Speed scam gone crazy...

[Whynot]

Its always an emergency when i speed

[scumdog]

Don't think there's any traffic regulation dispensations for emergency services vehicles here.

The only thing that stops them getting pinged is the constabulary's knowledge that the fallout would be exactly as above.

You KNOW this and it's correct? or is it just a 'don't think' comment?

If it is true it proves the Norfeyeland is a different country for sure.

[Ocean1]

You KNOW this and it's correct? or is it just a 'don't think' comment?

If it is true it proves the Norfeyeland is a different country for sure.

I heard reported by the media about four years ago and confirmed by an police official at that time that there are no legal dispensations for emergency vehicles in New Zealand, they are technically required to obey the same complete panoply of traffic law as the rest of us.

If that's not the case I'd like to say I’d be more inclined to believe the official was deliberately misquoted and did not utter an untruth.

I’d like to. Unfortunately, based on personal experience I’d risk standing accused of impropriety myself.

[steve_t]

You KNOW this and it's correct? or is it just a 'don't think' comment?

If it is true it proves the Norfeyeland is a different country for sure.

LOL. Why don't you just tell us what the real deal is, SD?

[rustic101]

I heard reported by the media about four years ago and confirmed by an police official at that time that there are no legal dispensations for emergency vehicles in New Zealand, they are technically required to obey the same complete panoply of traffic law as the rest of us.

If that's not the case I'd like to say I’d be more inclined to believe the official was deliberately misquoted and did not utter an untruth.
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Correct there is no legal defence in the event of a crash or injury resulting from speed or unusual manoeuvre's ....

[oneofsix]

Correct there is no legal defence in the event of a crash or injury resulting from speed or unusual manoeuvre's ....

At least our police don't threaten them with tickets

[Scuba_Steve]

At least our police don't threaten them with tickets

...yet, I wouldn't put it passed our Govt to try the same thing

[SPman]

The Parking Gestapo in The Tron issued a ticket to a fire engine responding to a callout - for being "illegally parked"...FFS.

As a Building Inspector in Auckland city, I got several tickets, including an attempt at one for parking on a building site behind orange cones at a site cordoned off for site parking!
I told him to stop being a fuckwit and proceeded on my way. On a site in Queen St, the builders got a ticket for parking on the footpath, as they opened the gate to the site to drive in!
So, I wouldn't put it past any authority to try this shit on!