Man there's a lot of cops on the Akld motorway!

[Str8 Jacket]

Unfortunately this comes a bit late for the guy on the black ZX10/ ZX6 that pulled an absolutely mint wheelie past my taxi this arvo as a cop car pulled onto the motorway behind him. Man those bikes can move! :whistle:

Then on my way back to the airport two other bikes in different locations had been pulled over! I could not believe the police presence on the Auckland motorway today, there was one just round every corner. Ive never see as many cops on Wellys motorway as I did in Auckland today! Damn!

[FJRider]

There was a funeral today... some may be pissed off they couldn't go to it.
Its Auckland... thats all that can be said. You want to move there...???

[Str8 Jacket]

There was a funeral today... some may be pissed off they couldn't go to it.
Its Auckland... thats all that can be said. You want to move there...???

Ive done my time in Auckland. 4 years of my like that I will never get back.....

[FJRider]

Ive done my time in Auckland. 4 years of my like that I will never get back.....

Time I spent in Auckland...I don't want back...

[KiwiRat]

Meow, ya big bunch of pussies.

Build a bridge.

I don't know how you would cope with Sydney, Los Angeles, London, or any other really big city.

Auckland aint that big a city really. The motorway system is tiny compared to real cities overseas.

I used to laugh at the locals bitching about "rush hour" traffic when I was living in Whangarei. What was EVEN funnier were the people living in Tutukaka etc. out on the coast who would never move into "town" because the traffic was too bad. Pffffffftttttttttttttttt.

Oh yeah, nearly forgot. There was a huge presence on the motorway system on Tuesday for some reason as well. Saw 5 HP cars Westbound on the NW motorway between Te Atatu and Spaghetti Junction, all with a vehicle pulled over. Then another 4 between Spaghetti and the Penrose turn-off. All between 2-2.30 in the p.m.

How dare they be out there doing their jobs.

[R6_kid]

How dare they be out there doing their jobs.

When the quota's down, in your neigbourhood... who you gonna call???


Highway Patrol!

[Str8 Jacket]

Meow, ya big bunch of pussies.

Build a bridge.

blah blah blah blah.

How dare they be out there doing their jobs.

I wasnt putting Auckland down. I would never do that as I know just how sensitive Aucklanders really are.....

Im so very sorry if I offended you :shake:

[Big Dave]

You just have to be smarter than the city. Ain't hard.

[KiwiRat]

I wasnt putting Auckland down. I would never do that as I know just how sensitive Aucklanders really are.....

Im so very sorry if I offended you :shake:

None taken. I just find it funny is all.

Big Dave has it sussed in one sentence. Damn I hate it when Aussies have something sensible to say.

[Big Dave]

Damn I hate it when Aussies have something sensible to say.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Groucho Marx (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/grouchomar128463.html)

It is interesting that an out of towner would note the 'presence'.

I've been spanking on about the frustration I get from riding around on high powered sports bikes - based on Auckland and environs conditions.

When I first started riding it, Hwy 16 was 1**kph open slather. 3 years of it. Currently that is licence suicide.

Werewolf says the situation around Nelson hasn't changed.

But it's a bit hard to write around it.

[Ragingrob]

The last couple of weeks I've noticed a good deal more cops around the motorway then usual. Seeing one almost every commute at the moment!

[Toaster]

Ive done my time in Auckland. 4 years of my like that I will never get back.....

You left your knickers behind.

[FJRider]

The last couple of weeks I've noticed a good deal more cops around the motorway then usual. Seeing one almost every commute at the moment!

bugger eh...

[Slyer]

Saw a bike parked up halfway down the 270 offramp off esmonde road. Cop behind the bike with the "go around" lights on top.

No biker to be seen though. :confused:

[scumdog]

The last couple of weeks I've noticed a good deal more cops around the motorway then usual. Seeing one almost every commute at the moment!

That will learn ya for having a motorway!! ;)

[FJRider]

You just have to be smarter than the city. Ain't hard.

One and a half million people... and the average IQ is still in double figures...

[Big Dave]

One and a half million people... and the average IQ is still in double figures...

