The demise of our freedom to speed - RIP

[MD]

It is with a saddened heart I have to report that our freedom to go for a blat now and then has been taken away from us. I'm a broken man. A shell of my former self. I'm going to book myself in for therapy and ask for the strongest & fastest anti-depressant drugs:mellow: .
Why? The Police have won. They've swamped the roads with what seems like a HP for every 2km of road in NZ.
Game over. The funs over, the other team won. Everybody go home and wait for boredom to consume us.:bye:
It just seems even cruising the motorway at anything between an innocent 110-115kph now and SLAM! It's as if the HP materialise out of the seal itself!
Just been out in the car for a short trip and saw two muftis. It gets worse, it seems the driver of the new black Falcon mufti with chrome mags, tow bar, spoilers, lives in my suburb! I feel claustrophobic, like being trapped in a nightmare where you just can't get away from the bogey man. Ever turn, there he is, radar/laser at the ready. The dog handler stopped me recently and nearer booked me.:angry:
Not that many years ago we would scream up the Kaitokes to the base of the hill. But now. I'm terrified if I go above 108kph. I break out in shakes and a cold sweat. Where have all the good times gone (screams in Pink Floyd tone).
I'm not talking about irresponsible racing through populated suburbs and the like. I'm talking about cruising an open road or motorway with stuff all traffic, good visibility at 120kph (wasn't considered wreckless that long ago) that sort of stuff. Although I confess I'm all for a bit of full on speeding in selected places, but this now has lost the thrill because of the 'Coppa-phobia' I'm suffering from. Can I claim on ACC for this suffering caused by the Govt?
Edit- if you think this is the bitter ramblings of someone nearing a full house of demerits..that'll be right.

[Smokin]

Sad but true mate, you could always take up something with a lesser penalty like Burglery/ theft or abuse, smaller fine and you can get away with it much more often.

[wildpudding]

Head along to a track day maybe...?

[MD]

Sad but true mate, you could always take up something with a lesser penalty like Burglery/ theft or abuse, smaller fine and you can get away with it much more often.
Quite right. On a risk vs reward basis crime is looking more attractive for thrillseekers.
By the way this is not dig at our resident Coppers who are a bloody good bunch and I appreciate their presence on KB

[Dai]

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By the way this is not dig at our resident Coppers who are a bloody good bunch and I appreciate their presence on KB

Actually, for all my militant ravings, I have to agree with you on this point.

[pervert]

There's still a lot of roads that aren't infested...well in this area anyway...:laugh:

[The Pastor]

yeah bro cops are everywhere eh? Have to be bloody careful or bloody fast and hope they dont have an eye in the sky! If I ever build a racetrack KB members will get free entry lol.

[Smokin]

Head along to a track day maybe...?

The only track I have access to around these parts I would have to share with horses and my bikes too hard to get out of the starting gates without wrecking it.

and the horses would only kick my ass anyway.

[Dai]

Call me irresponsible but I enjoy going as fast as I can, sometimes. I deplore the fact hat our Lords and Masters have set an arbitary limit that they feel is safe. I am disgusted with them that they use it as a source of gathering revenue. I think it criminal of them in most cases to vilify those persons who pay their exhorbatant salarys for the mere fact that they "were exceeding abitarily set limits".

I do expect and believe that in certain areas there should be some control. These are areas of high danger to others, but on an open road if a person chooses to travel at a velocity greater than set by our MASTERS, then they should be able to.

If they happen to have an accident then it is their fault, (sorry in todays society nothing is an individuals fault, its all societies mistakes).

I have a personal ambition,that before I die, I am going to exceed the speed of 200mph (320kph) on a public (i am a member of the public) road. If the doctors tomorrow told me that "sorry Chris, you have only 6 mths to live" guess how I will be spending it !! SPEED.

GOVERNMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT TAKING AWAY FREEDOMS FROM THE POPULACE.

