2 speeding tickets in 2 minutes

**Aitch** · 25th June 2005, 08:54

That this was just another way to get the figures up so that the Minister of Police can get up in parliament and tell the house that crime resolution rates are up.....

**spudchucka** · 25th June 2005, 16:29

Err, speeding tickets have absolutely nothing to do with crime resolution rates.

**mattd** · 27th June 2005, 17:51

Originally Posted by Bykey Cop

A couple of points: To get a speed check by using a speedo, you have to travel at that constant speed for 400 metres, so it might pay to check your distances that you travelled before entering the second street - at the least question where he started following you.

Check the times on your tickets... are they the same, or a minute or two apart... if they are the same time you may have grounds for disputing you were on two different roads at the same time (at least some reasonable doubt there).

BC.

does anyone know if the 400m rule is correct, i remember hearing something like that but never knew the exact details. it would be pushing for it to be 400m on the second rd even if it included all the road i traveled not just the part i was being followed at a constant speed on. better go do some measuring tonight then.

i can't believe you probably could get off the tickets by disputing that one can not be in 2 places at once.

though i knew a friend who got of her ticket because they spelt her name wrong on it or something like that.

edit: ok just relised now that Bykey Cop is actually a bike cop

so i guess he should know. ok now its off to measure the road. thanks Bykey Cop!

**mikey** · 27th June 2005, 18:03

lets have us another cop bashing forum eh!!!!!!!!!

i wana be a cop, just they wont let me in.....

**Lou Girardin** · 28th June 2005, 14:55

Originally Posted by spudchucka

One. Being stupid by night.

Unless of course it was daylight when you had the first smoke and night time when you had the second smoke. Then you would be liable for "stupid by day" and the more serious offence, "stupid by night".

You could fill your quota at headquarters with those offences. Start with Georgie then work down.

**Lou Girardin** · 28th June 2005, 15:00

Originally Posted by mattd

does anyone know if the 400m rule is correct, i remember hearing something like that but never knew the exact details. it would be pushing for it to be 400m on the second rd even if it included all the road i traveled not just the part i was being followed at a constant speed on. better go do some measuring tonight then.
!

MOT policy was 400 metres. But the courts just have to be satisfied you did an accurate check. When we sat on on-ramps, we'd have plenty of space to get almost alongside speeders where it's easy to maintain spacing, so we'd only check them for 100 to 150 metres.

**spudchucka** · 28th June 2005, 17:59

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

You could fill your quota at headquarters with those offences. Start with Georgie then work down.

If those offences were imprisonable we could get rid of about two thirds of the population.

**Lou Girardin** · 29th June 2005, 12:37

Originally Posted by spudchucka

If those offences were imprisonable we could get rid of about two thirds of the population.

Yeah right!
The other third has to pay for the jails.
That'd be a 200% tax rate. We'd have nothing left for speed tax.

**scumdog** · 29th June 2005, 17:34

Lou, does your quote about speedsters mean every three months a speedster crashes into the same bus and kills all on board??

**Lou Girardin** · 30th June 2005, 09:39

Originally Posted by scumdog

Lou, does your quote about speedsters mean every three months a speedster crashes into the same bus and kills all on board??

I don't know. But it's an LTNZ ad so it must be true. I wonder what the speeder hits them with?
An LAV?

**geoffm** · 30th June 2005, 18:04

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Err, speeding tickets have absolutely nothing to do with crime resolution rates.

...except having all the coppers working for the IRD means that crimes don't get solved? Been burgled yet? If you are in Auckland, the stats from a couple of years ago: only 6% will get solved, and the cops don't bother to turn up 1/3 of the time to investigate. I assume the 6% is only because the crims discover God and repent their sins...
Bitter..who, me? F* yes!
Geoff