Unlike Alexandria, where it's the total.:bleh:

[slimjim]

Then on my way back to the airport two other bikes in different locations had been pulled over! :lol:

you's looking at a 4stroker..to kill ---:drool:

[KiwiRat]

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
Groucho Marx (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/grouchomar128463.html)

It is interesting that an out of towner would note the 'presence'.

It's probably the fact that there has been quite a heavy presence on the motorway system the last couple of days. Heavy enough for us regular users to take notice even.

SH 16 is a bit like Russian roulette. Obviously Thursday arvo/evening it's best to give a wiiiiiiiiiiide berth to that general area. During the week, before lunch doesn't seem to be too bad though.:banana:

[FJRider]

Unlike Alexandria, where it's the total.:bleh:

True.. but in Alexandra ,We are smart enough to live as far away from dorkkland as we can...:beer:

[Big Dave]

True.. but in Alexandra ,We are smart enough to live as far away from dorkkland as we can...:beer:

Well there you go. I always read Alexandria, which is a particularly shabby and Industrial part of Sydney.

I shall connote differently henceforth.

[FJRider]

Well there you go. I always read Alexandria, which is a particularly shabby and Industrial part of Sydney.

I shall connote differently henceforth.

Cannote away... :clap:

[Slyer]

Some people like rural areas some like cities.
WE GET IT.

[FJRider]

Some people like rural areas some like cities.
WE GET IT.

And with the increased "presence" in city motorways... guess who ...gets "it"
sure as hell it ain't ME...

[Big Dave]

And with the increased "presence" in city motorways... guess who ...gets "it"

Sigh. Must be great to speed down town and watch haircuts on a Friday night.

[racefactory]

Totally agree- rediculous amount of police about in Auckland at the moment...

Was riding home the other day, in my innocent little suburb of Torbay and as I was about to turn down my road I see a police car in the distance coming towards me, I turn into my road and what do I know- the bloody siren goes off behind me 20m from my driveway... I pull in to my house anyway and pretend/hope that it was for someone else only to look over my shoulder and see 2 police cars screaming past and away! My suburb has got to be one of the most quiet and insignificant around here and last week I saw a police car everyday for 4 consecutive days at different spots on this same road.

Another instance the other day where I was trying to fix my dads bike which does not have a wof or current rego, fairings off and all. I went to test it around my area amongst these small and totally inconspicuous roads I would never dream of seeing a police car and to my complete disbelief my heart stopped as I turned a corner and there was a police car roaming about- i pulled into the nearest road to wait till he had pissed off which was probably a good 15 mins, started bike up again and pulled out of this back road only to find the f***** thing around the same area! Luckilly I got home without any incurred costs from the local constabulary.

In fact it's so bad now that I swear I haven't been for one ride recently with out at least seeing 1 police car. It's also bloody annoying because they are parked at the bottom of hills in concealment, in addition to patrolling the roads with REDICULOUSLY slow speed limits. I'm starting to stick to the small roads etc so I can't be caught out with any shit that they could quite possibly give to anybody at all on the road for a whole multitude of reasons.

I mean, I like seeing them pull over the fucking boy racers and that lark, but all I see is normal looking cars and drivers getting pulled over randomly and probably getting fined and ticketed large amounts of money for something small.

For christ's sake why can't they do something useful and stop these fucking disgusting, up to no good gangs and this increasing crime recently instead of patrolling the motorways for 10kmh speeders!!!

[KiwiRat]

Sigh. Must be great to speed down town and watch haircuts on a Friday night.

Bwahahahahahah!!!:2thumbsup

BTW, country life aint all bad. I spent 3 years living in Raglan, 5 years on the Tutukaka coast, and really enjoyed it.

[Big Dave]

Bwahahahahahah!!!:2thumbsup

BTW, country life aint all bad. I spent 3 years living in Raglan, 5 years on the Tutukaka coast, and really enjoyed it.

Yeah - same here.
Small coastal town for 8 years.

Places are largely what you make them and the breaks that come your way.

[HungusMaximist]

Yup, they're everywhere these days.

I had to tone my down my normal suburban crusing speed from 74 to 60.

[NC]

I wasnt putting Auckland down. I would never do that as I know just how sensitive Aucklanders really are.....

Im so very sorry if I offended you :shake:

*shudders* Auckland, fucken DUMP!
Pays well up here though;)

And as for all the cops? I never see more than 5 on the way to work on my 20k trip. :sweatdrop

[PirateJafa]

Yeah cops have been all over Auckland in the last week or so. Even more than normal as I was coming home from work just after midnight - saw at least three cars (mufti and sticker'd) having chats to people within one block of the downtown police station.

Play nice and you should be safe though. :)

[Gremlin]

Next time you want to do something stupid on the motorways, take a careful look as you travel along it. Almost the entire auckland region of motorway has cameras covering it. Do something, they keep an eye on you, and cop (if in area) is told what off ramp you get off at.

Doing something stupid is... stupid.

Other than that, BD is doing a fantastic job hassling the country hicks in this thread, so I will leave him to it. :jerry:

[Bren]

ya dont have to live in the country to be a hick....the most hicks i ever seen in one city was in Mobile, 'bama....man that place was full of rednecks, hillbillies and general outcasts...there were so many mullets runnin about that ya could open up a fish n chip shop...

[ajturbo]

Oh yeah, nearly forgot. There was a huge presence on the motorway system on Tuesday for some reason as well. Saw 5 HP cars Westbound on the NW motorway between Te Atatu and Spaghetti Junction, all with a vehicle pulled over. Then another 4 between Spaghetti and the Penrose turn-off. All between 2-2.30 in the p.m.

How dare they be out there doing their jobs.

still probably looking for a 1125r and sport triple that were moving "briskly" on the motorway last friday... as they were late to drop off the demo bikes...:whistle:

[madbikeboy]

Umm, guys...

Helen announced the election a short time ago - she is being noted for being super-soft on crime. A Police officer gets shot.

The result - highly visible police presence on our roads and motorways - the the public suddenly notice more cars, and therefore make the assumption that Labour is getting tough on crime.

Ironic, because while they're wasting time on the motorways, the real criminals are standing in the kitchens of our combined rental properties making P (and P is not for Potato).

Am I taking off from Ixion? Well, maybe. Also note that the day the Government buy back the railway from Toll, the RUC for truckies goes up (making rail a more cost effective way to freight). Also note that Helen knew about peters, but firing him would cause a snap election. etc etc...

I still have no answers about the inner workings of a woman's mind, sorry guys.

[KiwiRat]

still probably looking for a 1125r and sport triple that were moving "briskly" on the motorway last friday... as they were late to drop off the demo bikes...:whistle:

LOL.Yeah, I read your report. Sounded like a great weekend.

[racefactory]

Umm, guys...

Helen announced the election a short time ago - she is being noted for being super-soft on crime. A Police officer gets shot.

The result - highly visible police presence on our roads and motorways - the the public suddenly notice more cars, and therefore make the assumption that Labour is getting tough on crime.

Ironic, because while they're wasting time on the motorways, the real criminals are standing in the kitchens of our combined rental properties making P (and P is not for Potato).

Am I taking off from Ixion? Well, maybe. Also note that the day the Government buy back the railway from Toll, the RUC for truckies goes up (making rail a more cost effective way to freight). Also note that Helen knew about peters, but firing him would cause a snap election. etc etc...

I still have no answers about the inner workings of a woman's mind, sorry guys.

well put- pisses me off man....

[buellbabe]

Travel the Southern every day and not seen any coppers for ages.
I must travel outside their target hours...

[Ixion]

Personally, I throughly approve of a VERY strong police presence on the motorway system.

In fact every police officer who is not on duty on a booze bus and has a radar set in his/her vehicle should be sent to patrol the motorways.

(I also throughly approve of booze buses. The numbers both of buses and of officers per bus should be exponentially increased)

[raftn]

Travel the Southern every day and not seen any coppers for ages.
I must travel outside their target hours...

Probably change of shift......

