All charges dropped

[oneofsix]

I've already met a person that thought the distance to stop from 50kph would "be about a metre, maybe two?"

reaction time? what's that?
It is the time your relatives take to react to your death

[Scuba_Steve]

I've already met a person that thought the distance to stop from 50kph would "be about a metre, maybe two?"

And no, we're not talking about "if you hit a brick wall" here in case some smarty-pants wants to make that comment.

Maybee you should have let them test there theory (in-front of a cliff)... it might have done the driving world a favor

[Spearfish]

reaction time? what's that?
It is the time your relatives take to react to your death

Goes with the principle of " with anything going slower than me the 2+ second rule is void"

Has the thread wandered off topic into a general conversation?

[scumdog]

Goes with the principle of " with anything going slower than me the 2+ second rule is void"?

Seems to be the principal principle of an awful lot of bikers...

[oneofsix]

Goes with the principle of " with anything going slower than me the 2+ second rule is void"

Has the thread wandered off topic into a general conversation?

a really long time ago. I keep getting it mixed up with all the other threads on general road use bitching whereas it was started with some legal advice and how it had worked well for the OP, I think

[oneofsix]

Seems to be the principal principle of an awful lot of bikers...

Aw come on scumdog, don't you get motorway traffic down there? It is often hard to get between the car bumpers in rush hour that is why it often feels safer splitting

[scumdog]

Aw come on scumdog, don't you get motorway traffic down there? It is often hard to get between the car bumpers in rush hour that is why it often feels safer splitting

First we would need to get a motorway...

[oneofsix]

First we would need to get a motorway...

argh no road of national significance then. Might have to plan a road trip your way then.
Now what was this thread about

[Beren]

oh please tell me your new to the road??? We have worse drivers now than we have ever had during my time on the road & it's just getting worse.

I call Bollocks. The standard of driving in New Zealand is not THAT bad. There are just so many more people you have a greater chance of finding a retard. Your grade of Retard is pretty impressive and wide ranging though. Almost as bad as I used to be as a highly aggresive and unskilled driver... though the speeds we did in cages in the UK seem a little different to the speeds I see here... have yet to see anyone doing much above 130-140 ish, though maybe I havn't been driving at the right times.

[MSTRS:Me]

... have yet to see anyone doing much above 130-140 ish, ..

That is reasonably rare these days (compared to yesteryear). The big problem is lack of attention...as cars and roads get easier to drive, it's increasing.

[Scuba_Steve]

I call Bollocks. The standard of driving in New Zealand is not THAT bad. There are just so many more people you have a greater chance of finding a retard. Your grade of Retard is pretty impressive and wide ranging though. Almost as bad as I used to be as a highly aggresive and unskilled driver... though the speeds we did in cages in the UK seem a little different to the speeds I see here... have yet to see anyone doing much above 130-140 ish, though maybe I havn't been driving at the right times.

you appear to be comparing NZ drivers to UK drivers??? I was comparing NZ drivers to yesteryear NZ drivers, and the retards are on the increase

[Swoop]

I've already met a person that thought the distance to stop from 50kph would "be about a metre, maybe two?"

Good point!
Whatever happened to Skidmark?

[Ocean1]

I don't think they're worse - it's just there's a shit-load more of 'em we have to share the roads with.

Aw come on scumdog, don't you get motorway traffic down there?

No. In fact I reckon the agressive driving is directly proportional to the traffic density. All is peace and tranquility in the riveria of teh south. No shit, I spent several seconds traversing it last year, not one single attempt to kill me.

That is reasonably rare these days (compared to yesteryear). The big problem is lack of attention...as cars and roads get easier to drive, it's increasing.

Attention does get difficult to maintain at a snail's pace. It's not for no reason that accidents are less frequent at higher speeds.

[Beren]

That is reasonably rare these days (compared to yesteryear). The big problem is lack of attention...as cars and roads get easier to drive, it's increasing.

Yup I would think very little of driving at 160-180ish kph and don't see anything like those speeds here. You have to be doing over 130ish before the coppers are even really interested in you from a speed perspective in the UK.

Actually I think you're guys problem is the quantity of Auto cars which basically mean you don't need to have any skill whatsoever to drive a car. My last uk car was a loverly Alfa 166 2.5 litre V6 Auto... was awesome but Sooo easy to drive fast with Cruise control leather seats and climate control you could drift around at ummm 170kph without any work at all... but being a big heavy car it was hard work when you got caught out going that fast!

[warewolf]

I think your right too the concentration of morons is growing, but I swear the level of moron is getting worse too, we are constantly sinking to new lows of retard.

It's well known that the level of care taken when driving reduces in tandem with the speed limit, so I wonder why you are seeing more retards, hmmm?

Many studies have shown that when the speed limit increases, people take extra care. But that's too un-PC for the PTB, of course.