[98tls]

Thank god for the west coast of the south island.........Endless sweepers/twisty roads with generally no cops for miles........note to self.....must move over there......:Punk:

[Dai]

Thank god for the west coast of the south island.........Endless sweepers/twisty roads with generally no cops for miles........note to self.....must move over there......:Punk:

Buy a banjo, grow more toes and start thinking about which one of your relatives you should marry.

[scracha]

ago) that sort of stuff. Although I confess I'm all for a bit of full on speeding in selected places, but this now has lost the thrill because of the 'Coppa-phobia' I'm suffering from. Can I claim on ACC for this suffering caused by the Govt?

Yeah dude...I hear ya. Resigned myself to keeping it below 125 these days and when I have the cash will be getting a bike that's more fun at these low speeds.

Got a track bike but I will say there's not a hell of a lot of tracks in the north island. For me it's basically Taupo, taupo, taupo or the boring Pukekohe.

[onearmedbandit]

Don't have too many problems like that down here.

[MOTOXXX]

down grade and buy a race bike. it helps tame the savage beast :scooter:

[MD]

Don't have too many problems like that down here.

Thanks mate, that's really cheered up those of us sentenced to do time in the North island.

New rule- all South Islanders are to stop reminder the rest of us how fantastic and empty their roads are!
Same with 'go to a track' - I do, I do, I do (see how sick I'm getting. Now I'm quoting Abba). Track days cost time and money and require advance planning. You can't just pop out on the spur of the moment for an hour in the evening to the track.

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks mate, that's really cheered up those of us sentenced to do time in the North island.

New rule- all South Islanders are to stop reminder the rest of us how fantastic and empty their roads are!
Same with 'go to a track' - I do, I do, I do (see how sick I'm getting. Now I'm quoting Abba). Track days cost time and money and require advance planning. You can't just pop out on the spur of the moment for an hour in the evening to the track.


Ok, I won't say anything about out gorgeous roads with comparitively low police numbers. Instead I'll comment on how we have 2 tracks within 2 hours drive, one of which is only 20mins away and is open to the public on Tuesdays and Fridays for general use for only $50 for a half day or $80 for a full day, cheaper if you're a member. No bike or gear checks (heck, last time I was out there a friend turned up at the last minute on his ZXR750 and spent the afternoon roaring around the track in jeans!!), informal sessions (ie go out when you want for at least 15mins and wait until the car guys wave the flag), shit I've been out there before and we had the entire track to ourselves for the afternoon. Only had to come in for a drink and a breather, then back out again.

[Karma]

Damn you OAB!!

Now if only the south island wasn't full of inbreds...

[imdying]

Most popular road for biking in Christchurch is the road from Chch to Akaroa. Maybe one in twenty times over it you might see a single cop car... even then you were unlucky. Three gorges... never seen a cop on that road yet. Chch to Nelson, did that Easter weekend last year, no cops on the way up (through the Lewis, best road ever..), one cop on the way back (through Kaikoura).

Of course, if that situation were to change, as OAB says, we'd could just pay our $50 twice a week and do laps till we were sick of it.

[Virago]

Call me irresponsible but........

Jeez, where to start?


.........on an open road if a person chooses to travel at a velocity greater than set by our MASTERS, then they should be able to.

If they happen to have an accident then it is their fault.......

And what of the other road users that you might take with you? Their own fault?


I have a personal ambition,that before I die, I am going to exceed the speed of 200mph (320kph) on a public (i am a member of the public) road....

I can only hope that none of my family or friends are on that same public road at the same time.

I have some empathy with the original post, but this kind of blind selfishness really gets up my nose.

[Hitcher]

The speed difference between 105 and 111kmh should save enough carbon dioxide to stop a glacier melting somewhere.

[MD]

The speed difference between 105 and 111kmh should save enough carbon dioxide to stop a glacier melting somewhere.

