Tickets for 4km/h over the speed limit this Queens Birthday weekend

[miloking]

I bet the rellies of those innocents killed by fuckwittery on the part of the driver of the other vehicle will be impressed!

I like how you have to twist everything to the extreme, obviously ukusa meant those idiots wrapping their cars around trees and such due to lack of skill/common sense... why would he call innocent victims of accidents idiots?

[Genestho]

I like how you have to twist everything to the extreme, obviously ukusa meant those idiots wrapping their cars around trees and such due to lack of skill/common sense... why would he call innocent victims of accidents idiots?

Obviously SD meant it is not just about "idiots" weeding themselves out.
As simple as the context Ukusa put it in, the "idiots" often take the contributors to society down with them, so therefore it is worth doing things to prevent roadcrashes and the resulting social cost to communities and families.

[miloking]

Obviously SD meant it is not just about "idiots" weeding themselves out.
As simple as the context Ukusa put it in, the "idiots" often take the contributors to society down with them, so therefore it is worth doing things to prevent roadcrashes and the resulting social cost to communities and families.

Of course it is worth saving innocent people from fuckwits killing them...but 4km/h tolerance being the way to do it is just retarded and i find it scary that its the best our police could come up with!

What if we will need them to solve some real problems in a future? (like ever increasing crime rate)

[scumdog]

Of course it is worth saving innocent people from fuckwits killing them...but 4km/h tolerance being the way to do it is just retarded and i find it scary that its the best our police could come up with!

What if we will need them to solve some real problems in a future? (like ever increasing crime rate)

Get verybody to drive more safely (hell, in some cases that could even mean going slower..;.)

Then there wil be spare cops to attend the increasing crime rate....

[Patrick]

Plus one, Scummy....

When this first came out, it sounded like a directive that all vehicles exceeding 4km would be stopped and will be ticketed.

Then, on the Friday of the holiday weekend, the call was made by the big cheeses that we had discretion... along with something like "we don't want to see patrols lurking around the end of passing lanes..." So there goes another KB myth.....

Locally - a grand total of 2 tickets issued, both for 109 - both were going faster, but when locked, both were for 109 and that is what they were written up for.

I do not know of ANY tickets lower than those two for 109.... locally.....

Here are some "stats".............. local ones at least....

105kmph up to 108kmph = 0 tickets

109 = 2

110 = 0

111 or more.... business as usual - but it was quieter than normal.

Plenty of traffic around these parts, but finally drivers were behaving themselves. The weather is usually good for more crashes, as the speed and following distances are the same, sometimes worse than when in the dry..... but no, everyone was slower.

Did the 4k tolerance work?

Plenty of traffic and holiday makers.... crap weather.... the usual mix for "problems...."

The only added was this 4k thing.....

[caseye]

Plus one, Scummy....

When this first came out, it sounded like a directive that all vehicles exceeding 4km would be stopped and will be ticketed.

Then, on the Friday of the holiday weekend, the call was made by the big cheeses that we had discretion... along with something like "we don't want to see patrols lurking around the end of passing lanes..." So there goes another KB myth.....

Locally - a grand total of 2 tickets issued, both for 109 - both were going faster, but when locked, both were for 109 and that is what they were written up for.

I do not know of ANY tickets lower than those two for 109.... locally.....

Here are some "stats".............. local ones at least....

105kmph up to 108kmph = 0 tickets

109 = 2

110 = 0

111 or more.... business as usual - but it was quieter than normal.

Plenty of traffic around these parts, but finally drivers were behaving themselves. The weather is usually good for more crashes, as the speed and following distances are the same, sometimes worse than when in the dry..... but no, everyone was slower.

Did the 4k tolerance work?

Plenty of traffic and holiday makers.... crap weather.... the usual mix for "problems...."

The only added was this 4k thing.....

On the face of it, we;d have to accept that the only variable was the 4 K over tolerance and accept that "IT" was effective.
Did see a camera van at the end of a passing lane though ! so There, lol.

[MarkH]

On the face of it, we;d have to accept that the only variable was the 4 K over tolerance and accept that "IT" was effective.

I don't think we have to accept that at all! In fact every vehicle and every driver on the road is a variable - so there are more variables than we could possibly keep track of. If a moron is playing with his/her stereo and crosses the centre line just at the time when there is no traffic coming the other way then we can have a mistake without fatal consequences, another time there could be a multiple fatality. The only difference is often just random luck. So this Queen's birthday weekend ended with a low road toll, if we have the same 4kph tolerance at labour weekend will the road toll be similarly low? I would say maybe, maybe not - with luck no one will die, but if the luck goes the wrong way . . .

If you flip a coin once and it comes up tails does that indicate that the coin has a pattern of coming up tails and that is the result you will mostly get?

[smoky]

we had discretion... along with something like "we don't want to see patrols lurking around the end of passing lanes..." So there goes another KB myth.......

Bull shit, seen it, if you want to catch fish you go where the fish are, I can assure you there are plenty of small minded wanker type cops who practise "lurking around end of passing lanes..." and other such pathetic crap

It's no myth at all

[scumdog]

Bull shit, seen it, if you want to catch fish you go where the fish are, I can assure you there are plenty of small minded wanker type cops who practise "lurking around end of passing lanes..." and other such pathetic crap

It's no myth at all

Never seen one at the end of passing lanes around here - and yes, we DO have them!

Mobile seems to be the go - we get a speed-camera down our way about once a month or so.

Ah the perk of living in the unpopulated frozen south!!

[Coldrider]

Yeah Invers, two laned road into town and heaps of traffic lights, and no traffic LOL

[red mermaid]

Round here it was suggested that a good place to patrol was at the end of passing lanes, and I did so on QB weekend.

I've got no radar so wasn't looking at speed but rather for these drivers that think they can use the last piece where passing is no longer safe to pass and thereby crash.

Stats on patrol research I have seen show that this is a common occurrence.

[Coldrider]

Yes I agree, usually begins with a slow car speeding up in the left lane because they are more confident to reach 95kph on the straight.

[Ocean1]

I've got no radar so wasn't looking at speed but rather for these drivers that think they can use the last piece where passing is no longer safe to pass and thereby crash.

Stats on patrol research I have seen show that this is a common occurrence.

You mean the place where vehicles in the LH lane are supposed to give way?

[miloking]

Round here it was suggested that a good place to patrol was at the end of passing lanes, and I did so on QB weekend.

I've got no radar so wasn't looking at speed but rather for these drivers that think they can use the last piece where passing is no longer safe to pass and thereby crash.

Stats on patrol research I have seen show that this is a common occurrence.

Well thats because we know you are nice cop...so of course you wouldnt be giving out speeding tickets at the end of the passing lane

[Ragingrob]

Plus one, Scummy....

When this first came out, it sounded like a directive that all vehicles exceeding 4km would be stopped and will be ticketed.

Then, on the Friday of the holiday weekend, the call was made by the big cheeses that we had discretion... along with something like "we don't want to see patrols lurking around the end of passing lanes..." So there goes another KB myth.....

Locally - a grand total of 2 tickets issued, both for 109 - both were going faster, but when locked, both were for 109 and that is what they were written up for.

I do not know of ANY tickets lower than those two for 109.... locally.....

Here are some "stats".............. local ones at least....

105kmph up to 108kmph = 0 tickets

109 = 2

110 = 0

111 or more.... business as usual - but it was quieter than normal.

Plenty of traffic around these parts, but finally drivers were behaving themselves. The weather is usually good for more crashes, as the speed and following distances are the same, sometimes worse than when in the dry..... but no, everyone was slower.

Did the 4k tolerance work?

Plenty of traffic and holiday makers.... crap weather.... the usual mix for "problems...."

The only added was this 4k thing.....

I think you forgot that wet weather = no sun = no bbq = no beer. Not to mention the million other variables. A KB myth? I've seen PLENTY of patrol cars sitting at the beginning, middle and end of passing lanes... I'm pretty sure they weren't riding unicorns.

Btw I'll mention once again (millions of pages back)... What about the double standards eh? All's fair and good to ticket ppl who are breaking the speed limit in any way or form, but kinda sucks I can't ticket the cop I see speeding/disrupting traffic/failing to indicate/failing to give way.