Oh come on

**nzmikey** · 2nd June 2011, 21:33

Soooo who is able to not go above 54kmh or 104kmh
coz this weekend if you get caught doing more than 4 over you are done

they claim it saves lives . Personally i think that you end up spending more time making sure that you are not speeding than you do making sure that you are being safe .

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5092...ce-set-at-4kmh

**Kendog** · 2nd June 2011, 21:34

Originally Posted by nzmikey

Soooo who is able to not go above 54kmh or 104kmh
coz this weekend if you get caught doing more than 4 over you are done

they claim it saves lives . Personally i think that you end up spending more time making sure that you are not speeding than you do making sure that you are being safe .

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5092...ce-set-at-4kmh

Old news, happens all the time now so we need to just get used to it.

**malfunconz** · 2nd June 2011, 22:52

NZherald

Lower speed tolerance extended to all public holidays
Police will be permanently reducing their speed tolerance to 4km/h over the limit for all public holidays…

joy joy joy ..... what a pay day for the govt .

**Winston001** · 2nd June 2011, 23:07

What are you worried about? The speed limit is 100kph but most of us exceed that by a considerable margin. That's what modern bikes do and its damned hard to keep the throttle off. But we know the rules and pay the fines. Or bin...

Honestly, whats the problem?

**Marmoot** · 3rd June 2011, 00:25

It was 5, now it's 4.
Next time it's gonna be 3, and they won't stop till it's 0.

**superman** · 3rd June 2011, 00:30

Originally Posted by Marmoot

It was 5, now it's 4.
Next time it's gonna be 3, and they won't stop till it's 0.

-5 is my guess

**avgas** · 3rd June 2011, 03:11

This thread is too nice.
Lets start one to see who can get the most speeding tickets this weekend

.

I will personally pay someone $5 if they get the most speeding tickets this weekend.

**EJK** · 3rd June 2011, 03:26

Originally Posted by avgas

This thread is too nice.
Lets start one to see who can get the most speeding tickets this weekend

.

I will personally pay someone $5 if they get the most speeding tickets this weekend.

Sounds fun. I'll call $5 too.

Let the game commence.

**unstuck** · 3rd June 2011, 06:29

Nah, I may just drive at 45 or 95 and handle it.

**oneofsix** · 3rd June 2011, 07:36

Originally Posted by unstuck

Nah, I may just drive at 45 or 95 and handle it.

Lets make it 40 and 90, even drop it to 80 on the areas where there is no overtaking, especially tonight and Monday evening.
Really make the traffic queues massive, get the people annoyed and complaining about the 4 k tolerance.
BTW its always been 4k tolerance just like the usual one is 9k, it is just that people, especially media, find it easier to talk bout getting a ticket when you hit 5k or 10k over the limit.

I loved this comment about the introduction of the 4k tolerance on public holidays;
"Since then police had noticed a real difference in the number of road deaths during public holidays."

I call bullshit on that . They had been puzzling over the drops in public holiday road tolls long before they came up with the 4k thing.

**PrincessBandit** · 3rd June 2011, 07:40

Maybe it won't be too hard to stick to - the weather is supposed to be crap over the weekend. I'll be travelling (car) up from CHCH to Auckland over the weekend and my game will be to count how many cop cars and cameras I can see. (And how many drivers are pulled over

)

**Fatt Max** · 3rd June 2011, 07:48

The way it's going you wont be able to walk along the road without fear of a speeding ticket....

...wont affect me much though, eh...

**oneofsix** · 3rd June 2011, 07:48

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Maybe it won't be too hard to stick to - the weather is supposed to be crap over the weekend. I'll be travelling (car) up from CHCH to Auckland over the weekend and my game will be to count how many cop cars and cameras I can see. (And how many drivers are pulled over

)

should add a points system to the game so you can add extra points for

olice: at low accident areas that are good speed traps and in reduced speed zones like road work area where there is no work and no obstruction to traffic.