Always look on the bright side of life... dah..dah..daa.. daaa, daa.. dah..
I'm going to fill this thread with song:yes: :sunny:

And OAB- you're not paying attention to the new rule. 20 minutes to get to a track (Ruapuna I guess?) Strewth, I lived 10 minutes from Ruapuna. Oh yeah thanks for reminding me AGAIN. Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end...lah.. lah.. laah..Then I could do evening track sessions with a few mates. Most of the track to yourselves. God damn, where have all the good times gone....

[onearmedbandit]

Ah but the new rule only applied to us not talking about our wonderful cop-free roads, not our easy access easily affordable track 20mins from home.

[MD]

Ah but the new rule only applied to us not talking about our wonderful cop-free roads, not our easy access easily affordable track 20mins from home.
As you type I'm forming a committee to re-write the new rule.
I'm not sure you are filled with genuine sympathy for us northerners trying to come to grips with high traffic congestion and Police infested roads.
Now go ride on a clear safe stretch of Police-free road, bottle your absolute bliss and post it North.:killingme

[jimbo600]

What a sad yet oh so true post. Tis a shame. What pisses me off the most is that people now are driving at such a zombie state they are not paying attention. I'm sure 10 years ago when you could happily cruise at 140 there were less head on collisions. The centennial highway "killer highway" was much safer when it was 100kmh and had a passing lane. As usual we all have to dumb down to the level of all the dumb dickheads who can't drive.

I reckon the roads are more lethal now than they've ever been.

[98tls]

Just sitting here with a woodstock thinking of all the great roads this thread has me thinking of..........sorry MD cant help myself........Fox to Hokitika....awsome...my absolute favourite.....all those windy bits that double back on themselves........and not a cop to be seen........all those real tight ones that you wheelie out of........all those :shutup: :shutup: sorry mate........

[Snails pace]

Perhaps I have just been lucky. A tad over 500k's today and only one boy in blue to be seen. From Pokeno down to Marokopa and Te Anga to Kawhia(great road but watch the grit on the corners) and home again. A blast round the Clevedon loop through the week seems quite free as well.

[98tls]

Perhaps I have just been lucky. A tad over 500k's today and only one boy in blue to be seen. From Pokeno down to Marokopa and Te Anga to Kawhia(great road but watch the grit on the corners) and home again. A blast round the Clevedon loop through the week seems quite free as well. :innocent: jesus i need to get out more........ive never heard of any of those places.............

[petesmeats]

Yeah i partially agree about the speed thing. But a government is always going to regulate most things that are fun. Half of the fun of anything is the danger assosciated with it.

Extreme sports are amazingly fun. They are more fun when there are tigers, falling from great heights, huge risk of injury/death, ridiculous speed etc etc. All of which are potentially hazardous to ones health.

I will therefore head to the track and ride on tuesdays or fridays because it will probably save me alot of money as there is no way around the massive amounts of police on the roads. It also gives me a chance to travel at speeds that would kill me pretty easily on the road...

Having lived in both the north and the south island, the roads in the south are much more fun and while there may be a few inbreds (west coast mainly and gore), most people will give you the courteous flash when the coppers are ahead. And the trip out to akaroa is as good as any in the world with almost no policing...

And for all the whinging about speed limits on the road, I personally am glad that the school kid whose parents bought him a fast car cannot attempt to drive the aforementioned car into me at whatever speed they want. They are limited to trying to hit me at 100kph.

Pete

[98tls]

The other side to this coin is that in my opinion anyway the best roads read as lots of tight twistys are huge fun and you can get through them real fast for the conditions but if real twisty you wont really exceed the 100km limit by that much anyway..........besides on those roads theres nowhere for the cops to park..............

[Ixion]

The problem lies in the getting to the fun bits of road. Unfortunately tedious lengths of boring road must be travelled to get to the good bits. And it is on the boring roads that the danger lies.

