Collected some revenue today

[slofox]

I guess the point is that the only way to ensure no ticket is to keep witin the speed limit.

Quite right. I accept that. And if I see a HP car, I'll wait until it's gone before I overtake as outlined in my post. If I get pinged for doing it that's my problem.

Incidentally, the use of a radar detector doesn't always mean the user is a hoon. I use one on the bike and in the car. I don't use it in my partner's car because it has cruise control and it's easy to stay within the limits. But without cruise control, it is easy to drift up into infringement territory. Especially on a bike where very minor throttle variation can mean an extra 10 - 15km/hr.

For me, the RD is a reminder to keep an eye on the speedo. I leave all bands open and use any signal as a cue to check speed. In the car, it has modified my driving to the extent that I almost never see the speedo over about 105 - 108km/hr (it overreads about 4%) any more whereas once upon a time 115 was not uncommon.

Doesn't seem to have been as effective on the bike though, dammit...

[scumdog]

You'd be surprised at how many Popos allow people to exceed the tolerance when overtaking, just because it's common sense. .

But nobody rants about THAT on KB...

[Little Miss Trouble]

But nobody rants about THAT on KB...

Nope, after being pulled up and warned about my behaviour I didn't jump straight on KB to post about it, but you can be damn sure I have been a much better behaved little girl since then.. whilst riding my bike anyway...

[rastuscat]

YOu just made my blood run cold with that statement....is this an embedded fav saying amongst NZ Police?

I ask because the lead investigator we had to deal with recently used exactly the same phrase when askling us to confirm that we did want to push ahead and with getting my father spoken to/charged for messing with my son. This 'used car salesman styled investigator' told us..."It's not like a get a free toaster for everyone of these guys I put behind bars"

After a few years of being told its revenue collecting, when you personally know that its not, you just give up trying to defend it, and have a laugh about it. Fair to say that we have a few laughs at work, as do most kiwis.

The only place I've ever heard it is in road policing, and in relation to the quota issue. As a laugh. Obviously, we don't get a free toaster. Other minor appliances either.

Did I really have to explain that? Certainly I've never heard any of the 'real' Popos saying it.

[Number One]

Did I really have to explain that? Certainly I've never heard any of the 'real' Popos saying it.

I wouldn't in hindsight call him a 'real cop' to be frank.

[Ocean1]

The Kawarau Gorge is the same.

My favouritest bit of road. And yes, a rigid adherence to one's own side of the road is not necessarily the best approach.

And man it’s a long way down on the other side of those low, hard walls.

[Ocean1]

Be that as it may, a driver of a vehicle would not use the corner cutting manoeuvre on just a few selected corners.

Why not?

I do.

[Ocean1]

Practice makes perfect...to the point where they'll do it everywhere. 'Suitable' or not.
Crossing the centreline (straightening out the corner) is simply lazy driving/riding and should have no place in a motorist's repertoire.

Bollox. My lines are driven solely by what's safer for me, and there's plenty of specific instances where using the other side is simply safer.

[Dodgy_Matt]

Bollox. My lines are driven solely by what's safer for me, and there's plenty of specific instances where using the other side is simply safer.

So basically what you are saying is you can’t drive and have to use the whole road?

[FJRider]

Bollox. My lines are driven solely by what's safer for me, and there's plenty of specific instances where using the other side is simply safer.

So slowing down is not as safe ... as crossing to the wrong side of the road ... ???

[FJRider]

My favouritest bit of road. And yes, a rigid adherence to one's own side of the road is not necessarily the best approach.

And man it’s a long way down on the other side of those low, hard walls.

It must be a while since you traveled that road then ... The tourist traffic, ranging from bicycles to bus's ... makes staying on your side recommended ...

[Ocean1]

So basically what you are saying is you can’t drive and have to use the whole road?

Nothing like it. Try reading it slowly.

So slowing down is not as safe ... as crossing to the wrong side of the road ... ???

Actually yes. You don't have to think very hard to come up with a situation where that's exactly the case. I've seen a drift of pine needles across the shaded LH side of a RH curve late enough to make further braking more risky than simply dropping over the line where the surface is more predictable. But far more common is the situation where crossing the line is simply safer at any speed. I don't find myself in that position all that often, but there's two corners on the paekak hill that I'll cut every time if the road's clear.

Before you shoot your load remember the rules are simply an approximation of the safest behaviour for most situations. If you blindly follow the rules you'll eventually find yourself in a position where you have to choose to either obey the law or take a safer option that breaks the rules. My safety is more important to me than any given rule, if occasionally breaking one costs me a bit of cash, (and it occasionally does) that's fine, I'm still alive.

[Ocean1]

It must be a while since you traveled that road then ... The tourist traffic, ranging from bicycles to bus's ... makes staying on your side recommended ...

About 8 months ago. Turned around and did it again. And twice again the next day on the way out. On the last run I drifted towards the centreline at a point where there's an access road on the west side. I missed a Transfield ute coming out of there by about a metre. Like I said, my position on the road tends to be dictated by active risk assesment and avoidance more than any currently fashionable regulation.

[Dodgy_Matt]

Nothing like it. Try reading it slowly..

Hahaahha no matter how you want me to read it, I would still come to the same conclusion…
Maybe you should re-read what you wrote?

[FJRider]

About 8 months ago. Turned around and did it again. And twice again the next day on the way out. On the last run I drifted towards the centreline at a point where there's an access road on the west side. I missed a Transfield ute coming out of there by about a metre. Like I said, my position on the road tends to be dictated by active risk assesment and avoidance more than any currently fashionable regulation.

I drive a truck through there three or four times a week ... trucks, cars AND motorbikes coming the other way cut the corners in front of me OFTEN ...

I stay on MY side ALL the time ...