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

[neels]

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

The bonus being that the distracted mother in the people mover behind you with her headlights and fog lights on at 3pm on a fine sunny day smears her lipstick as she applies it when she hits the brakes trying to avoid rear-ending you.

It's amazing how much obeying the 20k limit past a bus or 40k limit past a school pisses people off, everybody seems to be in such a hurry....

[marty]

The bonus being that the distracted mother in the people mover behind you with her headlights and fog lights on at 3pm on a fine sunny day smears her lipstick as she applies it when she hits the brakes trying to avoid rear-ending you.

It's amazing how much obeying the 20k limit past a bus or 40k limit past a school pisses people off, everybody seems to be in such a hurry....

yup. it never ceases to amaze me that some people don't get that how 'wasting' 10 seconds now can avoid a lifetime of depression and questions that are the inevitable result of smearing a child over the front of your vehicle.

I've attended 3 deaths of children in front of schools/school buses, and I have those questions - I still remember the children's and driver's names - it's not something that easily goes away.

[rastuscat]

That equals to approx 30 tickets per week per highway officer. Not sure how many there are, but apperently there is over 11,000 police officers in NZ. If 25% of those are highway ones then we are talking 82,500 tickets that has to be written out per week...

There are 225 Highway Patrol officers in NZ.

There are also other officers working in Road Policing, but not on Highway Patrol.

Still, like most, your ignorance is surely where you prefer to live.

[Conquiztador]

There are 225 Highway Patrol officers in NZ.

There are also other officers working in Road Policing, but not on Highway Patrol.

Still, like most, your ignorance is surely where you prefer to live.

Where did that come from? It was an estimate based on some assumptions. Thank you for correcting me. Come down from your high horse and I am sure we will get along.

[avgas]

There are 225 Highway Patrol officers in NZ.
There are also other officers working in Road Policing, but not on Highway Patrol.
Still, like most, your ignorance is surely where you prefer to live.

Sweet so there are 10,725 fighting crime then?

Sweet - 2 cops for every crim.
Clearly the problem therefore must be we need more prisons.....

[MSTRS:Me]

Sweet so there are 10,725 fighting crime then?

Sweet - 2 cops for every crim.
Clearly the problem therefore must be we need more prisons.....

Or - we know who did it, but we're not doing anything about it.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129911232

[Smifffy]

Or - we know who did it, but we're not doing anything about it.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129911232

...and what is the bet that anybody that goes around there for a chat about the matter ends up getting charged?

[scumdog]

Sweet so there are 10,725 fighting crime then?

Sweet - 2 cops for every crim.
Clearly the problem therefore must be we need more prisons.....

Wow...over 10.000 cops in NZ! - who'd a thunk it!

[ajturbo]

Wow...over 10.000 cops in NZ! - who'd a thunk it!

you got time to post here....
your boss will be looking at his/her watch.... wondering why you only got 300 tickets issued today....

[Shadows]

I could fill that quota on the way to work each morning.

Most of them would either be for careless (because they can't ticket for "fucking retarded") driving, and for impeding traffic flow.

[Mully]

I could fill that quota on the way to work each morning.

Most of them would either be for careless (because they can't ticket for "fucking retarded") driving, and for impeding traffic flow.

Yep

Unsafe lane change
Failure to indicate
Failure to stop at red light
Misuse of transit lanes (motorway onramp ones)

Comfortably fill the quota daily.

[twinbruva]

There's a quota?

[Kickaha]

There's a quota?

nah, urban legend

[hellokitty]

Yep

Unsafe lane change
Failure to indicate
Failure to stop at red light
Misuse of transit lanes (motorway onramp ones)

Comfortably fill the quota daily.

How about "oh my god learn to f@*king merge"
That should be a finable offence - merging like a retard - or not merging at all - a la Auckland style "I know you are there and have the right of way but my car is bigger and I will pretend I can't see you"

[LBD]

And of course speeding is a crime....which we get fined for....so....can those who recieve the $ benifit from the fines I pay, be said to be "living of the proceeds of crime?"