[RC1]

i did just over 350ks last sunday evening, just a loop around hamilton taking in rotowaro, waingaro, ngarawahia,whatawhata,pirongia,kihikihi,arapuni,ca mbridge,scotsman valley,morrinsville, home, local guys should know most of this run bloody awesome roads and not one cop seen,

[doc]

For a thrill I just wait until Easter or Anzac day any race past my local school at 10kph above the speed limit and I feel real satified. That fcuks them. WHY don't they give us credits when we are not speeding you know like when we are stopped at intersections. "therevolutioniscomingtothosemutherfuckersbrigade"

[Clivoris]

Absolutely agree MD. The lower north seems to be getting a hammering by the pleece. I've had two speed camera fines in the last week (in my bloody cage) after no tickets for 3 years. I obviously need to improve my protection strategies.
Truly the South Island is a bikers paradise.

[98tls]

Absolutely agree MD. The lower north seems to be getting a hammering by the pleece. I've had two speed camera fines in the last week (in my bloody cage) after no tickets for 3 years. I obviously need to improve my protection strategies.
Truly the South Island is a bikers paradise. mate its simple..........dont use the cage..........if i had your bike i wouldnt even consider getting in one.......

[Karma]

mate its simple..........dont use the cage..........if i had your bike i wouldnt even consider getting in one.......


mate... I love riding my bike, but sometimes it's nice to hop in the car, light a smoke, wack the stereo on and just cruise over to piha or something.

I'd never give up the bike, but I'd never give up the car either.

[Clivoris]

mate its simple..........dont use the cage..........if i had your bike i wouldnt even consider getting in one.......

Fair call. I have been punished by the powers that be. Unfortunately the cage has to be used for some of my work stuff.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

With out reading all the replies I can say we don't have that many problem on the east coast of the Hawkes Bay. Napier north that is.
Just point and shoot..................what cops?

[doc]

With out reading all the replies I can say we don't have that many problem on the east coast of the Hawkes Bay. Napier north that is.
Just point and shoot..................what cops?
You don't have a problem yet. Its like Global warming it will have an effect on you.

[stify]

The problem lies in the getting to the fun bits of road. Unfortunately tedious lengths of boring road must be travelled to get to the good bits. And it is on the boring roads that the danger lies.

maybe someone should sort out a bus to take the bikes etc for the boring bits, could have club samis,cups of tea and sing song along the way:whistle:

[Fat Tony]

Fight the powers... fight the powers that be...

[petesmeats]

mate... I love riding my bike, but sometimes it's nice to hop in the car, light a smoke, wack the stereo on and just cruise over to piha or something.

I'd never give up the bike, but I'd never give up the car either.

Yeah it definately is nice sometimes to hop behind the wheel of the car, light up a ciggy, pop the top off an ice cold beer, have a shave, txt a mate, play with yourself (sneakily so that noone can see you), eat a really hot pie and cruise into children crossing the zebra crossing at a school... I love my cage. Ha

Pete

[Karma]

Yeah it definately is nice sometimes to hop behind the wheel of the car, light up a ciggy, pop the top off an ice cold beer, have a shave, txt a mate, play with yourself (sneakily so that noone can see you), eat a really hot pie and cruise into children crossing the zebra crossing at a school... I love my cage. Ha

Pete

All true, except I like people to see me, heightens the buzz you see...

[Hitcher]

The Powers That Be now have the Weather Gods (as represented by the UN's IPCC) on their side. There shall be no stopping their quest to stop polar ice-caps melting, including the punitive taxation and other measures designed to kerb the frivolous usage of motor spirits.

[limbimtimwim]

What a sad yet oh so true post. Tis a shame. What pisses me off the most is that people now are driving at such a zombie state they are not paying attention. Totally agree. Ban car stereos. Remove sound deadening from firewalls, doors and roofs. Make all cars convertible and make it a crime to have the roof up if it is not raining. Remove mufflers. Add random chicanes to roads. Minor electric shocks at random through the steering wheel. Anything to increase the stimulation to the brain while using a vehicle would help. Most car drivers have forgottern how to go around a corner quickly and instead are too busy singing perfecting their singing with the stereo technique or texting to take notice of the world around them.

