Police Press Release - Bulletproof motocyclists

[ukusa]

Speed isn't the killer, 120kph is not really the issue imho. It's the dickheads that pass on blind corners, crossing the centreline around sweeping bends. It soesn't matter if you're doing 80 or 120 in those situations. If you can't see what's ahead don't do it.
I've ridden in plenty of rides with 10+ bikes in a group ride, all sitting on 120kph and in my experience the cops usually just let you carry on cruising as long as no-one is doing anything stupid or any hugely excessive speeds like 140 - 150

[AllanB]

SH 75 is the 'track' to Akaroa and treated as such by a lot of motorcyclists.

It's a fine road with a nice set of curvy flats before the climb up and down the hills to Akaroa. Good stops for coffee etc at Little River, the Hill Top pub or Akaroa. Excellent motorcycling country and 'difficult' to behave legally.

Unfortunately the 'other' vehicle traffic has increased considerably over the past few years as the Rail Trail has opened up. Blind corners, cyclists and camper-vans - you have got to watch out for them!

They do at least one motorcycle blitz our there over summer, checking documentation and running marked and unmarked cars up and down the highway. Nothing wrong with that as to be honest we appear to need reminders occasionally to behave.

[MSTRS:Me]

Hugely excessive is subjective. 60kph past a primary school at 10 to 9 of a mon-fri is. But 200+ on a straight road, with no intersections, nobody around, in the middle of nowhere isn't. Necessarily.

[AllanB]

200+ on a straight road, with no intersections, nobody around, in the middle of nowhere isn't. Necessarily.

Katman

[Ronin]

Katman

Oi shift over.

[Ronin]

Speed isn't the killer, 120kph is not really the issue imho. It's the dickheads that pass on blind corners, crossing the centreline around sweeping bends. It soesn't matter if you're doing 80 or 120 in those situations. If you can't see what's ahead don't do it.
I've ridden in plenty of rides with 10+ bikes in a group ride, all sitting on 120kph and in my experience the cops usually just let you carry on cruising as long as no-one is doing anything stupid or any hugely excessive speeds like 140 - 150

That's the one.

[fliplid]

If they want to make even more money they should look at truckies who drive over their speed limits.

I'd be bloody lucky to get my work truck actually up to the legal motorway speed, especially with a legall weight load on board!

[neels]

I get tailgated by people in cars because I cruise at 100-110

[Elysium]

I'd be bloody lucky to get my work truck actually up to the legal motorway speed, especially with a legall weight load on board!

In all seriousness I don't see many truck trailer units obeying the speed limit. What is the limit for Truck and Trailer, 90km/h?

[p.dath]

Hugely excessive is subjective. 60kph past a primary school at 10 to 9 of a mon-fri is. But 200+ on a straight road, with no intersections, nobody around, in the middle of nowhere isn't. Necessarily.

Except we have no public roads in NZ engineered for this level of speed.

It only requires the smallest of fuck ups (oil on road, pot holes, spilled gravel, rider error) to make 200km/h a death sentence - and not just for you.

[p.dath]

I get tailgated by people in cars because I cruise at 100-110

Easy - let them pass. Not worth having an accident over.

[Tink]

Unfortunately the 'other' vehicle traffic has increased considerably over the past few years as the Rail Trail has opened up. Blind corners, cyclists and camper-vans - you have got to watch out for them!

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I tend to agree, speeding blind and hitting the back of another vehicle can't be fun... but keeping to the limit and still hitting another vehicle is still no fun... so its a no win situation or ya just slow down on the blind.

It happened to a friend... on a hill... car doing 70km.

I have pillioned twice recently at night, and both times we have been over taken doing 80km (us)... them (at least 90km or more... on double yellow lines... and they were in a CAR...

mmm food for thought, I want to live to ride, not die to live.

[phred]

The Fuzz are warning you!

Seriously 120 is what most traffic seems to be driving at anyway, hell I can be doing 120 and still have tail gaters trying to get past me.

I was overtaken by a shitbox doing 130 on the Hauraki plains whilst traveling at 120. Who are the cops targetting? I was then tailgated by a commode through karangahke gorge whilst travelling slightly above the posted speed limits.
Keeping to the speed limit is a good way to get your arse kicked by oh so safe cagers.

[Edbear]

I tend to agree, speeding blind and hitting the back of another vehicle can't be fun... but keeping to the limit and still hitting another vehicle is still no fun... so its a no win situation or ya just slow down on the blind.

It happened to a friend... on a hill... car doing 70km.

I have pillioned twice recently at night, and both times we have been over taken doing 80km (us)... them (at least 90km or more... on double yellow lines... and they were in a CAR...

mmm food for thought, I want to live to ride, not die to live.

Umm... How does one do that...?

[Tink]

Umm... How does one do that...?

I was awaiting someone to pick up on that one... someone that climbs mountains, or jumps out of planes, extreme people or us even riders, LIVE (we don't sit in front of the tv all our lives, we live)

But if we do it properly without being a idiot there is more likely chance we will not DIE.