Police Press Release - Bulletproof motocyclists

[skidMark]

Nah - 120 is fast in the South Island. It cracks me up when you leave the South and head over the creek the speed immediately increases in the North Island. Well IMO anyway.

120 on the open road around Christchurch and Canterbury will see you passing 95% of the traffic. Well excluding motorcycles.

I am pretty sure I know the reason for this too .......

Most of our drivers are that shit on the open road that they need to keep their speeds low!

On the bright side we are much nicer people in the South Island (until Skidmark comes back )

too late..... xoxox

[skidMark]

Funny thing is i'm on SH1 in north canterbury frequently, and i see more cars doing silly overtakes than bikes, and more often than not cars overtaking bikes....

saw a guy yesterday wind his falcon ute up to about 160 just to pass 2 bikes cruising at about 105.... riders seem pretty sensible down here compared to the auckland crew, most on tourers/ cruisers... and 2 up... cops down here dont really have anything better to do though.

[Chisanga]

Funny thing is i'm on SH1 in north canterbury frequently, and i see more cars doing silly overtakes than bikes, and more often than not cars overtaking bikes....

saw a guy yesterday wind his falcon ute up to about 160 just to pass 2 bikes cruising at about 105.... riders seem pretty sensible down here compared to the auckland crew, most on tourers/ cruisers... and 2 up... cops down here dont really have anything better to do though.

Seems similar to the North Western in Auckland. Default speed seems to be at least 120 in the fast lane and have seen some very dodgy overtaking. The Southern is more sedate as far as speed (but not in crazy overtaking/lane changing cages).... I guess it is busier and has narrower lanes?