[Karma]

Totally agree. Ban car stereos. Remove sound deadening from firewalls, doors and roofs. Make all cars convertible and make it a crime to have the roof up if it is not raining. Remove mufflers. Add random chicanes to roads. Minor electric shocks at random through the steering wheel. Anything to increase the stimulation to the brain while using a vehicle would help. Most car drivers have forgottern how to go around a corner quickly and instead are too busy singing perfecting their singing with the stereo technique or texting to take notice of the world around them.


When was the last time you had to drive anywhere long distance on a great big straight piece of road? You'd be begging for the comforts of a stereo etc...

[limbimtimwim]

When was the last time you had to drive anywhere long distance on a great big straight piece of road? You'd be begging for the comforts of a stereo etc...Have not made a long trip in a car for a long long time. On straight bits of road, all I am begging for is corners to stop my legs getting a bit sore. If I know it's going to be a fun bit, I might take out my earplugs so I can hear the engine. Who needs a car stereo when you can have bike engine roar/scream?

[Lou Girardin]

There weren't any cops between Warkworth and home last night.
Thank you God.

[Karma]

Have not made a long trip in a car for a long long time. On straight bits of road, all I am begging for is corners to stop my legs getting a bit sore. If I know it's going to be a fun bit, I might take out my earplugs so I can hear the engine. Who needs a car stereo when you can have bike engine roar/scream?

I did a few home to uni / uni to home runs when back over in the UK, I can tell ya that driving halfway along the M1 and then round the M25 with all your worldly possessions (several PCs, clothes, etc...) would not be fun on the back of a bike :D

[GSX-RJIM]

Call me irresponsible but I enjoy going as fast as I can, sometimes. I deplore the fact hat our Lords and Masters have set an arbitary limit that they feel is safe. I am disgusted with them that they use it as a source of gathering revenue. I think it criminal of them in most cases to vilify those persons who pay their exhorbatant salarys for the mere fact that they "were exceeding abitarily set limits".

I do expect and believe that in certain areas there should be some control. These are areas of high danger to others, but on an open road if a person chooses to travel at a velocity greater than set by our MASTERS, then they should be able to.

If they happen to have an accident then it is their fault, (sorry in todays society nothing is an individuals fault, its all societies mistakes).

I have a personal ambition,that before I die, I am going to exceed the speed of 200mph (320kph) on a public (i am a member of the public) road. If the doctors tomorrow told me that "sorry Chris, you have only 6 mths to live" guess how I will be spending it !! SPEED.

GOVERNMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT TAKING AWAY FREEDOMS FROM THE POPULACE.

best you get your self a different bike then Chris, re: 200mph (320Km/hr) life goal.
Bloody good goal to set in life if you ask me, why not double it and do 200mph twice, on the same day dam that would be fun.

[Hailwood]

I do expect and believe that in certain areas there should be some control. These are areas of high danger to others, but on an open road if a person chooses to travel at a velocity greater than set by our MASTERS, then they should be able to.

If they happen to have an accident then it is their fault, (sorry in todays society nothing is an individuals fault, its all societies mistakes).

Just a question Dai..are you willing to be personally liable for the cost of your accident as well? the hospital bills, the acc cost, the rehab, the cost of anyone else injured? Or would you expect me to pay for it as a taxpayer through ACC etc.....

I know this sounds like being a wet blanket ( and am waiting for the Harley cracks about not being able to go fast enough to be hassled by a cop) but what gives motorcyclists any right to believe they they are above the law and should be allowed to ride at whatever speed they want. We all have a crack at cage drivers driving too fast but because we are on two wheels and some are decked out like their racing heros, it's ok????

Maybe its time we all grew up a bit and realised that the toy throwing tantrums and revenue collecting diatribe are getting a little tiresome. If you want to change the law, there are ways to do it. How many of you wrote submissions regarding the ACC levy changes? How many were involved in submissions for the last round of law change proposals?

Anyway my rant is over, thanks for reading...and remember an opinion is like an asshole...everyone has one and they are both usually full of the same thing

[scumdog]

Don't have too many problems like that down here.

Wot 'e sed.

But the NorfIsland must be way better place to live - otherwise there wouldn't be so many of youz living up there, right? right?:innocent: '

[Ixion]

We're up here 'cos you're down there. Cops we can live with, it's the tassels. Even ordinary tassels , maybe, but when you got those pink ones -:gob:Sane folk reckon Cook Strait is the minimum separation from a cop with weird mustachios, a skull mask and pink tassels!

[Toaster]

Sad but true mate, you could always take up something with a lesser penalty like Burglery/ theft or abuse, smaller fine and you can get away with it much more often.

And he'd probably get away with it... they are far less likely to turn up and do something about it.

[SixPackBack]

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Lets see the fuckers catch you then.

[Toaster]

On a better note, thanks to the red mufti cop who just let me ride on by (at about 120) in the Weekend. It was a beautiful day, sunny, little traffic and he just cruised by and didn't bother me. Thanks dude, I enjoyed the ride. Sensible policing in the circumstances.

[Dai]

best you get your self a different bike then Chris, re: 200mph (320Km/hr) life goal.
Bloody good goal to set in life if you ask me, why not double it and do 200mph twice, on the same day dam that would be fun.

When the finances allow I will get a better bike. Its only once I am looking to hit that speed. I still remember the day, about 33 years ago when I hit the 100mph. It was on a friends Honda 350cc 4 cylinder, coming down the Takanini straight. The engine was screaming, I was flat on the tank, I was very young and I ruled the world. In those days there want the traffic volume of today and I had the whole straight to myself.

I also get the impression that people think I'm going to use a crowded highway to hit these speeds. No way. I'm not doing it for anyone else. Just me. I;'ll find some place just long enough to hit the spped I want, I'll wait till its all clear and I will let loose.

To date the fastest I have been is 185mph (292kph) on the M4 motorway in the UK. This was through the long straight in the Membury area. It was a quiet day, little traffic, very good weather and the bike was running very sweetly. Got booked at the M32 turn off as I had been spotted by the boys in blue. They dropped the speeding charge to 120 mph. Cost me my British licence for 2 years with 13 points on it. (12 points mean a ban and they take 7 years to clear), $1200 fine and a conditional discharge for 2 years.

Was it worth it, too bloody right. The heart was pumping and I felt so much alive. Same thrill I had jumping out of aeroplanes at 20,000 feet.

Life is so sanitised nowadays. We expect everything to be as safe as houses. Isnt it a boring existance?

[imdying]

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Lets see the fuckers catch you then.

:rofl: :rofl:

I've got some magic beans somewhere for ya too...

[Edbear]

why not double it and do 200mph twice,




400mph!!!!! KEEWL!!!!!

[davereid]

- Keep to the back roads - less cops to worry about..
- Ride in a group - Radar is useless against multiple targets..
- Tail end charlie stops when signalled - every one else wasn't signalled and doesn't have to stop your honour.
- Deny everything, tie the cops up in court. Remember traffic policing is a business, they have quota and performance targets, and they don't meet them sending paperwork endlessly around the country meeting your disclosure and pre-court requirements.
- They get paid to go to court, to prepare the case and get their arse kicked if they lose. Its not good business for the police to fight every case !
- Chip in for the fine and costs if your buddy loses the court case - the points are fixed, but the fine can be rendered painless. Put a fiver in the fine kitty each, after every group ride, then its even more painless !
- You will often win in court - cops get busy and don't show, leave the force or get accused of rape.
- Plus the court is like any workplace. Often the Judge or JP hates individual cops and is hanging out to discharge you.

