Pulled over...

[Monorail]

Was riding home from work today when I saw a Police stationwagon pulling up from behind. We were on a street that intersects with the police station. Now my L plate tends to cover up my rego abit so i thought i would turn the other way thinking that he'd be heading home. Wrong. Followed me round the corner. I take the next rigght up ahead andd he follows me round that then bleeps his siren. Speeding, Cutting a corner (marginally) and expired rego. Guess what that got me. The infamous, "wheter you are in the right or wrong, the car always wins" speech.
Sweet, thanks Mr nice cop

[Monorail]

yup no ticket. luckily. couldnt have afforded one otherwise

[madandy]

Still on your L and forgotten the roadcode already aye? Tisk Tisk you naughty bugger.
What a nice Police officer, spreading the post Christmas spirit to you...Now go get that rego sorted, and watch your speed:rockon:

[R6_kid]

i got pulled up last night going around a traffic island to pass a car... (it's illegal)... no mirrors, expired rego, one indicator misssing, and probably some 11kmh+ over in there too.

All he did was say "did you know that passing around a traffic island is illegal, you can only pass on broken white lines", took down my details and then laughed at me when i told him why i had a court appearance pending from my previous traffic offence then it was "have a nice night" (what was left of it)

not a good feeling when you have 20 points left and anything more than 10kmh over the speed limit means you get to catch the bus for another 3 months.

[StoneChucker]

That is bloody bloody lucky, in all honesty he should have given you a ticket, and he would've been WELL within his right, obviously.

I personally think that when the day comes where vehicles cannot be started unless their WOF and Rego are current (through some smart technology), and their driver is sober (IS being done in the US right now) and appropriately licenced (again, smart tech.), and they have at least 3rd Party Insurance, it will be a good day for mankind as a whole.

I don't see any reason why some people should operate vehicles without paying for all the things the rest of us do. (being skint is no excuse, take the bus even though it is harder/slower)

[Ixion]

What do you mean "round a traffic island" ? Do you mean a painted centre median? (That is illgeal)

But on what basis is it said that you may only pass on broken lines?

I can't find that in the road code. And one of the permitted passing pictures in the Road Code shows a car passing on solid white lines.



You can leave the path of the centre line to pass another vehicle if you can see that:
the way in front of you is clear, and there are no vehicles coming out of any side roads
Be very careful that the vehicle you're passing is not slowing to turn right. The driver may have forgotten to indicate.






I vaguely remember some rule about that many years ago. Is it still valid ?

[onearmedbandit]

That is bloody bloody lucky, in all honesty he should have given you a ticket, and he would've been WELL within his right, obviously.

I personally think that when the day comes where vehicles cannot be started unless their WOF and Rego are current (through some smart technology), and their driver is sober (IS being done in the US right now) and appropriately licenced (again, smart tech.), and they have at least 3rd Party Insurance, it will be a good day for mankind as a whole.

I don't see any reason why some people should operate vehicles without paying for all the things the rest of us do. (being skint is no excuse, take the bus even though it is harder/slower)

I, myself, hope that day never comes. The alcohol one I agree with. But give big brother that much power and they'll be monitoring your average speed between two points, if you indicated for 3 seconds, whether you checked your rear vision mirror every 3 seconds, what sort of mood you are in, etc etc.

[R6_kid]

What do you mean "round a traffic island" ? Do you mean a painted centre median? (That is illgeal)



this particular one i think was for a pedestrian crossing but without the zebra lines etc... kind of like the 'islands' that teardrop away from round abouts but these were kinda just there, i'd go hard and get google earth out and draw you a pic of it on a satellite map but im hungry and therefore cant be assed.

As far as i knew in NZ you can pass on any white line as long as it isnt a median strip... hence why i took going around the 'island' as a technicality.

With my rego... bike had been off the road for a month (my 28 days) and i hadnt noticed til that morning and didnt get the time to do it til today (which i have).

