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    Cops on Ponsonby Road

    For those in Auckland you will know that the speed limit was reduced from 50kph to 40kph earlier in the year.

    Today, hardly a car on the road but there were 2 highway cops on patrol.

    I know the speed limit is 40kph, however, this has to be a classic case of revenue collection which I normally don't debate about....the cops know that people still do 50kph...which to be fair is still not a dangerous pace (and was obviously acceptable for years before)...they know a quiet road will lull people into doing more than 40kph...

    The thing with Ponsonby Road is that it was the idiots who failed to give way or swapped lanes etc...that were the problem and it has never been a fast road because there are loads of traffic lights to slow things down.

    Anyway, just watch out if you have to use Ponsonby Road

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    For those in Auckland you will know that the speed limit was reduced from 50kph to 40kph earlier in the rear.
    Anyway, just watch out if you have to use Ponsonby Road
    Is this a reference to us getting shafted or that we willneed to pull our wallets out ?
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    Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
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    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY View Post
    Is this a reference to us getting shafted or that we willneed to pull our wallets out ?
    Being Auckland and more particularly Ponsonby road I would say the former, so mince along carefully.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY View Post
    Is this a reference to us getting shafted or that we willneed to pull our wallets out ?
    Take your pick...

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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
    Hah you country yokel....

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    actually seeing as we are on the warning front.
    The HP have quite a nice looking mufty commodore ute in red with a color matched canopy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
    My auckland dream involves a thermonuclear detonation......
    Well you are a Yank now....nought wrong with Auckland but I guess we may have oil storage tanks that may be worthing fighting over

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
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    That's where you're wrong, matey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    Mianus is in the States........
    or another name for Wellington
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    Mianus is in the States........
    Don't eat curries and it won't be in such a state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rockbuddy View Post
    or another name for Wellington
    In what language...and it doesn't have an "H"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    For those in Auckland you will know that the speed limit was reduced from 50kph to 40kph earlier in the year.

    Today, hardly a car on the road but there were 2 highway cops on patrol.

    I know the speed limit is 40kph, however, this has to be a classic case of revenue collection which I normally don't debate about....the cops know that people still do 50kph...which to be fair is still not a dangerous pace (and was obviously acceptable for years before)...they know a quiet road will lull people into doing more than 40kph...

    The thing with Ponsonby Road is that it was the idiots who failed to give way or swapped lanes etc...that were the problem and it has never been a fast road because there are loads of traffic lights to slow things down.

    Anyway, just watch out if you have to use Ponsonby Road
    Which part of Ponsonby Road has been reduced to 40km/h? I'm guessing near the cafe's etc I used to live there in the early nineties, then saw the light and moved back to the mainland

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