(FINES)

[Midnight 82]

:Police: :moon: Who had the largest fine last year??????????
zero 4 me :banana:

[Mongoose]

I shall keep you company at the bottom of the heap, for last year anyway :spudbooge

[Paul in NZ]

For once I'm happy to be at the bottom of the heap as well...

Not even a parking ticket! Yippee!

Paul N

[Mongoose]

For once I'm happy to be at the bottom of the heap as well...

Not even a parking ticket! Yippee!

Paul N

Awwww RATS, do parking tickets count? :thud:

[Midnight 82]

:ride: OK parking tickets dont count, But all others do :thud: :Oi:

[Mongoose]

:ride: OK parking tickets dont count, But all others do :thud: :Oi:


Yeah!! I am back to zero :shake:

[Sniper]

Damn, umm $240 for doing over the speeed limit

[Waylander]

None for me either, but then again i was off the bike for six months so i guess my bit doesnt really count aye:bash:

[Eddy]

Yay still no tickets for me, a few close calls with the :Police: tho :whistle:
I know a good lawyer anyway, dad used him to get off a dangerous speed on his ZX9 :innocent:

[**R1**]

what a bunch of goody goods,
Had one for $240 :doh:
and another for $380 :o
and im not sure about the rest they havnt givn them to me yet :yeah: :yeah:

And since i started riding $13000+(yes im a dum fk)

yeah i know its a new bike or a deposit for another house bla bla...i'll get over it

[Dodgyiti]

Just got a nice $550 [ wrong class of licence, failing to stop]
:argh:

[MrMelon]

I had my one for $630 last year and another for $200 for an expired warrant (but that one was bullshit)

[Midnight 82]

OUCH DUDE !!!!!

[PuppetMaster]

$510 for going slightly over the prescribed speed limit by 42 km's :nono:

[Frankie]

I think last year I had about $200 in fines... nothing much

[Biff]

18 years riding in the UK - no fines whatsoever.
First 3 weeks in New Zealand - 2 x $300 :mad:

[White trash]

18 years riding in the UK - no fines whatsoever.
First 3 weeks in New Zealand - 2 x $300 :mad:

Shoulda pleaded you thought you could do 70mph.

That woulda got ya.....nowhere. :scooter:

[Biff]

Shoulda pleaded you thought you could do 70mph.

That woulda got ya.....nowhere. :scooter:

I did - it didn't!!

Just another dumb pom!

[Jonty]

None - I am very sneaky sneaky :devil2:

[White trash]

I woulda had a DOOZY had the Ambulance caught me and the driver had the power to prosecute last Thursday :msn-wink:

[Coyote]

Haven't been riding long enough to get any :eek:

[Biff]

Haven't been riding long enough to get any :eek:

Start saving mate. Have bike - will speed. It's inevitable. Unless you're lucky enough not to get caught. or sensible enough not to speed

"slowly, slowly, go, go, go" - Debbie Does Dallas. Alledgedly.

[Ramius]

$80 on Christmas Eve, was doing 42 over but got a ticket for 12. :spudbooge

[Blakamin]

I woulda had a DOOZY had the Ambulance caught me and the driver had the power to prosecute last Thursday :msn-wink:
hahahahahahaha.... I get tears in my eyes everytime I think about that!!! :laugh:

[Coyote]

or sensible enough not to speed


:innocent:

[Midnight 82]

I had my one for $630 last year and another for $200 for an expired warrant (but that one was bullshit)

:first: MRMelon is the king so far. MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmm must have been hauling ass ay. :Punk:

[loosebruce]

I got a few last year, biggest $510 for 42 over, slowing down after passing a car, bummer, but oh well. Never had had a speeding ticket until i moved to akld, go figure.
Rolled out a $1450 and 7 months disqualified a couple of years back in a rather foolish stunt, live and learn.

[riffer]

:first: MRMelon is the king so far. MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmm must have been hauling ass ay. :Punk:

Give up fellas. No-ones going to beat that one for fines in a single incident ...

except for Mikey.

Been to court yet buddy? :laugh:

[NC]

None.... :innocent: First year I think I haven't had one :)

[onearmedbandit]

Give up fellas. No-ones going to beat that one for fines in a single incident ...

except for Mikey.