[richyrich]

Unfortunately this comes a bit late for the guy on the black ZX10/ ZX6 that pulled an absolutely mint wheelie past my taxi this arvo as a cop car pulled onto the motorway behind him. Man those bikes can move! :whistle:

Then on my way back to the airport two other bikes in different locations had been pulled over! I could not believe the police presence on the Auckland motorway today, there was one just round every corner. Ive never see as many cops on Wellys motorway as I did in Auckland today! Damn!

hi all,better them there than down here:lol:

[buellbabe]

Having said that I haven't seen any for ages... I can also say that when they are targeting its blimmin obvious. If you get caught during that target time you're either an idiot or just plain unlucky.

[Big Dave]

I've been out riding last few days MAAAANNN there are a lot of cops etc etc etc

[Swoop]

Was riding home the other day, in my innocent little suburb of Torbay...
Glenvar Rd?

That Rd is heavily policed (but there are a nice amount of "hiding places" around there though).:whistle:

[NighthawkNZ]

Meh, there's even more at Scummies tonight!!

[Gremlin]

Meh, there's even more at Scummies tonight!!
you mean its double at his house from 1 to 2?

Or is there a crowd of SI police? (3)

[jafar]

you mean its double at his house from 1 to 2?

Or is there a crowd of SI police? (3)

Thats most of them innit ?:Oops:

[Kickaha]

Meh, there's even more at Scummies tonight!!

Must be his turn to shout the dounuts:rolleyes:

[The Pastor]

motoways, or as I like to call them Pig farms.

Funny thing is, i always do 140+ going north bound lol. Never seem to get a look by anycop as i sail on past.

I have a theory - bikes are alot smaller than cars making it harder to judge there speed, a gentel weave in and out of lanes over taking cars is alot differnt to a boy racer in his large car driving agresivly

larger car has less room therefore is seen as agressive
bikes seem to just glide on by un noticed.

Until a cops around that has his radar on all the time lol

[Grahameeboy]

You left your knickers behind.

When you going put them in the mail then...

[BarBender]

Two muftis, two patrol cars and 1 bike from Maramarua to Manukau around 1100-1130 this morning. Most of them with their toy guns pointing. A record for sure for this JAFA...

Must be something in the air....

[discotex]

Must be something in the air....

End of the quarter maybe?

[Toaster]

When you going put them in the mail then...

Whats your address?

[Big Dave]

Just back from KR office.

Had 3 speed guns pointed at me on the Western and back.

[Max Preload]

Auckland aint that big a city really.

Actually, it is. 175th largest city in the world by land area.


The motorway system is tiny compared to real cities overseas.

And combined with the size, therein lies the problem...

[LilSel]

Next time you want to do something stupid on the motorways, take a careful look as you travel along it. Almost the entire auckland region of motorway has cameras covering it. Do something, they keep an eye on you, and cop (if in area) is told what off ramp you get off at.


Spot on there & they are watched, all hours. A friends partner does just that. If they see drunks driving n swerving etc, they call it thru to the police... police dispatch a car or wait a little further down n bingo... caught. :niceone:

[buellbabe]

Hmmm those cameras have been there for ages, I often wondered if they WERE watched.

Oh and BTW I am finally admitting defeat, previously in this thread I said I wasn't seeing any cops on the motorway...well yesterday morning I passed a cop with someone already pulled over (6.15am), then in the arvo going home a car was heading north in pursuit of someone (3.45pm) and again this morning cop had someone pulled over...

YIKES!

[madbikeboy]

Spot on there & they are watched, all hours. A friends partner does just that. If they see drunks driving n swerving etc, they call it thru to the police... police dispatch a car or wait a little further down n bingo... caught. :niceone:

Well, thank your friend for me, perhaps with a nice STD or a hand grenade. They were nice enough to guide a motorcycle cop as to where I was on the motorway system a few months ago. Lucky for me the bike cop was an alright guy. On second thoughts, be nice to your friend, especially if he can get drunks off the road.

I wish we could just administer a 9mm injection into their temples, would save us so much grief. The drunk drivers, that is.

[portokiwi]

Personally, I throughly approve of a VERY strong police presence on the motorway system.

In fact every police officer who is not on duty on a booze bus and has a radar set in his/her vehicle should be sent to patrol the motorways.

(I also throughly approve of booze buses. The numbers both of buses and of officers per bus should be exponentially increased)

I was pulled over at a booze bus stop. I could not find anywhere to buy a drink though:lol: