to the Police, in any situation, ever."

Hey MD, It wasn't the Maori/Pacific Islander motorcyclist cop was it? I got done for 65 in a 50 in January. Also, Pex_Adams got done by him in february. That guy loves pinging motorcyclists.

[Madness]

When did the highway from Whitby to Pautahanui roundabout get lowered from 100kph to 80 kph? That's a great piece of perfect curvy seal that can actually be enjoyed at 100.

That new 80k zone is a joke!! Mind you, cages are so much easier to pick off in those little bays when they're doing 75, had heaps of fun doing just that thisarvo. Came back over the Haywards hill :rolleyes: , headed south and saw a cop pulled over some poor bugger on a GSX250 150mtrs south from Haywards lights. I figured he must have been victim of the Manor Park laser sting. You'd have to be blind and deaf to get pinged with that old trick, it was my lucky day again today.

[WINJA]

My response to the coppers question would have been: " That from this day - I'll never give support or assistance to the Police, in any situation, ever."


THATS IT , LET YOUR ANGER CONTROL YOU , GIVE IN TO THE DARK SIDE :ar15: :Police:


P.S. I DONT THINK YOUR THE WORLDS FASTEST COOKISLANDER , MAYBE THE POOREST AFTER FINANCING THAT FLY NEW RIDE BUT NOT THE FASTEST

[Madness]

Hey MD, It wasn't the Maori/Pacific Islander motorcyclist cop was it? That guy loves pinging motorcyclists.

Dafe do you mean the big heavy sucker that looks about 50 years old that rides a Beemer. I think He's a Hutt traffuc unit. I jumped out of my ute one morning at BP Melling. The handbrake was rooted and the thing nearly rolled over his bike. I caught it (darwin moment) but I thought he was gonna book me for it.
If you mean the late 30's / early 40's Samoan HP dude, He Rocks!! ( As much as a cop can of course ) let me off light as a month back going for a blat one Sunday morning.

[Sutage]

dont speed on easter and always buy alcohol day before
easy !

[VasalineWarrior]

''What have you learned from this?'' bahahah thats a bit rich. Would he like a list?

1) ''That you are a prick, officer''
2) ''That you are a conceited prick and a wanker, officer''
3) ''That you are a conceited prick and a wanker who is so used to picking on law abiding citizens that next time I will show you a clean pair of wheels and a one fingered salute, officer''
4) etc

Feel free to add your own comments

Seriously though, if I reckon I can get away with it turning off up a nice quiet street and turning the bike off is becoming a very attractive option these days. How many of us get ''warnings'' anymore? Tosser

[oldguy]

At that speed, you would have been the slow'est person on the motorway Don't know how many times Ive had people pass me in there 4WD's these clowns have there whole familys, Im doing between 100 to 115k on a bike and pass me (like I,m standing still )well you know what I mean.
Think that cop just wanted to add a bike to his collection. :crybaby:

[Aiolos]

Bloody north islanders. Everyone (which was hardly anyone) on the Dunedin motorway today was being law-abiding.

[justsomeguy]

Tell us more JSG. Were you all caught at the same time or picked off individually. Laser?

Individually, all could have been avoided. We fell straight into their trap, stupid us.:oi-grr:

[Swoop]

I have had reliable info that the cops are playing games to amuse themselves during their shift, gathering $$'s for uncle helen.

They play snooker......

Pot a red,
Then a colour,
Then another red,
etc....

Finishing on a black at the end of the shift!


Speed kills! (I need a Tui now).

[GR81]

All the cops must have been taken away from Nelson :cool: :whistle:
that would be a first!!! but dont worry, they'll be back in time for New Years :shit:

[scumdog]

My response to the coppers question would have been: " That from this day - I'll never give support or assistance to the Police, in any situation, ever."

.


On the same mentallity, the pump-jockey at Mobil spilt petrol on the side of my car AND somehow jammed the pertol cap on wrong - "From this day - I'll never give support or assistance to the petroleum industry, in any situation, ever"

Get rid of the vitriol lad and chill out.
BTW:
By the sounds of things you North Island types seem to harbour 'bike-hating' cops by the score, I've NEVER met any of that mentallity down here, in fact the reverse - many have said how they have warned/flashed their headlights at motorcyclists where I'm sure they would have given a car driver a ticket.

[scumdog]

all you pigs should wake the fuck up you bunch of losers we want you to do crime fighting not revenue gathering.

Fuck off, it's easier giving speeding losers like you tickets, why should we bust our guts crime fighting when you guys give us the easy option??:nya:

[WINJA]

Fuck off, it's easier giving speeding losers like you tickets, why should we bust our guts crime fighting when you guys give us the easy option??:nya:
YOU CAN ONLY GIVE ME A TICKET IF I STOP , LUCKY YOU PIGS LACK THE SKILL TO CATCH ME , IM SUPRISED YOU FUCKERS CAN TIE YOUR OWN SHOE LACES, SAY HI TO YOUR WIFE FOR ME

[RT527]

Hehe....How many of you moaners that get tickets go fishing?...........and of the ones that go fishing , How many of you catch alll the fish in the sea?......
.
.
.
.
So what makes you think that one cop can pull you all over?.

[RT527]

mind you i still think more should be done about 89% of the car drivers mentality that they are more entitled to the road than anyone else that uses it.....

[Gazzar]

On the way back from Rotorua yesterday and this wanker in a BMW:ar15: was tailgateing me along the Matamata strates at about 110 km\h so i slowed down and he passed me then i put the head light on full and he put his footdown 135 km\h :2thumbsup for about 5ks i still don't know where he was looking as about 300m ahead was a pig :Police: i backed off and he got pulled :clap: that is a good pig in my book There was about 7 or more cars between Maramarua and Matamata on friday and 4 or 5 yesterday
And no tickets for me:2thumbsup



Gary

[scumdog]

Hehe....How many of you moaners that get tickets go fishing?...........and of the ones that go fishing , How many of you catch alll the fish in the sea?......
.
.
.
.
So what makes you think that one cop can pull you all over?.

Shut up you fool, most of them are too dumb to figure it out all by themselves, let them think theres a cop for each of them, keep the paranoia going!!! :shutup:

[scumdog]

YOU CAN ONLY GIVE ME A TICKET IF I STOP , LUCKY YOU PIGS LACK THE SKILL TO CATCH ME , IM SUPRISED YOU FUCKERS CAN TIE YOUR OWN SHOE LACES, SAY HI TO YOUR WIFE FOR ME

So what're you bitching about then bitch?

And have you figured out which way round your jandals go? If you get them facing backwards you'll find all six toes have nothing (except dog-shit) between them.