[Mom]

But he's right.
And no ticket.

yepper....there seem to be some nice folks in uniform out there, speaking of which.....have you had a sort of quiet time up here? (yes I know risking taking things off topic)

Gareth, stop being a plonker please.........please.....legal bike, and sensible round town riding is the way to go eh!

[pervert]

I personally think that when the day comes where vehicles cannot be started unless their WOF and Rego are current (through some smart technology), and their driver is sober (IS being done in the US right now) and appropriately licenced (again, smart tech.), and they have at least 3rd Party Insurance, it will be a good day for mankind as a whole.

...and don't forget the massive amounts of $$$ lumped upon tax payers to pay for it, what a great day it will be...:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

[StoneChucker]

I, myself, hope that day never comes. The alcohol one I agree with. But give big brother that much power and they'll be monitoring your average speed between two points, if you indicated for 3 seconds, whether you checked your rear vision mirror every 3 seconds, what sort of mood you are in, etc etc.

As motorcyclists you should indicate for 3 seconds, or at the very least hope to God that car drivers do - No indicating and pulling out whenever they like is a major cause of accidents/death. As for mood and mirrors, that just silly:yes: [friendly pt]


...and don't forget the massive amounts of $$$ lumped upon tax payers to pay for it, what a great day it will be...:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

No, if that were implemented with the whole population, there's no reason to believe it would cost us anymore than the price of a latte a week in extra tax.

[Monorail]

No, if that were implemented with the whole population, there's no reason to believe it would cost us anymore than the price of a latte a week in extra tax.

i dont drink coffee:msn-wink:

[pervert]

No, if that were implemented with the whole population, there's no reason to believe it would cost us anymore than the price of a latte a week in extra tax.

You say that now...but then again it is your fictional story, so I guess you can tell it however you want.

The good day for mankind part is highly dubious though.

[Jantar]

I personally think that when the day comes where vehicles cannot be started unless their WOF and Rego are current (through some smart technology), and their driver is sober (IS being done in the US right now) and appropriately licenced (again, smart tech.), and they have at least 3rd Party Insurance, it will be a good day for mankind as a whole.

Maybe you need to think this through a bit better. Imagine that you take your vehicle in for a WoF and it fails for some minor thing that you can fix yourself. You take it home to fix it, and while waiting for parts your WoF expires. Now that you have fixed the minor defect you would be unable to start your vehicle to take it back for retesting.

[Lou Girardin]

I personally think that when the day comes where vehicles cannot be started unless their WOF and Rego are current (through some smart technology))

So how do you take your vehicle for a WOF if you've had it in storage for a year?

[Ixion]

Let alone carry out repairs to one failed for excess smoke or noise, or failed power steering or brakes.

And what relevance does failure to pay a tax have on road safety? Should you be unable to start your car because you have not paid your income tax? Presumably the same principle would have to apply to unpaid Road User charges. What happens if the RUC runs out mid journey? Does the vehicle stop dead , then and there ?

[imdying]

No, if that were implemented with the whole population, there's no reason to believe it would cost us anymore than the price of a latte a week in extra tax.I build mobile wireless data scanning all singing all dancing systems with the capabilities you describe for a living, and you are off your fucking tree if you think that's all it would cost to design build test implement and maintain a system like that.

[rwh]

What do you mean "round a traffic island" ? Do you mean a painted centre median? (That is illgeal)

It says you must not pass if it means you have to ride over a flush median strip. I assume that means it's fine if you go round the ends ... and I'd assumed the same applied to a traffic island. Unless perhaps it counts as 2 one-way roads.


But on what basis is it said that you may only pass on broken lines?

I can't find that in the road code. And one of the permitted passing pictures in the Road Code shows a car passing on solid white lines.


No, I can't see that one either.

I really don't like the way they stick in that big disclaimer that the Road Code is not the law. What on earth is the point in studying it, if we're required to know the various acts and regulations anyway?

I think it was you Ixion who mentioned the exemption from the 70k limit for a rider taking the 6R test - it's damn hard to find even googling the net, and it certainly isn't in my road code - but my testing officer confirmed it today.

Richard