Oh come on

[avgas]

And this from their police alert email that was sent out...

"On a dry road at 100km/h it takes 98 metres to stop under ideal conditions, that’s almost the length of a football field, but stopping distances are almost doubled when the road is wet"

Which I am calling them out on, after a wee google search all of the websites that I went to, do not back this claim especially taking into account modern braking systems blah blah it sure as hell does not double in wet conditions.

I have not slid 100m on ice @ 100kph.
Onces I did a bit of skid test driving home one night, in the rain. I reckon I slid about 4 car lengths max. Now to me that says their figure is about 10x out?
Car was not modern. Unless you consider 1979 modern.

[pete376403]

I just wish they would raise the open road limit on the dual carriage highways to 110km/h - much like Aussie.

But of course that could not happen - as it would mean everything that has been claimed about exceeding 100 would have been a lie.

What they need is a memory hole like in Orwells "1984" where inconvenient statements are revised

[scumdog]

And this from their police alert email that was sent out...

"On a dry road at 100km/h it takes 98 metres to stop under ideal conditions, that’s almost the length of a football field, but stopping distances are almost doubled when the road is wet"

I suspect they have built in the reaction distance for the average Kiwi into their 98metres.

Which is around 68 metres...

[nzmikey]

They have claimed that the road toll is down due to drivers respecting the 4km/h limit ...... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10730655 . I thought the weather played a bigger part in less people out & going away .

[Maha]

We were smart and went away Friday and came home Sunday.

[oneofsix]

They have claimed that the road toll is down due to drivers respecting the 4km/h limit ...... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10730655 . I thought the weather played a bigger part in less people out & going away .

Weather, petrol prices, good exchange rate, threat of extra police on the roads. Queens B'day isn't a high travel weekend anyhow, too cold for the beach and the ski fields are still closed so the options are stay home or fly to a warmer country.
I love the way that it's all meant to be down to 5km/h, less than 5% of the speed of the vehicle.

[Scuba_Steve]

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.

Sweet I'm in for that, I'll get back to ya'll Tuesday with my final count

Sorry boys not a single one, guess you get to keep ya moneys this time

[oneofsix]

Sorry boys not a single one, guess you get to keep ya moneys this time

If you didn't slow down it could mean one of two things; you didn't go out much or the tickets in the mail.
Make that 3 things; you avoided the roads with the cameras.

[Woodman]

I thought wet weather actually increased the accident rate. The way I understand it is that drivers do not drive to the conditions so have accidents on slippery roads etc. Therefore it could be argued that because of the wet weekend and the slower driving speeds then by default drivers were driving to the conditions without realising it, ergo not having accidents.

The godsend for me in the cage to keep speed down and to stop it creeping up is the cruise control button.

[oneofsix]

I thought wet weather actually increased the accident rate. The way I understand it is that drivers do not drive to the conditions so have accidents on slippery roads etc. Therefore it could be argued that because of the wet weekend and the slower driving speeds then by default drivers were driving to the conditions without realising it, ergo not having accidents.

The godsend for me in the cage to keep speed down and to stop it creeping up is the cruise control button.

Correct on the surface but wet weather on a holiday weekend means people not out driving, therefore no holiday road deaths.. Worst mix is a fine start to the holiday weekend with a wet finish, this way people go away but then have to return in wet conditions and your point comes into play.

[Scuba_Steve]

If you didn't slow down it could mean one of two things; you didn't go out much or the tickets in the mail.
Make that 3 things; you avoided the roads with the cameras.

Think it could have been option 3, didn't go down many hills or along any passing lanes

I thought wet weather actually increased the accident rate. The way I understand it is that drivers do not drive to the conditions so have accidents on slippery roads etc. Therefore it could be argued that because of the wet weekend and the slower driving speeds then by default drivers were driving to the conditions without realising it, ergo not having accidents.

The godsend for me in the cage to keep speed down and to stop it creeping up is the cruise control button.

it's kinda a double edge on the one hand less traffic, so less people to have an accident. The other hand less grip, so increases the chance of having one.
But either way it tends to affect accident rates not fatalities & IMO still the only thing affecting fatality rates is improved safety features in cars.

[Grubber]

Had one my trucks get a speeding ticket for 95k's. It's speed limited to 94 and it was on a slight incline on the north western motorway. Wow, that sure saved a couple of lives right there aye Scummy!

[Scuba_Steve]

Had one my trucks get a speeding ticket for 95k's. It's speed limited to 94 and it was on a slight incline on the north western motorway. Wow, that sure saved a couple of lives right there aye Scummy!

an 18-wheeler I hope? they're the reason NZTA & the NZ Police had to stop running their "the faster you go the bigger the mess" propaganda.

[Grubber]

an 18-wheeler I hope? they're the reason NZTA & the NZ Police had to stop running their "the faster you go the bigger the mess" propaganda.

Actually no! It was a 6 wheeler with no trailer on. They also had an argument with the driver regarding the 2 pallets on board that were not strapped in. Even though they were inside a curtain side unit that had the required certification required to not have to tie stuff in to it. Tried telling the driver they were the police and they know the law better. Obviously not as well as they should have. What a couple of num nuts!

[Jdogg]

I suspect they have built in the reaction distance for the average Kiwi into their 98metres.

Which is around 68 metres...

That maybe your reaction times Scummy.....but to be fair, you do have the weight of your mighty moustache to contend with, which would no doubt slow the brain down some?!?