Speed and the law

**Paul in NZ** · 23rd March 2005, 15:31

Nah mate - get one of those padded chamois lined tight bike pants. The gay guy at the local bike shop will give you a personal fitting....

**Motoracer** · 23rd March 2005, 15:44

Good to see that the majority in here are sensible and in touch with reality.

**handy_dog** · 25th September 2007, 08:24

Thought for the benifit of any one that wondered the penalty for being clocked at 168 on the open road.....
#1 Check at your local AA a couple of days after you get the instant walk from the cop to see if your suspension has been recorded on the LTSA system ( I walked 28 days and when i went to the AA to request it back i was told that there was no record on the system to say it had been suspended) Seems the cop forgot to enter it.....

The charge was exceeding 1000 kph..... fine $1000 + $230 costs & No walk

Seems the letter from my employer and one from a pycolgist saying i was under a bit of stress at the time helped.

Oh yehhh...... + one hell of an ear bashing from the judge

**nodrog:Me** · 25th September 2007, 08:38

Originally Posted by handy_dog

The charge was exceeding 1000 kph.....

fark thats some bike you have there

**Her_C4** · 25th September 2007, 08:38

Originally Posted by handy_dog

The charge was exceeding 1000 kph.....

on ya'

maybe you could give the racers some pointers??

**Grub** · 25th September 2007, 08:39

Originally Posted by handy_dog

The charge was exceeding 100 kph..... fine $1000 + $230 costs & No walk

Wow, you are one lucky dude! Nice one HD. OK the fine's not cheap but you should be walking for sure.

BTW, what was the outcome of the 28day thing? Did you have to wait another 28days or did they back date it to when you got the ticket?

**marty** · 25th September 2007, 08:51

regardless of whether it's entered or not, the suspension is complete at the roadside. you might get away with being checked a few days later out on the roadside if it's not entered, but further down the trail (like when the ticket is being entered a few days later) it would be picked up, and there'd be a knock at your door with handcuffs for you and a towtruck for your ride........

the situation could be that the cop picked you up late in his last shift, and was going on days off, and hadn't got around to entering you - was going to do it when he got back to work 2 or 3 days later. as soon as he entered you he would see that you had been stopped in the meantime.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 25th September 2007, 09:05

Originally Posted by outlawtorn

Don't know how to respond to this one, on one hand I feel like saying:
'sorry dude, bad luck that you got caught'
on the other hand though I am tempted to say
'tough shit, it's your own fault, you could've killed yourself or worse, someone else'.

I say this because I've come back from the Coromandel this weekend with my wife and kids in the car and I had the experience of a few riders riding fucking recklessly past me through dangerous corners and blind hills, all at blistering speeds and that pisses me off, because there is no need for that kind of riding especially around cars, no wonder these speed freaks end up in hospital or coffins, you ride like fucking lunatics around people who do not know how to react to bikes.

I agree there is a time and place... and that place is the track for that kind of speed speed, heck on the track go faster... but not the open road.

Do this shit you give all bikers a bad name. People remember the one bike doing stupid shit, but don't remember or even see the 500 other bikers being responsable then we all get put in a class and people think all bikers do this...

Time and place

tough luck

**peasea** · 25th September 2007, 14:33

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

I agree there is a time and place... and that place is the track for that kind of speed speed, heck on the track go faster... but not the open road.

Do this shit you give all bikers a bad name. People remember the one bike doing stupid shit, but don't remember or even see the 500 other bikers being responsable then we all get put in a class and people think all bikers do this...

Time and place

tough luck

Yup, some bikers give the public a very bad perception of the overall picture.

Coming back from the Coromandel last summer we were going away from Paeroa when everyone else was heading toward the town for the races. We could NOT believe what some riders were doing and where (and the speed) they were doing it. Many without their lights on. I don't mean 111kph-ers I mean seriously high speeds with some very close calls gap-wise. I'm glad we didn't share the road with these people AFTER the races.

Some days you just scratch your head.

**handy_dog** · 25th September 2007, 14:38

My appologies... extra 0 slipped in hahaha

It took a further six weeks AFTER the 28 day walk, and plenty of bitching to the police to get the offence entered so that the LTSA could release my licence to me. They would not release because they had no record on the system as to why they had recieved it.

**pritch** · 25th September 2007, 14:46

Originally Posted by peasea

Yup, some bikers give the public a very bad perception of the overall picture.

Actually, I've met very few of any other kind :-)

Somebody here used to have a signature line to the effect that anybody slower than you is stupid and anybody faster than you is an idiot. In this case we would almost all automatically be consigned to the latter category.

It is just possible though that there are varying degrees of idiocy?

**peasea** · 25th September 2007, 17:35

Originally Posted by pritch008

Actually, I've met very few of any other kind :-)

Somebody here used to have a signature line to the effect that anybody slower than you is stupid and anybody faster than you is an idiot. In this case we would almost all automatically be consigned to the latter category.

It is just possible though that there are varying degrees of idiocy?

Said the 'geriatric hoon'.