"Every officer to issue, on average, 1500 tickets a year..."

[avgas]

Breaches of RUC would net upwards of $10k on a goody. The record is in seven figures.....

Bus sounds better everyday

[Banditbandit]

That's because the greatest improvement to our accident stats would be achieved by a widespread improvement in the general attitude of motorcyclists towards Motorcycling.

Especially those with 90 demerit points already

(Yeah .. not going to let you get away with that too easily ...)

I did specifically say 'accident' stats though - not 'infringement' stats.

Yes ... It was the "attitude of motorcyclists" demonstrated by 90 (count them -ninety) demerit points that I was refering to ...

(Serves you right for the RED Rep from you when I was disqualified for too many demerits ...)

[mashman]

Fact is, tho, that motorcycling does attract a certain 'type'. They are the type to conform to sensible wisdom. Maybe if motorcycling becomes blanc mange, they will find some other means of exercising the rebel within? Or will eventually die out?

Fixed that for ya... you may need your perception receptors recalibrated

[Swoop]

The trouble, IMHFO, is that the road toll is due to the poor standard of drivers (and riders) in this country. They drive too fast for the conditions (their own, their car, the road, the weather)

TPTB, rather than require a harder set of testing than stuff that wouldn't tax the abilities of a mildly retarded chimp, and require regular refreshers of higher skills want a simple solution. So they bang the drum of "speed kills".

Then, when they get a statistical blip (aided by the weather) for the 4km/h speed tolerance, they proclaim their ideas "awesome" and do it again.

Hey! Stop talking sense arond here ffs. I have to spread it around...

Breaches of RUC would net upwards of $10k on a goody. The record is in seven figures.....

A mate had to learn the calculation for RUC owing. For some perverse reason it amused him how many "undesirables" in 4x4 vehicles would like a large bill to pay.
Particularly when a few dealers were favouring the isuzu Mu...

[Edbear]

Performance managed much?!!

I got really peeved off when told that I had to issue them in the under 11km/h band despite meeting all other "output requirements". I thought the 20km/h+ band was at least reasonable and more justified.

If 61 in a 50 gets the same as 111 in a 100, then shouldn't a more fair approach allow 122 in a 100? Just a thought..... but hey 4km/h will no doubt become the new standard.

The local school here is often policed and there in NO toloerance at all. My neighbours and relatives in the area are getting done for 2 over the limit just by the 100km sign leaving or entering the village... ouch....

Aren't school zones limited to 40km/h at dropping off/picking up times..?

Breaches of RUC would net upwards of $10k on a goody. The record is in seven figures.....

A very nice Policeman let me off for being 900km over in Helensville one day as long as I promised to get it up to date ASAP, so I pulled over and rang the boss. Done!

Yes ... It was the "attitude of motorcyclists" demonstrated by 90 (count them -ninety) demerit points that I was refering to ...

(Serves you right for the RED Rep from you when I was disqualified for too many demerits ...)

Eh? Katman giving out red rep..? Can't imagine why he'd be so quick to do that...? Talk about proverbial egg on face...

[marty]

1500 tickets per HP officer per year is fuck all. spread that over 2080hrs of work in a 12 month period, it's less than 1 per work hour. i had guys doing 40 tickets a day without breaking a sweat. and they would warn 20 as well. 1 per hour is hardly stretching the capacity. ask yourself - am i gonna be the 1 per hour loser?

and for all those claiming 11000 officers writing 1500 tickets each - don't let facts get in the way of your waaaaing

[Toaster]

Aren't school zones limited to 40km/h at dropping off/picking up times..?



A very nice Policeman let me off for being 900km over in Helensville one day as long as I promised to get it up to date ASAP, so I pulled over and rang the boss. Done!

No they are not unless designated and sign-posted as 40km/h. The posted speed limit is what they have to work from. Kaukapakapa, like Waitoki, are both 50km/h zones and do not have the 40km/h temp speed zones in operation as those used around many urban schools.

Let you off or got you off?

[Edbear]

No they are not unless designated and sign-posted as 40km/h. The posted speed limit is what they have to work from. Kaukapakapa, like Waitoki, are both 50km/h zones and do not have the 40km/h temp speed zones in operation as those used around many urban schools.

Let you off or got you off?

Well, I'd say I got off but somehow that doesn't sound quite right now...

[MSTRS:Me]

Getting off in a school zone can land you in court...if you know wh... - oops, wrong thread

[ajturbo]

Whoops, I'm only 1480 tickets short..

.. but your year started yesterday.....

[Conquiztador]

and for all those claiming 11000 officers writing 1500 tickets each - don't let facts get in the way of your waaaaing

Yes, recon they did not read the post properly. As I stated: I estimated that 25% of the officers were HP ones making it 2,750 writing 1,500/year. But you might be able to inform us how many are considered Highway Police?

[McJim]

Wow. Still bagging the police? As you were gentlemen.

[twinbruva]

Wow. Still bagging the police? As you were gentlemen.

Life's a two-way street....bikers are easy meat for the cops, so it stands to reason that cops would be easy meat on a biker website.

The last ticket I got was after driving over 3,000kms round the South Island and had the beeper on the dashboard keeping me honest. Then I overtook a tanker on a straight stretch, got to the utterly fatal speed of 116kph momemtarily and got pinged.

Was I exceeding the limit? Yes. Was it a 'fair cop'? I don't think so. There's no discretion these days. Many years ago (before quotas) that would probably have got me a warning; not so in today's world, there's too much money to be made.

[marty]

Yes, recon they did not read the post properly. As I stated: I estimated that 25% of the officers were HP ones making it 2,750 writing 1,500/year. But you might be able to inform us how many are considered Highway Police?

unlikely that it's 2750. There's only about 30 in the Waikato (3 sections of 10 staff each). Maybe 500 dedicated HP cops in the whole country. There are Strategic Traffic Units (city-bound traffic cars) - maybe 500 of those too, although I reckon both of those numbers are on the high side.

[Winston001]

Aren't school zones limited to 40km/h at dropping off/picking up times..?

Sort of. The speed limit for driving past a school bus on either side of the road is 20 km/h when children are getting on and off the bus. Used to be 15 miles per hour so that's been the law since forever.

This translates to a wise driver slowing to 20k when schools are opening and ending their days - buses are common.