When you eventually have then give me a yell and I'll tell you which one goes on which foot. (HINT: the one marked "L" goes on your left foot - you DO know which ones the left one don't you? - you do have only one left foot don't you?:motu: )

[brianemone]

I saw about 13 cops on the way from wellington to hamilton

and about 4 crashes none of them involving bikes

[cowpoos]

Speed kills! (I need a Tui now).

yeah right!

[Blakamin]

I went over haywards from UH and the Paekak Hill at 8am and saw nothing... not even a bike untill I got to McKays crossing... bueatiful day for a ride but I think I might have woken some locals...Might have to repack the cans one day! (sitting on 80 demerits and only 20 were from speeding)

[justsomeguy]

BTW:
By the sounds of things you North Island types seem to harbour 'bike-hating' cops by the score, I've NEVER met any of that mentallity down here, in fact the reverse - many have said how they have warned/flashed their headlights at motorcyclists where I'm sure they would have given a car driver a ticket.

One of the cops: "I used to be a bit lenient on bikes but not anymore, as some of them just plant it and make me try and chase them".

[Sketchy_Racer]

Hmmmm. There cant have been to many Cops out??

I did the ride from Pram over featherston via Piecock hill then back to pram then over to featherston again, and then back to pram today while carrying a faster than average speed without one double look from the only two cops we saw !!

Oh and my mate was on a 'race' ZXR600RR (hint hint)

[number33]

'North Island types seem to harbour bike hating cops by the score...'

Well the pratt who sat up my arse on an empty road with sirens wailing and bullshit blue/red lights flashing inside his fucken mufti car and making a goddamned drama like it was the end of the world was the snakiest punk you'd ever meet. To make it worse, sitting next to this punk was some hoighty-toighty blonde bitch wearing bangly gold earings and a suit. I pull over. Super cop jumps out, strides over, and demands "Get the helmet off - now" Tells me I was doing 120. Blonde bitch comes strutting over and stands there, only 2 metres away, smirking. Super cop is acting up the hero demanding names licences addresses.

Turns out these pair of lousy snotty pricks are off duty. Super cop hasn't even got a ticket book. Miserable lousy fuck snarls "You're getting a ticket in your mailbox next week" I say nothing, start doing up my hemet - when Super cop takes an aggressive stance and demands "What did you say??" Blonde bitch is nearly having orgasms watching this fucken shithead acting the hero. They both swagger off, noses in the air and heads up their arses. Am I right in thinking that the book "How To Make Friends And Influence People" is not standard issue amongst the Police force??

[monkey99]

<_< Get out ya guns girls & boys..:finger: I have had tickets from three types of cops..I deserved all of them..unfortunately 2 out of 3 cops here in the Welli region happen to be Gits and they have no idea of how to behave with an idea towards EDUCATION..

:Police: So very dissapointed to read some of the stories in here especially the ones from the brother in Blue..~If your reading this now~ Give yourself an uppercut for being 2 out of 3!!

I have seen 4 fatalities up close and personal (from decapitation to crushed & Ripped)..I worked as a contractor for CIB for 3 years ..I can tell you a lot of good cops out there..but some of these people on the road $$ generator and they lose their brains:spudgrr: feel free to justify yourself BTW~

You can't.. If you decide to be an arsehole..you are...If you decide to teach people..you may save a life..if you think you HAVE to nail the biker in GROUP of other vehicles travelling at the same speed...Your 2 out of 3!!

my tickets for speeding happened cos i did not think of the rest of the road first and foremost..It was pretty safe on the road at the time..but.....nuf said

Was Following a Duke round the O'parade of Welli today..he did not like me following in formation ( me being on a little screaming 250 ;) ) So he right dropped the throttle and went down the other side of the road..giving the Blue rinsers a Fucking Coniption!!:killingme Get the fuck over yourselves..drop your pride!! if you live to ride remember all other on the road before you..and we may all ride for Life.. cops included...

:Police: BTW if your a 2 out of 3 cop..well shit happens and your Karma equals dog shit for bringing the rest down!!

[Jamezo]

Yeah, it's been nuts eh.

My mate got done for 140.9 in a 100 (= suspension of licence for 28 days) (with me on the back), on the same day as I got mine back! Bit ironic...

[Madness]

Turns out these pair of lousy snotty pricks are off duty. Super cop hasn't even got a ticket book...........
Blonde bitch is nearly having orgasms watching this fucken shithead acting the hero. They both swagger off, noses in the air and heads up their arses.

Sounds like a bit of role-play, or is that foreplay?? Kinky buggers shag each other silly like on Shorty st.

[monkey99]

I heard that Cop Ladies are like rally drivers:spudwhat: ...

They do it sideways;)

[Krusti]

Saw a cop while driving my tractor today....did a runner...he couldn't keep up....

[terbang]

My Missus saw some serious bad shit done by a cage driver the other night(driving with no lights, none at all) and rang the *555 thing, dobbed them in but couldn't get a rego. She followed the vehicle (going the same way as her) from Drury to Waiuku hoping rozzers would show up after making her complaint and nothing happened to get these prats off the road.
So where were they..?

[Shadows]

Bugger MD, you seem to have a points magnet somewhere on your bike. I was a raping baby killer and did 110 all the way up to Upper Hutt from Lower Hutt, but the rest of the traffic was going faster except for the Illusionworx Ute doing 80 and randomly changing lanes. Feels scary to try and even be legal, cos no one else is.

I didn't see any cops, but I had to get out of the way of a couple of motorcyclists (RG150 near Kaitoke, and satin blue ZX636 South side of Rimutakas) who obviously felt it was OK to pull out into oncoming traffic and stay there, as the oncoming traffic was a motorcyclist who would obviously think it was OK and get out of the way. Good thing I'm at the top of a mood swing and not the bottom of a trough, eh?

Where's the cop when you need one?

LOL and here's me who when conditions allow always moves over for bikes behind cars coming the other way to overtake and they hardly ever accept the invitation!

[Shadows]

On the same mentallity, the pump-jockey at Mobil spilt petrol on the side of my car AND somehow jammed the pertol cap on wrong - "From this day - I'll never give support or assistance to the petroleum industry, in any situation, ever"

Get rid of the vitriol lad and chill out.
BTW:
By the sounds of things you North Island types seem to harbour 'bike-hating' cops by the score, I've NEVER met any of that mentallity down here, in fact the reverse - many have said how they have warned/flashed their headlights at motorcyclists where I'm sure they would have given a car driver a ticket.

Yep, flashed more times than ticketed. In fact quite a few flashes in the last five years and no tickets at all. In fact maybe its all a conspiracy and they don't want me to get paranoid while they're still investigating me....

[spudchucka]

' Am I right in thinking that the book "How To Make Friends And Influence People" is not standard issue amongst the Police force??
"How to wind up complete losers" is still compulsary reading though.

[NotaGoth]

1) Don't speed on the nice flat clear straights with good visibility on SH1 near abouts Waipu (really common sense I guess :doh: ).


Did no one warn you about speeding on those straights? Seriously not worth it. Most cop cars, and people I have seen pulled over all in a row was in that area in particular. Theres also a little passing lane that they absolutely love sticking a speed camera right at the end of. :shutup:

[Da Bird]

My Missus saw some serious bad shit done by a cage driver the other night(driving with no lights, none at all) and rang the *555 thing, dobbed them in but couldn't get a rego. She followed the vehicle (going the same way as her) from Drury to Waiuku hoping rozzers would show up after making her complaint and nothing happened to get these prats off the road.
So where were they..?

They were all dealing with "real" criminals... can't have it all ways all the time.

[erik]

Did no one warn you about speeding on those straights? Seriously not worth it. Most cop cars, and people I have seen pulled over all in a row was in that area in particular. Theres also a little passing lane that they absolutely love sticking a speed camera right at the end of. :shutup:
No one warned me, but I don't expect anyone to.

[terbang]

They were all dealing with "real" criminals...
Translation: Sitting around hiding behind a laser gun or speed camera because it an easier way to make money and keep the stats up than hunting down some nobber who drives at night with no lights.


can't have it all ways all the time.
You are dead right you can't though there are times when you will have to pack your radars/cameras up get out there and get them the old fashioned way.
However the very visible police prescence (marked cars) over the weekend was encourageing.

[madboy]

115 MD, I'm very disappointed in you. As a family man I'm sure you can appreciate the consequences of a young child running out in front of you on the motorway.

Can't say I saw any fuzz over the weekend myself.

[MD]

115 MD, I'm very disappointed in you.
Admit it. You're impressed to discover a Kawasaki 636 can reach such a stratopheric speed. I was flat out, chin on the tank waiting to bounce off the rev limiter in top gear. Wasn't even sure if the speedo would read all the way up to 115kph! One day, if you try really hard, and decide to breach the magic 100kph you too might get to see 115- but pick your time and place. Atleast I now know the bike doesn't get the speed wobbles and the tyres don't disintegrate above 100kph. I'm still dizzy from the speed rush, worth the $80

[Ixion]

I don't believe it. I know for a fact that motor vehicles always crash or explode like bombs at speeds above 110kph. It *must* be true because I saw it on a LTSA informational advertisment. And they would not lie to us, now would they.

[Pixie]

I'm also amazed that they could pick you amongst all the other traffic, and get a refected signal.
Didn't need to.
If the traffic was all doing 115,he just got a reading off something easy,say an SUV.And then pulled the bike over.
There has to be a representative number of bikes pulled to meet the quota.

[SlashWylde]

Yeah, you were breaking the law, you got caught, yadda, yadda... Does seem a bit harsh though, eh? Especially if you were only keeping with the traffic.

"So, what have you learned from this?" "Don't keep up with the traffic?"

Just to add my 2 cents worth. The part which pisses me off with this kind of policing is that when I did my full car licence test I was admonished by the testing officer for NOT keeping up with the flow of traffic which was travelling well over the posted speed limit. This after being told by my mates not to exceed the limit when doing the test as I would instantly be failed.

I did pass the test after all, but the point is that travelling at the posted speed limit on a bike can be dangerous if you constantly have aggro cagers tailgating you because you're going slower than they want to.

[scumdog]

Didn't need to.
There has to be a representative number of bikes pulled to meet the quota.

Is this a piss-take or a mindless rambling on an urban myth??:wait:

I'll let you know if I EVER get such a quota.

[roogazza]

Plenty at the "Stones concert" last night in Wgton !!!!!!

They all looked pretty mellow, maybe it was the " AIR " they were breathing !!! G. :doobey:

[denill]

<a href=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18857304-421,00.html>Looks like Aussie cops are just as bad as the Kiwi plods. They ticketed this poor guy who was just minding his own business on the Stuart Hiway..........</A>

[Ixion]

Hardly surprising to get a ticket at that speed. But the comments are a load of cobblers. May or may not have been dangerous depending on circumstances.

[scumdog]

Hardly surprising to get a ticket at that speed. But the comments are a load of cobblers. May or may not have been dangerous depending on circumstances.

You would hardly expect them to say "Mehh, going a bit quick but probably wasn't dangerous though" would you???

[vifferman]

Well, I spent five (5!) days riding (for nearly 1200km!!) around the Far North, and saw two (2) policeman: one was sitting on the straight near Waipu with his radar thingie. I was doing just over 100 at the time. The other was in an unmarked green Falcadore giving a Ducati rider a ticket at the Wellsford end of SH16.
But, apart from a few (like less than 6) instances of ThrottleHandSilliness, I was sticking mostly to the speed limits anyway.

I have no (current) beefs with the Pleeces.

[number33]

"How to wind up complete losers" is still compulsary reading though.

"How To Behave Like A Pratt" must be right up there too.

[spudchucka]

"How To Behave Like A Pratt" must be right up there too.
Usually have a few copies laying around but only to hand out to the losers that we wind up, its a good way to win friends and influence people.:blip:

[Finn]

When I had my window smashed in Taupo, the motel owner called the cops. I said not to bother as they couldn't / wouldn't do jack anyway. He said they didn't have any available units and could I wait around for a couple of hours. I don't think so Tim. Off I went and within 300 metres of the motel, a cop was ticketing someone and within 1 k saw a cop doing the welfare run.

Anyway, I felt much better after I beat up a streetkid in Feilding.

[Damon]

I did over 3000kms down to queenstown and back and saw a few cops pulling over people but luckily none were around when we decided to up the pace but then again we were in the middle of no where,

I did notice a few things about NZ drivers on the trip though, almost everyone in wellington is a boy racer and will race you if you pass them, even if they have their whole family in the van they'll go past 140 to stop you from passing them :scratch:

Drivers in the south island are generaly nicer, the amount of people that will indicate and pull over to let you pass was incredible :gob: and the ones who don't are going faster than 100 anyway, i wish north islanders were more like that,

The roads down there a farking awesome, no wonder the cops are complaining about the number of warp speed riders, the whole island is a race track!, it's a pitty i was stuck in a cage but plans are underway to get the bike down there for a blast :blip:

[MD]

When I had my window smashed in Taupo, the motel owner called the cops. I said not to bother as they couldn't / wouldn't do jack anyway. He said they didn't have any available units and could I wait around for a couple of hours. I don't think so Tim. Off I went and within 300 metres of the motel, a cop was ticketing someone and within 1 k saw a cop doing the welfare run.