Been to court yet buddy? :laugh:

Uhhh, maybe not. See I kinda got one for either $730 or $750 last year. Little over the speed limit, like 67km/h over. Clear straight section of state highway with good visibility and no traffic, but the laws the law and I have no problem that I got caught. I knew the risks, and went for it anyway. So 6mths dsq and whatever it was, I'll see if I can dig out the ticket.

[Clockwork]

All I got was a parking ticket - for the bike :angry2:
Yes I know they don't count, but I got it withrawn :niceone:
(just wanted to brag!)

[Midnight 82]

Uhhh, maybe not. See I kinda got one for either $730 or $750 last year. Little over the speed limit, like 67km/h over. Clear straight section of state highway with good visibility and no traffic, but the laws the law and I have no problem that I got caught. I knew the risks, and went for it anyway. So 6mths dsq and whatever it was, I'll see if I can dig out the ticket.

:doh: YAHOO new king, well your the new champ. Who can top this one :unsure:

[spudchucka]

$2400! But that was giving - not receiving.

Needless to say the recipient was a real Mikey.

[Midnight 82]

$2400! But that was giving - not receiving.

Needless to say the recipient was a real Mikey.

:ar15: NA that dont count sorry bro :o

[matthewt]

Uhhh, maybe not. See I kinda got one for either $730 or $750 last year. Little over the speed limit, like 67km/h over. Clear straight section of state highway with good visibility and no traffic, but the laws the law and I have no problem that I got caught. I knew the risks, and went for it anyway. So 6mths dsq and whatever it was, I'll see if I can dig out the ticket.

Ouch, I got done for 66 over the limit not long ago. Got $500 fine but nothing else (no points and no lose of license apart from the instant 28 days on the scene). Did you go to court over it ??

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah, instant 28 day suspension issued on the spot (in the middle of effing nowhere), further disq received via mail ordering me off the road until my court date. Due to previous history (over 5yrs earlier but similar offence) there was the chance of confiscation. However, the judge was very fair on me, handing me the minimum fine, ensured that I returned to 0 demerit points when I got my licence back, and minimum disq period, much to the frustration of the prosecuting officer. To sum up, the judge told me 'to take a more serious view of NZ's road laws' and sent me on my way. Phew!

I made it in the local paper too!! (The court case was in Rangiora, just outside of Chch)

(BTW, not proud of that last fact, or any of it, before anyone passes comment)

[Ranzer]

Hmm no fines last year that I recall...
Though I did have one very nice officer in an unmarked car scream "keep your speed down!" out the window on the motorway... :disapint: thought I was done for when I saw the blinky lights, guess he was in a hurry or something though :)

[matthewt]

Due to previous history (over 5yrs earlier but similar offence) there was the chance of confiscation.

I got caught in the middle on nowhere as well. Lucky for me the cops were a top bunch of blokes (no really they were). Another patrol car came out and with my permission they rode my cbr900 back to the Masterton police station where I could pick up it at any time (provided of course I didn't ride it away). The guy that busted me then dropped me off at the train station. The following weekend I got the train out to Masterton with a mate and we got the bike from the station, he rode it home and I took the train back.

After the 28 days I got my license back, wrote into the court rather than go in and got off lightly ($425 fine not $500 as I thought).

Bugger, 2 months later got snapped for 125 in a 70 (cbr900 again!). So another 28 days. Wrote in again and got a $530 fine, no points and no further lose of license. Maybe I got off lightly because the letters went to two different district courts (Masterton/Wellington) ?? Had to ring the same mate to pick up my bike from the Wgtn motorway. Cop tried to tell me without saying the actual words to ride it home once he was gone and I'd be fine but I decided not to risk it.

Funny thing was that while I was on the train to pick up my bike the first time I was talking to a guy that got off a few tickets so he emailed me the letters he used. I ended up following those and all I got was some fines so I can't complain.

[Two Smoker]

ummmm, i think i take the cake :o 65 in a 50 (was reduced from 72, he was a nice cop) that was $120 130kmh odd in a 100 zone, that was 300 odd (cant remember exactly)

Then there was the doozy on Christmas Eve, $55 Failing to show licence, $400 breeching conditions of licence. Then topped of by being charged with dangerous and failing to stop.....

Not the best year for me (ontop of crashing numerous times costing 1000's of $$$ :crybaby: )

Whats that? $1025? With the possibility of more :( ?

Edit: oh yeah $150 for failing to stay within my lane....

