Cold Kiwi drink drivers, all 4 of them

[willytheekid]

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-sto...it-after-rally

4 (out of 600+ motorcyclists) leaving the cold Kiwi done for drink driving

Good to see the majority setting the standard ....shame they got 4 tho (Drink riding idiots!)
I imagine they also targeted rego's on Nick smiths behalf as well, but bloody good to see so many bikers out there riding safe & sober and proving that we ARE responcible road user's.
Good Job you Northern Riders, hope the rally was great & everyone had fun

[tigertim20]

does anyone have the figures to compare how 4 out of 600 compares to the amount caught out of every 600 tested in say auckland or dunedin or anywhere else in a routine booze-bus stop? just wonder if thats any higher than the average?

That aside, a shame they got four regardless.

[admenk]

Why report on the mere 596 sober riders when you can highlight the 4 over the limit. It's called balanced reporting

[Bald Eagle]

4 out of 600 = 1.5% - they get better returns in their average suburban booze bus ops.

Targetting motorcyclists - yeah right.

oops - got some facts instead
Easter Malborough 8 out of 2100
July 2007 National blitz 236 out of 26760
45 out of 12000 Auckland July rehearsal for RWC

someone else can do the math

[Katman]

someone else can do the math

0.38%

0.88%

0.375%

(And 4 out of 600 is 0.66%).

[wysper]

4 out of 600 = 1.5% - they get better returns in their average suburban booze bus ops.

I hate to be a pedant, but isn't that 0.66%?

EDIT ahh bugger, Katman beat me too it!

[dogsnbikes]

Wouldn't say the cheakpoints were a susprise when it was mentioned before the rally that they would be there...

The Christian club with the breatherliser station on sunday morning was a good idea it caused some too delay their departure,but better too be told you need a coffee and a feed by a christain rather than being told too park over there by the police...

When we got too the cheak point at Ohukune we were just waved through,as they already had a cue on the side of road which were mainly cars

So how car drivers were over at those cheak points??

[Usarka]

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does anyone have the figures to compare how 4 out of 600 compares to the amount caught out of every 600 tested in say auckland

Someone may want to check my math...seriously....

4 out of 600 = 1 rider in 150.

Operation Unite in May netted 305 out of 27,560 drivers. That = 1 driver in 90.


So the real headline is that bikers DIY rates are lower than the national norm.
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/28113.html


Edit: So the real headline is that bikers DIY rates are lower than the national norm even when the bikers were targetted leaving a huge piss up.

[scumdog]

Someone may want to check my math...seriously....

4 out of 600 = 1 rider in 150.

Operation Unite in May netted 305 out of 27,560 drivers. That = 1 driver in 90.


So the real headline is that bikers DIY rates are lower than the national norm.

And if they had targetted people leaving a rock festival there's a chance it would have been even worse tha both the above examples....anybody got such figures?

[DIN PELENDA]

Me my son and group of other bikers got to check point Ohakune town center on Sunday morning, car on front of us just did runner so police jump in car and put up chase. We were free to go.

[pritch]

And if they had targetted people leaving a rock festival there's a chance it would have been even worse tha both the above examples....anybody got such figures?

Marijuana doesn't show up in breath tests does it?

[5150]

I wander if one of the 4 was the guy who pissed in his neighbours tent, then fell into someone elses tent on Saturday morning?

If the cops started to wave bikers through, they must have run out of batteries on their testing units.

[jellywrestler]

Be interesting to find out whether they were adults over 400 or youngsters over the new zero limit...

[The Lone Rider]

March Hare bike rally

5 people out of 3000+

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald...lice-operation

The police were very stand off-ish. And blocked a main road into Waimate for 4 hours

[skippa1]

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