I see your mistake. You should have called the Police and said someones vandalised my car and is speeding off at 62kph in a 50 zone ! Just sit back and watch the SWAT team swoop in from all directions. In fact that might have been them you saw 300m away.

[Finn]

I see your mistake. You should have called the Police and said someones vandalised my car and is speeding off at 62kph in a 50 zone ! Just sit back and watch the SWAT team swoop in from all directions. In fact that might have been them you saw 300m away.

Yeah like this person did...

Woman arrested over high-speed pursuit

20.04.06 11.00am

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in Invercargill following a high-speed police chase earlier today.

Inspector Barry Taylor said police were called to an incident at an Invercargill address, and a white Honda Civic involved was spotted en route.

The suspect driver fled, and three police cars pursued the car, which reached speeds of up to 126km/h on State Highway 1.

The driver swerved into the path of an oncoming Mitsubishi Lancer, which had to take evasive action, running off the road and into a fence to avoid a collision.

A back seat passenger, a 39-year-old woman from Invercargill, was taken to Southland Hospital suffering minor injuries.

The fleeing car rolled and also hit a fence.

Mr Taylor said the evasive action of the Lancer driver prevented a tragedy.

"Had he not acted in the way he did, I am certain we would be dealing with a fatal accident this morning."

- NZPA

Big fucking deal. 126kph, woooooooooweeeeeeee!

[marty]

My Missus saw some serious bad shit done by a cage driver the other night(driving with no lights, none at all) and rang the *555 thing, dobbed them in but couldn't get a rego. She followed the vehicle (going the same way as her) from Drury to Waiuku hoping rozzers would show up after making her complaint and nothing happened to get these prats off the road.
So where were they..?

catching murderers? shopping for suitcases?

[Toast]

You would hardly expect them to say "Mehh, going a bit quick but probably wasn't dangerous though" would you???

Actually when I got pulled (in my younger days) for doing 104 (and decelerating, according to the ever accurate lasers they use) on Quay Street (50 zone), and officer said pretty much exactly that.

While the wide-eyed, sharp breathing, narrow-minded psycho one of the group was standing right in my face pulling out such analytical fucking revelations such as: "You weren't racing there were ya mate?", when there wasn't a car going either way for a good half a kilometre...

on of the good ones quietly and calmly assessed the situation with an open mind, noting such things as:
-2 lanes wide each way
-divider in the middle
-no parked cars to obscure my vision
-no moving cars on the road
-no foot traffic
-dry surface
-perfect visibility (although not to 421m from where they locked me)

He was discussing it with his mates and said, quote: "Yeah, well, it wasn't really dangerous was it..."

But maybe I looked too rich or something having just come from a 13 hour shift of whatever shit labouring job I was doing at the time, 'cos he still proceeded to hand me a piece of paper with my ass on it which ended up being a $830 fine to pay.

(Insert usual argument about breaking the law, knowing it, but it still not fitting in with a proper picture of justice here...chur)

[denill]

The problem with some of these threads - is that they are trying to apply logic to the enforcement of traffic laws. Don't even bother because it has nothing to do with logic and as a consequence, nothing to do with safety either. It is just that they are being promoted as being for 'safety reasons'.

As the billboard says; "Yeah, right".:angry: :angry:

It is in the main, a rort that has been propogated for far too long and will be with us for some time yet........... Because we are suckers who (generally) just 'take it on the chin'. Those that rack up $10,000 or so fines and don't pay up will have their slate wiped clean as it falls in to the 'too hard basket'. And why not - there are plenty more fish (suckers) in the sea.
It is more about running a business than law enforcement.

Gosh I feel better already.:yes: :yes:

[Timetogo]

[QUOTE=denill]The problem with some of these threads - is that they are trying to apply logic to the enforcement of traffic laws. Don't even bother because it has nothing to do with logic and as a consequence, nothing to do with safety either. It is just that they are being promoted as being for 'safety reasons'. QUOTE]

quite true, logic often plays a small part. Speaking as one who recently got screwed for speeding while passing a car on a straight road with no oncoming traffic :angry:

[denill]

quite true, logic often plays a small part. Speaking as one who recently got screwed for speeding while passing a car on a straight road with no oncoming traffic :angry:

Yeah, the Perleece regard it as 'logical' to NOT attend minor crimes - so if that logic is extended, one must assume they regard non-threatening speed to be not a minor crime. Of course it is not about the money.
Yeah. right again.:yes: :yes:

[scumdog]

So what y'all going to do about all these 'injustices'?

Probably about the same as your going to do about the fuel prices going up....

[Storm]

Whinge like a pack of hystrerical women on internet forums like we always do!!
Geez, scummy, you're a bit slow off the mark tonight- been at the fine old southerner pastime of whisky sampling?

[scumdog]

Whinge like a pack of hystrerical women on internet forums like we always do!!
Geez, scummy, you're a bit slow off the mark tonight- been at the fine old southerner pastime of whisky sampling?

Fuck of you North Island wannabe biker!! (pt):gob:

Actually old chap, I've had a 'bad day at work' and supping a few red wines, hence I'm a little slow (according to you).:yes:

[jimbo600]

So what y'all going to do about all these 'injustices'?

Probably about the same as your going to do about the fuel prices going up....

Well pretty soon we won't be able to afford fuel so IONs won't be a problem. In the mean time I'll exercise my pommy cultural right by whining incessantly about both.

[scumdog]

Well pretty soon we won't be able to afford fuel so IONs won't be a problem. In the mean time I'll exercise my pommy cultural right by whining incessantly about both.

Hell, no IONs? I'll be out of a job!!:wait:

[jimbo600]

Hell, no IONs? I'll be out of a job!!:wait:

Not so mate. All the OMCG types will be hooning up and down on bad ass Raleigh Choppers and you'll have to pull em on your ol' sturdy push iron. Job will be easier, less places to conceal weapons and contraband on a chopper you know.

[scumdog]

Not so mate. All the OMCG types will be hooning up and down on bad ass Raleigh Choppers and you'll have to pull em on your ol' sturdy push iron. Job will be easier, less places to conceal weapons and contraband on a chopper you know.

But when the top of your red-bands get caught between the front sprocket and the chain it's a pretty real risk....

Of course I would have a chopper with banana seat, sissy-bar and T-bar shifter... kewl or what?

[jimbo600]

But when the top of your red-bands get caught between the front sprocket and the chain it's a pretty real risk....

Of course I would have a chopper with banana seat, sissy-bar and T-bar shifter... kewl or what?

Now your talking. Sturmy Archer three speed too?

[scumdog]

Now your talking. Sturmy Archer three speed too?


AND a 'Dyno-Hub with TWO headlights....:scooter:

[jimbo600]

AND a 'Dyno-Hub with TWO headlights....:scooter:

Phwar! Swap my GSXR for it mister?

[scumdog]

Phwar! Swap my GSXR for it mister?

Met your match hey?
WELL I also had TWO 6' aerials with five of those round cannon-ball sized plastic cordial drink containers you could buy in 1967......

(the ones you had to cut the stem off to get a drink from..)

[jimbo600]

Met your match hey?
WELL I also had TWO 6' aerials with five of those round cannon-ball sized plastic cordial drink containers you could buy in 1967......

(the ones you had to cut the stem off to get a drink from..)

So the Sth Is is about 40 years behind then.

[scumdog]

So the Sth Is is about 40 years behind then.

Maybe I should have said I was talking about 1967??:shutup:

[jimbo600]

Maybe I should have said I was talking about 1967??:shutup:

Jeez mate, you sure your a cop? You spend alot of time on kiwibiker. I reckon you must be a IT geek living out a fantasy. Anyway back to the thread, where were we? Ah yes, too many pigs on the road all being cunts. There we go don't want to be accused of thread hijacking.

[scumdog]

Jeez mate, you sure your a cop? You spend alot of time on kiwibiker. I reckon you must be a IT geek living out a fantasy. Anyway back to the thread, where were we? Ah yes, too many pigs on the road all being cunts. There we go don't want to be accused of thread hijacking.

Pot - Kettle about time on KB!!!

[jimbo600]

Pot - Kettle about time on KB!!!

Yeah I know. Tv is crap and it beats talking with the Mrs. Still its daytime now and I'm about to go out on my nice new bike. If the weather clears that is.

[MD]

Yeah I know. Tv is crap and it beats talking with the Mrs. Still its daytime now and I'm about to go out on my nice new bike. If the weather clears that is.
Hey what.. You, Jimmie the lad! What's this 'new bike' comment - and I see you've already changed your profile. This calls for a new thread after you've sampled the goodies today.

[denill]

So what y'all going to do about all these 'injustices'?

Shouldn't that question be - "What are YOU (and your cohorts) going to do about all these 'injustices'?
Because, YOU (and your cohorts) are the perpetrators of all these 'injustices'. :angry: :angry:

[jimbo600]

Hey what.. You, Jimmie the lad! What's this 'new bike' comment - and I see you've already changed your profile. This calls for a new thread after you've sampled the goodies today.

Sure do my man. Already put up a thread about it. I guess being a photographer I'll put up some pics too.

[scumdog]

Shouldn't that question be - "What are YOU (and your cohorts) going to do about all these 'injustices'?
Because, YOU (and your cohorts) are the perpetrators of all these 'injustices'. :angry: :angry:

ARE they INJUSTICES after all??? and what injustices am I (ME personaly) guilty of??

[denill]

ARE they INJUSTICES after all??? and what injustices am I (ME personaly) guilty of??

The 'injustices' have been well documented here and anywhere else where the topic occurs - so don't ask me to restate them...........
You are obviously in denial. And so would I want to be in that state if I had your job. :no: :no:

[scumdog]

The 'injustices' have been well documented here and anywhere else where the topic occurs - so don't ask me to restate them...........
You are obviously in denial. And so would I want to be in that state if I had your job. :no: :no:


No, you have missed the point, what injustices have been personaly perpetrated by MYSELF? Or do you have the 'shotgun' approach - Constable X perpetrated an 'injustice, ergo ALL cops have done likewise?

Sort of like me catching you stealing/speeding or whatever and labeling all in you occupation as thieves, speeder or whatever...

[babyface]

i agree with your bitch, i think its where you live, for on the auckland high way they say its a 100 zone but you get yelled at and given the fingers if you do, the cops dont do much if everyone is going the same speed
and if this useless government thought about it, having a high way that remains at 100 is better then 80 here and 100 here and so on i mean come on these cars are built to handle alot more then what they allowing us to do even my cop mate said that if we did main high ways like fly overs so you could do a 100 all the way none stop to auckland would be better then going through little towns you didnt need to go through if you wanted to go to that town then go on the off ramp. its that simple really.
and you would save on gas.
QUOTE=MD]What the hell. I'm too scared to venture to my letter box for fear of a laser beam through the eyes. Never seen so many Police on the roads as this weekend. You'd think there was something special on! The HP weapon of choice is definitely the laser. They're pinging heaps of motorists.
Helen's going to be rubbing her hands with joy as she counts the weekend's tax takings on Tuesday.
I got stung just minding my own business cruising along the motorway with cars all around me. The detector went off but that's no help against laser anyway. The truth was that when I saw him I thought I was going slow enough not to warrant his attention and when he jumped on his bike, I thought he would pull the car beside me- so did the car because he started to pull over on to the shoulder then changed his mind! I should have tried that.
I questioned how Mr Plod managed to pick a small bike out amongst about 6 larger vehicles all moving along in a tight block at the same speed. Sadly for me it was above 100kph. It's about now I had better apologise for my heinous crime. I know we've heard about some despicable crimes of late on the news but this will top the lot. Go ahead and hate me for it. 115kph on a dual lane motorway, not overtaking, dry conditions, good visibility (well obviously not good enough to spot a parked bike over a rise). Yep, I know I should be castrated, boiled in oil, hung drawn and quartered and sent to a leper colony. Luckily they never found my concealed baton and jar of vasiline (vasalene?).
He asked 'what have I learned from this' - a long moment of silence followed. I wanted to say 'that you are an arsehole' but that wouldn't have been constructive to our already failing relationship.
I know the laws the law and I accept it was all me me me that got the ticket but shit a brick 115 on a quiet stretch of straight m/w and I'm made to feel like a crim. No wonder more people are doing runners.
Another whinge. When did the highway from Whitby to Pautahanui roundabout get lowered from 100kph to 80 kph? That's a great piece of perfect curvy seal that can actually be enjoyed at 100. Now with the stroke of a pen we've become crims if we do the speed that's been deemed safe for decades.
Sigh, that feels better now.
Hope the rest of you stay out of trouble.[/QUOTE]

[denill]

No, you have missed the point, what injustices have been personaly perpetrated by MYSELF? Or do you have the 'shotgun' approach - Constable X perpetrated an 'injustice, ergo ALL cops have done likewise?

Sort of like me catching you stealing/speeding or whatever and labeling all in you occupation as thieves, speeder or whatever...

Yeah, you're probably right. I can not know that you PERSONALLY are guilty of perpetuating injusices even though your position requires that logic is not allowed to prevail, thus injustices will occur.

It's like I wrote earlier. Cops are a bit like lawyers - 99% give the others a bad name.

[denill]

Yeah, you're probably right. I can not know that you PERSONALLY are guilty of perpetuating injusices even though your position requires that logic is not allowed to prevail, thus injustices will occur.

It's like I wrote earlier. Cops are a bit like lawyers - 99% give the others a bad name.

PS: Actually if what you write is correct SD I should say you are in the 1% bracket.

[scumdog]

i agree with your bitch, i think its where you live, for on the auckland high way they say its a 100 zone but you get yelled at and given the fingers if you do, the cops dont do much if everyone is going the same speed
and if this useless government thought about it, having a high way that remains at 100 is better then 80 here and 100 here and so on i mean come on these cars are built to handle alot more then what they allowing us to do even my cop mate said that if we did main high ways like fly overs so you could do a 100 all the way none stop to auckland would be better then going through little towns you didnt need to go through if you wanted to go to that town then go on the off ramp. its that simple really.
and you would save on gas.


My eyes, my eyes, - a little punctuation and a few more capital letters in the right places please!!

[Pathos]

what gets me is on last tuesday I sat behind a copper at 130 for 10 minutes on the Wellington Motorway.

Would a copper pull him over ?

[Qkkid]

what gets me is on last tuesday I sat behind a copper at 130 for 10 minutes on the Wellington Motorway.

Would a copper pull him over ?
What you do is wave him down,pull him over,and ask him why he is in a hurry,you have the same rights as him

[Squeak the Rat]

What you do is wave him down,pull him over,and ask him why he is in a hurry,you have the same rights as him
:Police: "Sorry sir? You were doing 130? I wasn't - you must have been catching up to me, but thanks for confessing. Here's a little slip of paper, please deposit money at your earliest convenience. All the best."

[scumdog]

What you do is wave him down,pull him over,and ask him why he is in a hurry,you have the same rights as him

Yeah RIGHT!:laugh: :killingme

[Patrick]

what gets me is on last tuesday I sat behind a copper at 130 for 10 minutes on the Wellington Motorway.

Would a copper pull him over ?


Yep... I got pulled over for 120 in my marked patrol car by a HP banana in pyjamas, lights flashing and all...

[Ixion]

Now that's just plain *rude*

[jimbo600]

Yep... I got pulled over for 120 in my marked patrol car by a HP banana in pyjamas, lights flashing and all...

And they wonder why everyone hate em.

[WINJA]

Yep... I got pulled over for 120 in my marked patrol car by a HP banana in pyjamas, lights flashing and all...
YOU SHOULDA DONE A RUNNER YA DUMB BITCH, DID YOU GET A TICKET?

[Madness]

HP and general duties dont get along do they?
I was reading the DomPost about a court hearing involving a Dog Handler up on assault charges. Seems he was in pursuit of an offender in Paraparaumu with his dog off the leash, went down an alleyway to find a HP officer in front of him on foot. They got the offender, he struggled, as did the HP, Dog and Handler (sounds like an orgy) and the Handler whacked the offender with his torch in attempt to regain control of the situation.
The newspaper quoted a conflict between the stories of the HP and the handler..... Not often the police don't get their stories straight now is it??
there was also no mention of the torch blow to the head in the Handler's report and the offender was not offered any medical treatment once in custody.
I was given the impression from reading the report that a case of "the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing" led to this fiasco.

[Felicks]

In my part of the country they get along (within reason) but they operate under different bosses who have different targets to reach.

At the end of the day, HP and STU staff for that matter, get told by the big bosses you will go out and deliver what "we" want, otherwise you get in the crap! Defining just who the "we" are is a different story - I guess you can trace it right back to the Government.

[Lou Girardin]

What you do is wave him down,pull him over,and ask him why he is in a hurry,you have the same rights as him

Uh Huh. And he'll say "I'm going to a job. Here's a ticket for 130, twat".

[Patrick]

YOU SHOULDA DONE A RUNNER YA DUMB BITCH, DID YOU GET A TICKET?

I pulled the lever so the plate would flip up, (you know, like they can when we approach speed cameras?) but the farken thing snapped...:zzzz:

The one striper had the three striper over a barrell really...coz he could...

[madboy]

.. Not often the police don't get their stories straight now is it??Actually I find it's quite common when you hit them up on it. I put a case to the PCA, and when they investigated it there were 5 very different versions of events from the 6 officers involved. Not that they cared, that wasn't what swung it in my favour, the cop investigating didn't seem at all concerned that no ones story matched up. But when I pulled out the photos... yeah suddenly the story changed.

[Felicks]

Good job - no one wan't crooked buggers in the job... Wish I'd seen the look on his face...

[crazybigal]

well there is no money in catching crims doing burgs and home invasions!dont you know anything yet!
sitting on the motorway watching cars doing 110km = bling bling ca-ching$$ remember its not the cops fault!
its the silly little me in the silly round building in wellie making the rules!.

[crazybigal]

what gets me is on last tuesday I sat behind a copper at 130 for 10 minutes on the Wellington Motorway.

Would a copper pull him over ?


i was driving back to wellington from Hastings one rainy day when a mufty car(black como) started tailgaiting me, baiting me to speed up! im not stupid copper! he then moved on and did it to the van in front of me! all this in the pooring rain!! (cop works in daniverk) shame shame on you mr plod!
grrr

[Shagg]

Drove from Blenheim to kaikoura on friday and passed 10 police cars all with 2+ cops in them... luckily they were going north for the weekend..... but thats a lot of cops on a normally quiet stretch....

[Lou Girardin]

Drove from Blenheim to kaikoura on friday and passed 10 police cars all with 2+ cops in them... luckily they were going north for the weekend..... but thats a lot of cops on a normally quiet stretch....

I think that's their breeding ground.

[carver]

i have the answer, i have used it many times.
buy a bike that ant do 100! :gob: yes, that simple, i do it all the time, its fun thrashing it to death at legal speeds, pushing it as hard as it can go!:scooter:
it worked for years, then i got the KLR 650.....

[Beemer]

I had to go to Wellington yesterday and must have seen close to 10 cops on the way there and back. Thankfully I wasn't doing anything to attract their attention but it was the most I've ever seen - apart from at the end of passing lanes on holiday weekends...

[EZAS]

If you go 250kmh, the police turn there lights off and give up ... honestly they do! It's worked like 3-4 times now.

Number 1 rule though ..... Don't try pulling a runner down a no exit road, it only ends in trouble.

[Sniper]

If you go 250kmh, the police turn there lights off and give up ... honestly they do! It's worked like 3-4 times now.
.

Is that before or after they have your plate :nya:

[oldrider]

I had to go to Wellington yesterday and must have seen close to 10 cops on the way there and back. Thankfully I wasn't doing anything to attract their attention but it was the most I've ever seen - apart from at the end of passing lanes on holiday weekends...
Is this as a result of Winston Peters "more police" are they just putting more of them out on the roads to collect more revenue? :bye:

[raster]

Is this as a result of Winston Peters "more police" are they just putting more of them out on the roads to collect more revenue? :bye:

More revenue, their getting told off for not issueing their quota because people are conserving gas and the governments income from fuel has gone down.
:nya:

[robnz]

In my part of the country they get along (within reason) but they operate under different bosses who have different targets to reach.

At the end of the day, HP and STU staff for that matter, get told by the big bosses you will go out and deliver what "we" want, otherwise you get in the crap! Defining just who the "we" are is a different story - I guess you can trace it right back to the Government.

was in dunedin in the long weekend visiting brother among other things. was doing 120 on the open road by Kyburn, when a cop came around the corner, the only thing he did was flash his headlights and do the:nono:. If i had been in auckland it would have 3 figure fine and demerit points. so i would say the definitly operate in a different way. i actually stayed around a 100 k's for the rest of the way to dunedin

[scumdog]

If you go 250kmh, the police turn there lights off and give up ... honestly they do! It's worked like 3-4 times now.

Number 1 rule though ..... Don't try pulling a runner down a no exit road, it only ends in trouble.


Don't try that '250kmp' bullshit down here sonny, - it don't work none!!

[jimbo600]

Don't try that '250kmp' bullshit down here sonny, - it don't work none!!

What about 270kmh? Will that work?

[scumdog]

What about 270kmh? Will that work?

NOPE!
Try again, - although you MAY get away with it.

This IS redneck territory.

[mdb]

I took someone to the airport this morning (left home at 4:15am) and saw 3 cops looking like they were checking peoples speed. Worst thing is a car ran a red light in front of me and he (the cop) didn't do anything about it.

[oldrider]

I took someone to the airport this morning (left home at 4:15am) and saw 3 cops looking like they were checking peoples speed. Worst thing is a car ran a red light in front of me and he (the cop) didn't do anything about it.
You could never run a red light in our town and get away with it! :nya:

[scumdog]

Or ours neither:nya:

[ldnz]

I took my bike in for a warrant this morning and was sitting outside a cafe waiting. Counted 23 cops go past in 20 mins. I couldn't believe it. Also saw 5 cages get pulled over, couldn't tell what they'd done wrong.

Must have been quota day!

[number33]

Idnz, I see up to 20 cop cars parked up at ohakea weighbridge all the time. And they're not stopping trucks either. What the hells going on in that building anyway? Seems bloody suspicious to me. I'm picking the cops are all inside swigging brandys and watching blue movies.

[ogr1]

Jeeeeez......how many different types of "police units" do you guys have over there?
Laser's catching bikers head on! We don't have that over here........yet?
Not possible for the laser to lock onto the bike and take a true reading of your speed, (too many curves) and it would be hard to prove in court. A different story if locked onto your bikes number plate. So how come you guys get tickets off the plod with laser's reading the front?

[raster]

Jeeeeez......how many different types of "police units" do you guys have over there?
Laser's catching bikers head on! We don't have that over here........yet?
Not possible for the laser to lock onto the bike and take a true reading of your speed, (too many curves) and it would be hard to prove in court. A different story if locked onto your bikes number plate. So how come you guys get tickets off the plod with laser's reading the front?

I've always been curious on the accuracy of laser readings off bikes especially with other traffic around??

[Lou Girardin]

Not possible for the laser to lock onto the bike and take a true reading of your speed, (too many curves) and it would be hard to prove in court. A different story if locked onto your bikes number plate. So how come you guys get tickets off the plod with laser's reading the front?

Oh yes they can. I've seen it done at 230+ km/h. The headlight is a great laser reflector.

The real accuracy issue is whether the cop is actually getting a reading off the bike or something else at long range.

[Felicks]

I've always been curious on the accuracy of laser readings off bikes especially with other traffic around??

There seem to be a lot of rumours out there just how effective or otherwise lasers are against bikes.

I used one off duty a while back to check my and a few others speedos for accuracy. As far as getting locks, it was quite a bit more difficult than a car or truck for obvious reasons but it did work nonetheless - the bike just needed to be a lot closer to the laser.

The beam is very narrow (compared to a radar beam) and the allegations that the speed could be from another vehicle doesn't hold water either. If you actually managed to "split" the beam between two vehicles (which would be very difficult), the laser simply wouldn't lock. That's because it has to do several computations/analyses with the returning beam (like 50 times per second or something) and unless it's satisfied the beam could be from one target only, it won't lock.

Moral: firstly, if you are caught by a laser on a bike you must have been very close and obviously not "looking out for trouble" - both cops and grit will catch you out! Secondly, if you have a laser detector and it scores a hit, chances are you are buggered unless your reaction time including braking time can be measured in milliseconds!!

[ldnz]

number33 - yeah true, theres always a heap there. Just went past and counted 5. The only reason what I saw yesterday suprised me was because it was in town, in front of where I was sitting, and the number of people they pulled over.

I've been stopped numerous times between here and wanganui (gf), a trip I do twice a week. Every time it has been for no reason at all, either wanted to do a license/reg/warrant check or just have a chat it seems.

[Lou Girardin]

[QUOTE=Felicks]
The beam is very narrow (compared to a radar beam) and the allegations that the speed could be from another vehicle doesn't hold water either. If you actually managed to "split" the beam between two vehicles (which would be very difficult), the laser simply wouldn't lock. That's because it has to do several computations/analyses with the returning beam (like 50 times per second or something) and unless it's satisfied the beam could be from one target only, it won't lock.

/QUOTE]

Yes it does, at long range it's possible for normal movement by the operator to get a reading off a vehicle alongside or just behind (but in view). It's been proven in the US where they care about these things and lawyers are willing to have a go.

[Swoop]

Idnz, I see up to 20 cop cars parked up at ohakea weighbridge all the time. And they're not stopping trucks either. What the hells going on in that building anyway?
Dunkin' Donuts opened a shop there?...............:blip:

[Madmax]

home today av 75 Kpm top over 110 Kpm
Have not run over one of these hidden units yet
Max

[number33]

number33 - yeah true, theres always a heap there. Just went past and counted 5. The only reason what I saw yesterday suprised me was because it was in town, in front of where I was sitting, and the number of people they pulled over.

I've been stopped numerous times between here and wanganui (gf), a trip I do twice a week. Every time it has been for no reason at all, either wanted to do a license/reg/warrant check or just have a chat it seems.

3 cops were lurking on the footpath in the middle of Sanson and walking out fast into the middle of the main road and flagging down motorists. I saw them way ahead but made a big hollywood of having to suddenly stop urgently by locking up the rear and shuddering the bike as if they were causing me to nearly crash. I also leant forward like I was nearly flying over the handlebars. Hopefully that makes them feel guilty, then they become putty in your hands. These cops were cool and smiling. I even took off my helmet and had a yarn. Bike's rego'd but they weren't looking too hard. More interested in the bike. Didn't want to see my license but I'm searching my leather jacket for something to do anyway. Sunny day, quiet and bugger all traffic. Warrant sticker wasn't even an issue but there's one behind the plate covered in grime if anyone wants to check it. Even waved goodbye when I eventually rode off. Fuck did I actually do that. Better take up flower arranging or something. They changed my mind about traffic cops for a few weeks but sadly it didn't last. Too many bad apples.

[Wired1]

Yeah there's fuck all of em round here, good thing too. They come with the roads the rest of the country is buying for Auckland!

[spudchucka]

Idnz, I see up to 20 cop cars parked up at ohakea weighbridge all the time. And they're not stopping trucks either. What the hells going on in that building anyway? Seems bloody suspicious to me. I'm picking the cops are all inside swigging brandys and watching blue movies.
Its the regions highway patrol base. When they aren't out annoying the public they like to have lots of meetings to discuss new ways of annoying said public. Next time you see them there you should drop in for a doughnut.

[spudchucka]

Oh yes they can. I've seen it done at 230+ km/h. The headlight is a great laser reflector.

The real accuracy issue is whether the cop is actually getting a reading off the bike or something else at long range.
With laser? Its a wee dot that gets aimed at the subject vehicle, even at a few 100 metres its bloody hard to miss.

[paturoa]

They come with the roads the rest of the country is buying for Auckland!

With half of NZ living in a 100k radius of AK, have you every wondered who paid the taxes 4 you to get good roads?

[Felicks]

Yes it does, at long range it's possible for normal movement by the operator to get a reading off a vehicle alongside or just behind (but in view). It's been proven in the US where they care about these things and lawyers are willing to have a go.

OK to quantify. I guess I should never say never but I've never locked two vehicles at the same time.

A few years ago on a poor laser I saw it show that a fence was travelling at 15km/h during a distance calibration check!! There have been different models around over the years some good and some bad I guess, and the yanks probably have different ones again.

Having said that I've had a blade or two of rye grass (or whatever stalky crap is that grows on the side of the road), prevent a lock on a guy in a drag car who must have got up to something approaching 200k I guess. (That was on a ProLaser II.) By he time it eventually locked, he had returned to about 130. He was quite relieved to pay a smallish fine and kept his licence. There was a rise in the ground between that guy and I, and the grass on the top caused the no-lock.

My experience shows lasers are quite fussy before they lock.

[imdying]

With half of NZ living in a 100k radius of AK, have you every wondered who paid the taxes 4 you to get good roads?
Not the bludging overstayer melting pot that are Aucklanders that's for real :yawn:

[Lou Girardin]

With laser? Its a wee dot that gets aimed at the subject vehicle, even at a few 100 metres its bloody hard to miss.

LONG range spudly, 500 metres plus.

[spudchucka]

LONG range spudly, 500 metres plus.
Simply wouldn't bother trying to target a bike that far out.

[pritch]

With half of NZ living in a 100k radius of AK, have you every wondered who paid the taxes 4 you to get good roads?

None so blind as those who will not see... :-)

Apparently some people just to the north of the Bombays have forgotten that the whole country recently had an additional tax added to their fuel purchases to pay for Aucklands broken-arsed roading infrastructure.

Just triple their bloody rates so that they are finally paying something realistic and they'll be able to afford water, electricity, and roading, along with anything else that has been neglected for so long it has atrophied.

[Lou Girardin]

Simply wouldn't bother trying to target a bike that far out.

I've seen them do it up here. It's a different world ain't it.
Now do you start to see why we get pissed off?

[Lou Girardin]

None so blind as those who will not see... :-)

Apparently some people just to the north of the Bombays have forgotten that the whole country recently had an additional tax added to their fuel purchases to pay for Aucklands broken-arsed roading infrastructure.

Just triple their bloody rates so that they are finally paying something realistic and they'll be able to afford water, electricity, and roading, along with anything else that has been neglected for so long it has atrophied.

That tax is just trying to recoup a small part of Aucks tax revenue that was used to buy votes for the National party in marginal electorates over the past 30 years.
You guys owe us big time.

[pritch]

That tax is just trying to recoup a small part of Aucks tax revenue that was used to buy votes for the National party in marginal electorates over the past 30 years.
You guys owe us big time.

LOL Maybe next time I'm up your way we should arrange to have a beer :-)

[scumdog]

I've seen them do it up here. It's a different world ain't it.
Now do you start to see why we get pissed off?

Not doubting you Lou but why would they bother?
I thought with the volume of traffic up your way there would be plenty of 'easy' targets??

[Lou Girardin]

Not doubting you Lou but why would they bother?
I thought with the volume of traffic up your way there would be plenty of 'easy' targets??

You're forgetting that the average m/way speed is 37.5 km/h. Although that is up from 2003's 33 km/h.
Easy targets?
Only if you lie about the speed check.:blip:

[number33]

Why blow bloody money on new stupid bloody roads. It's bloody immigration we should be bloody stomping on. There's too many bloody people in bloody NZ now. We don't need any more thanks. If youse bloody like bloody crowds then go live in bloody New York. If youse bloody live in bloody Auckland, then bloody stay the bloody hell there thanks. Either that or bloody shag off to bloody Aussie. Give us some bloody room. :blah: :blah:

[Lou Girardin]

Why blow bloody money on new stupid bloody roads. It's bloody immigration we should be bloody stomping on. There's too many bloody people in bloody NZ now. We don't need any more thanks. If youse bloody like bloody crowds then go live in bloody New York. If youse bloody live in bloody Auckland, then bloody stay the bloody hell there thanks. Either that or bloody shag off to bloody Aussie. Give us some bloody room. :blah: :blah:

Too bloody right!

[raster]

I Bloody Well Agree Wiff U!!!!!!

[Felicks]

Unfortunately I suspect "all those bloody people" is only going to get worse. I think it all comes down to one thing - $$$$$. The fat cats (and those wanting to be fat cats), need more people to "feed off!!"

Hell - we are struggling to find enough power to keep everyone happy at the moment - and they want more people to live here???