Stuff.co.nz: Extreme speeds shock police

[Laxi]

150k is hardly extreme speed... lol

id clock more than that at 5pm on an auckland motorway... lol

in my hoon days I managed to get the work ute and trailer to do 180ks, wouldn't even dream of it now! because its dangerous? hell no! cause there weren't half as many money makers on the road then

[onearmedbandit]

Had first hand experience of this yesterday actually. Got pulled exceeding 100. Won't say what speed I got caught doing but an immediate pull over combined with a good attitude mean't I only got a small talking to. Was allowed to carry on my way, licence intact and no damage to my wallet. Thank you canterbury police.

[breakaway]

212 km/h, how did they catch them??

212 km/h is still slower than the speed at which radio waves travel.

[Matt Bleck]

they obiviousley ain't been on the coroGP

[SMOKEU]

The Christchurch northern motorway is real mint for speeding, just sit at a constant 180kmh and relax.

[Cosmo]

LOL! Attempted put downs from people who try to exist in Dunny and Incestacargill! Like those comments carry the impact of a butterflys fart!!

My apoligies for going of topic and my apoligies that my attempt at a bit of light hearted humour failed. I did not relise it would be taken quite so seriously and looked as a putdown. Of course I do like Christchurch/Canterbury and try to get up that way at least once a year.

I too must admit to having exceeded the speed limit on some of the rather long straights up that way.

[steve_t]

My apoligies for going of topic and my apoligies that my attempt at a bit of light hearted humour failed. I did not relise it would be taken quite so seriously and looked as a putdown. Of course I do like Christchurch/Canterbury and try to get up that way at least once a year.

I too must admit to having exceeded the speed limit on some of the rather long straights up that way.

mate, don't sweat it. I don't think anyone took it seriously, and the comeback was also likely meant in good humour. You'll get used to it once you've been here a bit longer

[slofox]

that will be because of the long boring straights

+1 on that. I lived down there years ago...it was always hard not to fall asleep riding those straights. You gotta go 200km/hr to keep yourself interested and awake...

As for 150? pah. snail's pace...

[gijoe1313]

Years ago as a cager, I drove the Canterbury plains on my first SI sojourns ... I left part of my soul behind ... and I shudder whenever people mention that way!

[SPman]

The Tai Tapu - Akaroa road would be big bore sport bike heaven, wouldn't it - narrow but reasonably sinuous, with straights long enough to stretch your legs, then the hills from Little River to Akaroa ...........even with the traffic.......

[Chrislost]

Extreme speeds shock police
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2868...s-shock-police

Police are shocked by the "phenomenal" levels of speed on Canterbury roads.

Two teenage drivers had their licences suspended on the spot last week after being caught at speeds of 152kmh and 153kmh on Christchurch's northern motorway.

One driver, aged 17, had friends in the car. Both teenagers will face charges of driving at a dangerous speed.

Police had recently prosecuted motorcyclists between Tai Tapu and Akaroa for travelling at speeds of 180kmh, 190kmh and 212kmh, said the Christchurch road policing manager, Inspector Al Stewart.

Over a recent seven-day period, 152 drivers were caught for exceeding the 100kmh speed limit on the northern motorway.

"Far too many Canterbury drivers still do not appreciate the consequences of speeding or not driving to the conditions," Stewart said. "For example, increasing your speed from 100kmh to 120kmh doubles your risk of a fatal crash.

"The speeds we're detecting in Canterbury are just phenomenal."

In the year to June there were 45,565 speeding notices issued in Canterbury, with 10,945 issued to the 15 to 24 age group. Male drivers aged 15 to 24 received 19.5 per cent of the total number of notices issued in Canterbury over the same period. Last year, speed was a factor in 34 per cent of fatal crashes nationally and 20 per cent of serious-injury crashes.

"That equates to 127 people dying, 560 being seriously injured and 2049 receiving minor injuries, with a social cost of $867 million," Stewart said.

Fifty-nine people aged under 20 have died on roads this year

153? i can go faster then that in FIRST GEAR!

what they need to do is put cheese cutters on the centerline, then everyone will be stuck behind that pesky campervan and nobody will speed...

[The Stranger:Me]

I wish YOU were one of the Akkers/Tai Tapu officers Scummy. At least then we could talk bikes as you wrote out those tickets/asked for the keys etc!!

Bikes?
What's he know about bikes?
He rides a fooken farm implement for god's sake.

[BMWST?]

150k is hardly extreme speed... lol

id clock more than that at 5pm on an auckland motorway... lol

some bikes would do that in second.....

[BBzz]

Got pulled exceeding 100. Won't say what speed I got caught doing but an immediate pull over combined with a good attitude mean't I only got a small talking to. Was allowed to carry on my way, licence intact and no damage to my wallet. Thank you canterbury police.

Dude Tell us all the secret. What's this "good attitude stuff"? dose that mean you dorp $50 bucks on the ground or something?

I don't think I have a bad attitude BUT I have never been let off a speeding ticket in canterbury.

[davebullet]

I've had my stock SV650 upto 380kph