86km in a 100km zone = speeding ticket?

**kunoichi** · 5th September 2009, 21:45

GAAAH!

Ok so there i was, my L plate on the bike, coming in from a double shift i just pulled at work and was doing 86k in a 100k zone just after the bridge heading north, and all of a sudden a get a freaking cop pulling me over telling me that despite the fact that i am just going with the flow of traffic i shouldn't b doing more than 70!! I was like...ya i know...but it's dangerous for me, a new biker to have freaking cars beeping at me in a 100k zone as i totter along at bloody 70 freaking k!! i wasn't being stupid, nor dangerous, i was actually just freaking putting my saftey first and going with the freaking flow!!

**davebullet** · 5th September 2009, 21:53

So... did he let you off with a warning or a ticket? My advice - ditch the L plate. If you look confident enough on a bike you won't attract attention.

**sleemanj** · 5th September 2009, 21:55

If you actually got a ticket (come on, how, you're a chick, on a bike, being sensible, should be a push over for a warning!), then I'd be appealing it.

It's well established that the 70k limit is dangerous and destined for the scrap heap when the politicians get around to it.

**kunoichi** · 5th September 2009, 21:56

a ticket! Old mofo with nothing better to do i'm guessing! the only reason y i still got my L plate on is that i wanna sell my bike soon and need to have insurance incase i crash. I can't afford not to have insurance atm!

**sleemanj** · 5th September 2009, 21:58

Rude! I think there's probably an address on the ticket you can write to. I would do that. Nuts.

**Racer X** · 5th September 2009, 21:58

Originally Posted by kunoichi

GAAAH!

Ok so there i was, my L plate on the bike, coming in from a double shift i just pulled at work and was doing 86k in a 100k zone just after the bridge heading north, and all of a sudden a get a freaking cop pulling me over telling me that despite the fact that i am just going with the flow of traffic i shouldn't b doing more than 70!! I was like...ya i know...but it's dangerous for me, a new biker to have freaking cars beeping at me in a 100k zone as i totter along at bloody 70 freaking k!! i wasn't being stupid, nor dangerous, i was actually just freaking putting my saftey first and going with the freaking flow!!

Welcome to NZ in 2009, where cops are bigger assholes than ever ...

**kunoichi** · 5th September 2009, 21:59

Originally Posted by sleemanj

If you actually got a ticket (come on, how, you're a chick, on a bike, being sensible, should be a push over for a warning!), then I'd be appealing it.

It's well established that the 70k limit is dangerous and destined for the scrap heap when the politicians get around to it.

unfortunatly it was an old muppet, and i wasn't being rude in any way, i was expecting just a warning until he asked for my license! then i just simmered away in my helmet!

anyways, this is my first ticket, and i don't know anything about procedures or how to appeal. explain or link please?

**Laxi** · 5th September 2009, 22:01

Originally Posted by kunoichi

a ticket! Old mofo with nothing better to do i'm guessing! the only reason y i still got my L plate on is that i wanna sell my bike soon and need to have insurance incase i crash. I can't afford not to have insurance atm!

ditch the L plate, keep it under your seat, slap it on before the cops get there if you have an accident, more hassle than they're worth

**FJRider** · 5th September 2009, 22:02

Read the back of the ticket...

**boomer** · 5th September 2009, 22:03

why are you looking to appeal? you broke the law?!

If I chose to import cocaine and get caught should i elect to be let off..because its dangerous to snort other peoples cocaine?

**kunoichi** · 5th September 2009, 22:06

quick question, has anybody been successful in an appeal?

**short-circuit** · 5th September 2009, 22:08

Originally Posted by boomer

why are you looking to appeal? you broke the law?!

If I chose to import cocaine and get caught should i elect to be let off..because its dangerous to snort other peoples cocaine?

Picking on noobz on a Saturday night....

Sucks to be you Bummer

**sleemanj** · 5th September 2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by boomer

why are you looking to appeal? you broke the law?!

Laws are not absolute, nor are they infallible, laws need to be examined and tested. If everybody just sat and did what the law said and never bothered to argue it, then we would quickly wind up in some police state situation where you never question anything.

This particular law is WIDELY recognised to be a bad one (by organisations that matter), and the ONLY reason it's still around is because no politician has got around to finishing the job of removing it. Appealing this ticket is ABSOLUTELY the right thing to do.

If this young lady was exceeding the REAL speed limit (100k) you'd have a point, but she wasn't she was 15k's UNDER it.