86km in a 100km zone = speeding ticket?

[FROSTY:Me]

OHH FFS-- A learner licence is called that for a very friggin good reason -its a licence to LEARN.
It is not a licence to go out on the motorway.
Are you lot ever gonna get that through ya skulls??
As for the Op's suggestion that it was "the only option " to break the law what utter bollox. There are alternative routes that do not involve going into a 100km/h zone.
Yes they would be "inconvenient" but guess what the law was created for a very good reason-TO KEEP YOU ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO LEARN BASIC RIDING SKILLS.

[kunoichi]

Yes i don't intend to do anything until the ticket arrives, I took the 100km zone because it's the only way i know how to go from south of the harbour bridge to the north shore (the other route i know also goes across a 100km zone).

Either way, i'll write in and hope they mite let me off with a slap on the wrist for the 5 years of good behaviour on the road.

I completely understand everyone who says that i should just suck it up and pay, but i have a right to an appeal and so does everyone else. I choose to use that right.

[varminter]

Fuck the police

What, all of them, ok, you take the blokes and one's with facial hair, I'll work my way through the women. Go.

[carver]

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!

next time use your assets

[Rockbuddy]

isnt the speed limit on and about the bridge 80kms???

[kunoichi]

isnt the speed limit on and about the bridge 80kms???

yes i was doing about 75 over the bridge (aparantly he was following me from there) and increased my speed slightly to 86km when i hit the 100km zone after the bridge heading north, i was merging into the left hand lanes to take the esmonde offramp exit and used that as an excuse saying i was trying to slow back down by going into the slow lane after the copper pulled me over.

But yes, i obviously wasn't on my game by not flaunting my assets! i didn't even bother taking my helmet off (which, come to think of it, he should of requested if he wanted to properly identify me from my license pic...)

[Jonno.]

Yes but northern motorway is 100k.

[crazyhorse]

...... buggar......

[mattian]

What do you have to lose by trying though. Nothing. And it has every chance of if not success then to bringing the issue to the forefront.

true if you have enough money to fund your little experiment........ it will inevitably cost more than the original ticket.
I say.... pay the fine, and ditch the L plate.
I rode my whole learner licence period without one. Sat at 100ks on the motorway everyday twice a day and never had any trouble.

[marty]

yes i was doing about 75 over the bridge (aparantly he was following me from there) and increased my speed slightly to 86km when i hit the 100km zone after the bridge heading north, i was merging into the left hand lanes to take the esmonde offramp exit and used that as an excuse saying i was trying to slow back down by going into the slow lane after the copper pulled me over.

But yes, i obviously wasn't on my game by not flaunting my assets! i didn't even bother taking my helmet off (which, come to think of it, he should of requested if he wanted to properly identify me from my license pic...)

so why didn't you take the stafford rd exit?

[The Pastor]

hang on, the road code says you are limited to 70km/hr on the open road

Now the way i read it is the open road is dictated when you see a sign like this.



Now from http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/roadcode/abo...ed-limits.html

It says it applies to learners on the open road.


But then again, the road code is not law, and has little standing in court.

[TygerTung]

It was once illegal for woman to vote, now it is legal.

There is a good reason for people to question laws, and this particular law may not be such a good one.

[boomer]

It was once illegal for woman to vote, now it is legal.

There is a good reason for people to question laws, and this particular law may not be such a good one.

do eeeet.. burn your bra like i show you !

[MSTRS:Me]

But then again, the road code is not law, and has little standing in court.

Uh huh....

[MarkH]

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!!

The law is stupid and the sooner it is revoked the better - but that doesn't help you.

If you write in then you should explain that you were only going with the flow of traffic for the sake of your personal safety. If that fails then simply pay the ticket.

How soon can you get your restricted? IMO the sooner the better - since you have to travel on a road that has a 100kph limit you really don't want to be restricted to 70kph. If it will be many months before you can upgrade your license then it could be worth inquiring about an exemption (I am sure someone on here can give info about whether this is possible or not). Just don't sit on your learners for years and then complain that you got ticketed again for breaching your license conditions.