In another thread it was quoted that the cops issued 45000 tickets last year in the lower north island. Thats good business if every one just pays. But if one in ten drivers pushed it through the courts, prepared to pay the extra $150 in court costs if they lost, then the police would have had to abandon issuing tickets.

4500 defences at 4hrs in/waiting for court, plus 4-8 hours preparing the case, doing the disclosure etc etc = 4500 x 8 = 36000 hours lost !

[SPman]

I still remember the day, about 33 years ago when I hit the 100mph. It was on a friends Honda 350cc 4 cylinder, coming down the Takanini straight.


WOT!
You got 100 mph out of one of those slugs!
Oh yea - downhill grade..........:whistle:

[mstriumph]

mine's a TWIN :innocent:

[Wasp]

jjeeeeezzzz only just saw this - cheers for the heads up MD, gonna watch my arse closer now

[Motoracer]

Thanks mate, that's really cheered up those of us sentenced to do time in the North island.

I haven't been on a road ride for a while but up these ways ain't that bad unless things have changed in the last couple of months or so..

What we used to do or some of you do on the open roads is just a privelage. Enjoy it while you can. It's not going to last.

[roogazza]

Cheer up MD !!! they can't get ya at track days ! where have you been , you have missed two now ?

On the subject of muftis , a new accord in grey/silver metalic was doing the business just north of Plimmerton at 10am this morn. Haven't seen him before ? Gaz.

[Dai]

WOT!
You got 100 mph out of one of those slugs!
Oh yea - downhill grade..........:whistle:

Oh yes very definitely downhill grade, screaming the shit out of the engine and flat on the tank. Just indicating 110 mph. Speedo error more to the minus so I reckon it just hit the 100 mark.

[MD]

Cheer up MD !!! they can't get ya at track days ! where have you been , you have missed two now ?

Gaz.

Was that you I passed between MartinBoro and Featherston this morning?
Had a great ride this morning.
BUT, but but but. back to the over-population of Patrol cars. I left home about 7.40am. Great me thinks, no traffic, pubic day off work, Coppers will be sleeping in. So 30seconds on to M/way and I feel so good i decide a wheelie up the next straight is in order to celebrate. Start dropping down the gears as I round the bend..What the hell. marked car ahead lights flashing. Just booked someone. Strewth, well that's probably the only one out of bed. 12 minutes later I pull into Paremata gas station. TWO, ..two I say, marked cars filling up! I was close to walking over and asking why they can't sleep. So as I pull out of the station I looksie at the overbridge as a marked car approaches. Shit, that's four. It's a bloody convention! None of this is exaggeration by the way. About 60-90 seconds later I meet another Plod car coming from Whitby direction.
So lets tally that up. I've covered about 10 kms and come across 5 HP. That's one for every 2 kms!!
As a good citizen (shell shocked into obedience) I was not once over the limit.
8am on the Rimutaka Hill and you guessed it- another marked car. Lucky me it was a tight bend so I was not above the 100, but he flicked his radar on as he saw me fair cranked over.
Still I'm a happy chappie after blowing the cobwebs out and returning with licence.

[SixPackBack]

So lets tally that up. I've covered about 10 kms and come across 5 HP. That's one for every 2 kms!!
.

Prolly on their way to a Gimp and Doughnut convention

[Karma]

Prolly on their way to a Gimp and Doughnut convention

Oh man.... i must've missed it!

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Two HPs, a camera van and a mufti between home and Raumati this morning. Absolutely nothing around on the return trip.

[SixPackBack]

Oh man.... i must've missed it!

Just for your pleasure Weasel.....

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Just for your pleasure Weasel.....

Cheers man, I've been looking for a new leather one piece.

At least you'll know it's me as I pull up to rides :D