[ajturbo]

$2400! But that was giving - not receiving.

Needless to say the recipient was a real Mikey.

is that just one ticket???

must have had an xj900.... :lol:

[ajturbo]

Well my alleged speeding offence was last year in may and I'm still waiting for court case so i could be the winner yet... but hope not.
For those not in the know it was 140 over... 240/100.
That should beat ya's all

is that going to effect you job?????

[Mongoose]

If i get disqualified it will :sweatdrop
(only for 28 days.. then get work licence)
Other wise no.. they an understanding mob.. first to care :laugh:

You forgot the desperate for good Ambo's too :whistle:

[LB]

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I don't want to tempt fate by posting in this thread......

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[Nooj]

So how do the traffic laws work where you are? I usually ride at about 80-90mph over here on 60 limit roads, though if no one's looking I'll go as fast as conditions allow. If I get the OK to move to NZ, what are my chances of keeping my license?
No idea what my speeds translate as in Kph, sorry.

[XTC]

So how do the traffic laws work where you are? I usually ride at about 80-90mph over here on 60 limit roads, though if no one's looking I'll go as fast as conditions allow. If I get the OK to move to NZ, what are my chances of keeping my license?
No idea what my speeds translate as in Kph, sorry.

You should be able to keep your license at least a month. Just choose wisely where you wind the beast up. Main State highways are nit the place to do it. Get on the secondary roads and you're usually ok. Still 120KPH through small towns with a 50k speed limit will still be frowned upon.

[Two Smoker]

So how do the traffic laws work where you are? I usually ride at about 80-90mph over here on 60 limit roads, though if no one's looking I'll go as fast as conditions allow. If I get the OK to move to NZ, what are my chances of keeping my license?
No idea what my speeds translate as in Kph, sorry.

We have a points system like the UK does, except we have 100 point limit. 40kmh over the limit and you get 50 points. But if you do 50kmh over the limit then you get a intant 28 day suspension and your vehicle impounded for 28 days aswell

If you come on KB rides, we go out in the whop whops.... Very litte chance of cops.... But main highways are crawling with Highway Patrol...

We have a 100kmh limit on open roads (60mph) and if you do over 110kmh you will probably get a ticket... But on the back roads, i dont generally have a speed limit.... Unless we hit a township, then its back to 50kmh (30mph)...

[TygerTung]

I lost my licence last year, exceeding the speed limit....

57kmh over.... Got done for driving in a manner which could be dangerous...

$450 fine and $120 court costs..... Just ticked it up :p

It was really early in the morning, no other cars on the road, but a coppa hiding up a driveway...

[mouldy]

god bless radar detectors :2thumbsup

[madboy]

I'm very proud to say that for the first year in recent memory (except for one when I was disq all year and so deliberately kept to the speed limit or so far above that it didn't matter) I had a big fat ZERO in tickets last year.

Now that I've gloated, I look forward to that man Murphy imposing his Law on me on the way home time tonight...

[Biff]

god bless radar detectors :2thumbsup

.......combined with a riders reaction time, line of sight, relatively few lasers in use etc etc

Don't rely on them bro', as they can let you down badly when you need them the most.

[Sniper]

I dont have a radar detector. But I utalise common sense and dont speed. (Yea right)

[Biff]

So how do the traffic laws work where you are? I usually ride at about 80-90mph over here on 60 limit roads, though if no one's looking I'll go as fast as conditions allow. If I get the OK to move to NZ, what are my chances of keeping my license?
No idea what my speeds translate as in Kph, sorry.


Dude - check out my previous post in this thread. These wide open roads with relatively little traffic simply beg to be ridden fast. But the pathetic, slow speed restrictions here IS going to catch you out. You've been warned ,and the bloody police are everywhere!!! Although I like them at the moment due to recent (and posted) events.

[Biff]

I dont have a radar detector. But I utalise common sense and dont speed. (Yea right)


Let me guess - The only reason you don't speed is because your father is Elvis:bs:, your mother is Marilyn Monroe :bs:and you're an astronaut :bs:at weekends.

[Sniper]

Let me guess - The only reason you don't speed is because your father is Elvis:bs:, your mother is Marilyn Monroe :bs:and you're an astranout :bs:at weekends.

