Boxing Day Special - Average Speed Cameras coming our way!

[javawocky]

Looks like Cops are finally getting their dream come true!

"Police roading national manager Superintendent Paula Rose confirmed police were investigating setting up point-to-point cameras, which record the time a car takes to travel between two points on the open road."

I can't wait to see how many lives they save!

[Owl]

WTF

So any wrongdoing can be compensated with an extra long lunch break/ciggie stop etc

[NZsarge]

I fail to see this working with any kind of reliability but nothing is really surprising me that much when it comes to Traffic Police these days... Muppets...

[ynot slow]

Hell yeah that'll stop the crossing lane drivers,the bad passing manouvres right eh?

[cold comfort]

I am SO pleased i sold my road bike. What bullshit. Still the dogged persistence with revenue collecting lip service to road safety.

[mashman]

Those things were tried out in Scotland about 10 years ago... failed then too...

[mrchips]

Another good idea would be to remove indicators & mirrors from cars cos it seems no one uses em anymore !.

[fliplid]

Those things were tried out in Scotland about 10 years ago... failed then too...

...and on the Nottingham ring road, on the M6 when they had all the road works (when didn't they?!), and other motorways.

[SMOKEU]

"She said speed was the biggest killer on the roads."

No shit, if you're not moving you're unlikely to cause a crash.

[bsasuper]

Typical NZ popo, lets not do any research on what works/dos'nt, just spend huge amounts of tax payers $$$ on gadgets that have no effect, and when they realise it was a waste of time, no problem just ticket every moving violation doing +4k over and recoup the costs.

[Buyasta]

Hmmn, I'm not sure if they'll be doing the same setup here as in the UK, but it was mentioned on Top Gear many years back that these photograph the front of the vehicle, not the back, so they don't matter much if you're on a bike.

[scumdog]

Who cares???

I don't rate it as a 'road hazard' likely to cause me to bin/take me out.

[Shadows]

All hail to the back roads

[MSTRS:Me]

Hmmn, I'm not sure if they'll be doing the same setup here as in the UK, but it was mentioned on Top Gear many years back that these photograph the front of the vehicle, not the back, so they don't matter much if you're on a bike.

Why do you think that TPTB are re-investigating front number plates on bikes?

[red mermaid]

Yeah, but according to KB Honda riders, Kawasaki riders, cage drivers, people from Dannevegas, a large percentage of bike riders, cyclists, and probably just about everyone else you care to mention are muppets so I guess they very accurately represent all NZers.

I fail to see this working with any kind of reliability but nothing is really surprising me that much when it comes to Traffic Police these days... Muppets...