Bloody marvelous, you are a magition (SP) (PT)
But, can you pull a rabbit out of my ear??? (PT) :whistle:

You are a good one BB, Ride safe mate

[spudchucka]

is that just one ticket???

must have had an xj900.... :lol:
Nope, it was a collection of them all relating to the same idiot who was driving a clapped out heap of junk I had pink stickered the day before.

Drove without appropriate licence = $400
Drove pink stickered vehicle = $600
Removed pink sticker = $600
Expired Rego = $200
Expired WOF = $200
Drove an unsafe motor vehicle = $600

Opps, thats $2600, I sold myself short before.

I had written the car off the road the previous day because it was just a death trap, he was warned about his licence breach and the WOF & Rego and ordered not to drive the car. The next day I find him out driving the same shit heap again so he gets every ticket I could throw at him. He wasn't speeding though, the car could barely do 50kph.

[Biff]

I had written the car off the road the previous day because it was just a death trap, he was warned about his licence breach and the WOF & Rego and ordered not to drive the car.

Phew - I'm glad you had a good reason for screwing him, and that you hadn't just had one of those cops "bad hair days"!!!!

[spudchucka]

Phew - I'm glad you had a good reason for screwing him, and that you hadn't just had one of those cops "bad hair days"!!!!
Nope, it was a "dickhead didn't listen when I gave him a chance" moment. Fuck em if they can't take a hint!

[jrandom]

Drove without appropriate licence = $400
Drove pink stickered vehicle = $600
Removed pink sticker = $600
Expired Rego = $200
Expired WOF = $200
Drove an unsafe motor vehicle = $600

Opps, thats $2600, I sold myself short before.

Of course, it'll just sit unpaid on the MoJ's books for a few years and get written off eventually in some MP's crusade to make the outstanding fines statistics look good before an election. Or something.

I've always loved the masochistic possibilities inherent in a class 6 learner licence... with carefully managed breaches of the restrictions, you can get pulled over once, get 125 points for instant licence loss *and* be fined $2000 without doing ANYTHING that would be illegal if you had a full licence.

- Not displaying L-plate: $400, 25 points
- Riding a motorcycle with an engine above 250cc: $400, 25 points
- Carrying a pillion passenger: $400, 25 points
- Exceeding 70kph on the open road or motorway: $400, 25 points
- Riding between the hours of 10pm and 5am: $400, 25 points

All do-able in one quick licence-shredding trip... I seriously doubt any copper in his right mind would hit the average Joe Bloggs with *all* of the above in those circumstances, though.

[spudchucka]

Of course, it'll just sit unpaid on the MoJ's books for a few years and get written off eventually in some MP's crusade to make the outstanding fines statistics look good before an election. Or something.

I've always loved the masochistic possibilities inherent in a class 6 learner licence... with carefully managed breaches of the restrictions, you can get pulled over once, get 125 points for instant licence loss *and* be fined $2000 without doing ANYTHING that would be illegal if you had a full licence.

- Not displaying L-plate: $400, 25 points
- Riding a motorcycle with an engine above 250cc: $400, 25 points
- Carrying a pillion passenger: $400, 25 points
- Exceeding 70kph on the open road or motorway: $400, 25 points
- Riding between the hours of 10pm and 5am: $400, 25 points

All do-able in one quick licence-shredding trip... I seriously doubt any copper in his right mind would hit the average Joe Bloggs with *all* of the above in those circumstances, though.

You'd have to be a real WINJA to cop all that in one go. They are pretty over the top those licence breach fines - nasty.

[NordieBoy]

$0.00 this year.

Oh and last year and the year before and the year before
and the year before and the year before and the year before and $450 the year before - 70 in a 50 zone, testing the VT after re-buliding it so no warrant or reg either.

[sAsLEX]

I think 150 odd for 80ish in a 70 or something like that last year.

And victory for me as I got off one for 'not obeying a road sign' or something when some rookie cop did me for riding in a bus lane within the cbd! What really annoyed me is that when I asked her why I was getting the ticket she said she had no idea and that they had ticketed another biker previous so I would get a ticket as well.

[jrandom]

$650 in 2004 - $300 for 83 in a 50 and $200 because my rego had just run out, both on the same occasion, and another $150 two days later for running a red light. D'oh.

$300 in 2003 - $150 each for using a bus lane on the motorway and, on a separate occasion, using the emergency shoulder. That was before I discovered the Tao of Filtering, and attained Enlightenment.

[Rainbow Wizard]

some rookie cop did me for riding in a bus lane within the cbd! What really annoyed me is that when I asked her why I was getting the ticket she said she had no idea and that they had ticketed another biker previous so I would get a ticket as well.

I asked the question some months ago: is it legal to ride a bike in the bus lane on the Akl motorway. Don't ever remember seeing an answer, but some Akl cager sung out his window it was OK so I did it. Maybe he was a biker.

[Two Smoker]

I asked the question some months ago: is it legal to ride a bike in the bus lane on the Akl motorway. Don't ever remember seeing an answer, but some Akl cager sung out his window it was OK so I did it. Maybe he was a biker.

Its not legal to ride in the Auckland Bus Lane on the Motorway, as this is transit roading not Auckland City Council...

It is legal to ride in the Bus lane when in the Auckland city....

[sAsLEX]

Its not legal to ride in the Auckland Bus Lane on the Motorway, as this is transit roading not Auckland City Council...

It is legal to ride in the Bus lane when in the Auckland city....

yip but not across intersections controlled by traffic lights because of the brilliances of law only BUSES can use bus lights and bus lanes on intersections controlled by traffic lights. this is due to the fact that up to the lights it is local bylaw from the coucil that applies to the use of bus lanes, but since lights are transit it becomes there rules you need to follow for the 20m across the intersection!! dumb as a post some law makers i reckon.

so if i was riding along lawfully in bus lane and happen upon an intersection with a lit bus light i would have to stop and wait for a full green to go, the coucil suggests moving to the side of the lane and allowing buses to sneak by but since they go about 70k through auckland that just aint going to happen.

[mattt]

I had my one for $630 last year and another for $200 for an expired warrant (but that one was bullshit)

Not insinuating anything or speaking from experience :bs: but did your 6thirty, come from 5hundy + court costs? You see I once knew a guy who had this friend, well he told me that sometimes............ :whistle:

[Blakamin]

ARghghghg

got one today on the desert road in barbie-van... 112kph... mother fucker!!!

[NC]

Not insinuating anything or speaking from experience :bs: but did your 6thirty, come from 5hundy + court costs? You see I once knew a guy who had this friend, well he told me that sometimes............ :whistle:
NArh, I've seen the ticket dude...

[NC]

ARghghghg

got one today on the desert road in barbie-van... 112kph... mother fucker!!!
112km? Dude... :mellow:

I got busted doing 148km.... :whistle:

[Mongoose]

112km? Dude... :mellow:

I got busted doing 148km.... :whistle:

Hmmmmm, does that make you betterer or wurserer? :eek:

[NC]

Hmmmmm, does that make you betterer or wurserer? :eek:
Tah s2nd 1ne

[Midnight 82]

ARghghghg

got one today on the desert road in barbie-van... 112kph... mother fucker!!!

:hug: Come on everyone Blakamin needs some love tonight.
Bugger dude :shit:

[ajturbo]

ARghghghg

got one today on the desert road in barbie-van... 112kph... mother fucker!!!


what a wanker!!!!

[Blakamin]

what a wanker!!!!
thats exactly what I thought... he said " you came down the hill over 110, then went below coming up the hill... then you sped up again so I'm giving you a ticket"
I couldnt think of anything to say besides "you wanker" so I just shut up.. :shutup:

[ajturbo]

thats exactly what I thought... he said " you came down the hill over 110, then went below coming up the hill... then you sped up again so I'm giving you a ticket"
I couldnt think of anything to say besides "you wanker" so I just shut up.. :shutup:

you are looking at it in the wrong frame of mind....
you should feel Privileged..
you have done so much for that wanker...

you have helped his QUOTA...

and with this in mind we all thank you for you help..
just think the WANKER could have missed out and had to try twice as hard the next day.....

i hope he thanked you!!!


andy

[Lou Girardin]

None this year, none last year, nor the year before.
Thanks Mr Valentine and Mr laser jammer.
I pay enough bloody tax without adding speed tax to it.

[Blakamin]

None this year, none last year, nor the year before.
Thanks Mr Valentine and Mr laser jammer.
I pay enough bloody tax without adding speed tax to it.
Would of had a uninden in the van if some slimy cunt hadn't of smashed the window and stolen it last week! and the window has to come from the UK as there are none in NZ :mad: :mad: