Santa's top ten naughty list!

**Scuba_Steve** · 14th November 2011, 13:24

Gotta love these...

"If you hit a kid at 50km/h, they've got around a 70 per cent chance of surviving. If you hit them from 80km/h upwards, there's almost zilch. So at 190 kilometres ... the survival rate is terrible, non-existent," she said.

So anything above 80km/h pretty much has the kid dead, then what the difference if the go 190 or 85??? Why even point out 190 if the kids dead at 80???

Mr Morgan said only 6 per cent of drivers exceeded the speed limit by more than 10km/h, but they were "very high risk".

These "6%" are probably the only ones on NZ roads that know how to drive, it's great how they decide that the very few whom actually know how to drive are "very high risk"

**Tigadee** · 14th November 2011, 13:35

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

...it's great how they decide that the very few whom actually know how to drive are "very high risk"

Terrible what jealousy makes peiople do, aye?

**5150** · 14th November 2011, 13:37

I can just imagine our entire New Zealand population in Europe driving at German Autobahn speeds. It would be safe to say 2/3 of us would not survive beyond week one

**bogan** · 14th November 2011, 14:40

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Mr Morgan said only 6 per cent of drivers exceeded the speed limit by more than 10km/h, but they were "very high risk".

These "6%" are probably the only ones on NZ roads that know how to drive, it's great how they decide that the very few whom actually know how to drive are "very high risk"

Silly Mr morgan, that's not how you spell inertia!

bollocks, no evidence to suggest people who drive fast represent any different segment of driving ability from the population.

**St_Gabriel** · 14th November 2011, 17:15

Originally Posted by Auckland Harold

The two highest recordings were taken at the dead-straight stretch of State Highway 2 which ran past Lower Hutt.

Hmmmmmm, dead straight roads, obviously a black spot.

And i would also like to know the case study where they got the figures of

Originally Posted by Stupid AA Bint

"If you hit a kid at 50km/h, they've got around a 70 per cent chance of surviving. If you hit them from 80km/h upwards, there's almost zilch. So at 190 kilometres ... the survival rate is terrible, non-existent,"

hmmmm silly me, its the AA, they make their own stats. How many children have been hit by cars at 190 km/h and the survival ratio was a confirmed what? Have they actually done testing for 190 km/h? Maybe the car is going so fast, the child may clear the vehicle and just end up with leg injuries without their head/torso ever touching the vehicle?

**onearmedbandit** · 14th November 2011, 17:35

Originally Posted by St_Gabriel

hmmmm silly me, its the AA, they make their own stats. How many children have been hit by cars at 190 km/h and the survival ratio was a confirmed what? Have they actually done testing for 190 km/h? Maybe the car is going so fast, the child may clear the vehicle and just end up with leg injuries without their head/torso ever touching the vehicle?

Yeah, that's what will happen...

**p.dath** · 15th November 2011, 17:53

I find it difficult to believe that the top speed they have recorded was 194km/h. I suspect maybe their instrumentation doesn't go over 200km/h.

I also find some of there numbers hard to believe. At 189km/h you travel around 78m. A tad short of a football field's 100m.

The peripheral comment is interesting:

Automobile Association (AA) driver training manager Karen Dickson said a driver's hazard detection at more than 100km/h became increasingly difficult because at that speed peripheral vision was reduced to around 8 per cent

It seems reasonable that binocular vision would become more prominent. Especially if you fail to look further ahead. But 8% doesn't leave much ...

**Oblivion** · 15th November 2011, 23:07

I spent 3 years making this realistic looking Masters of Statistics out of old Weetbix boxes and felt pens. Looks pretty...huh....huh....huh?

Also, You will find a copy of my CV attached. Please ignore the fact that it has someone elses name on it.

So..... Can I have my job at the AA yet?

**The Pastor** · 16th November 2011, 09:39

that top 10 list needs to be improved. This is letting sports bike riders down across the country. Bikes can go WAY faster than that!!

**slofox** · 16th November 2011, 12:36

Originally Posted by renegade master

that top 10 list needs to be improved. This is letting sports bike riders down across the country. Bikes can go WAY faster than that!!

Damn right. C'mon you buggers, get out there and fly that flag (or bike)...

**steve_t** · 16th November 2011, 13:01

Originally Posted by slofox

Damn right. C'mon you buggers, get out there and fly that flag (or bike)...

It's probably too hard to get a lock on a biker due to their smaller surface area

**slofox** · 16th November 2011, 13:04

Originally Posted by steve_t

It's probably too hard to get a lock on a biker due to their smaller surface area

Let's hope you are correct...

**SMOKEU** · 16th November 2011, 17:47

Originally Posted by slofox

Let's hope you are correct...

You and me both.

I wonder how hard it is to get a lock on a biker with a radar gun when the rider is going fast...

**slofox** · 16th November 2011, 17:52

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

You and me both.

I wonder how hard it is to get a lock on a biker with a radar gun when the rider is going fast...

Well, dunno about radar but when it comes to laser guns, I got the local coppers to ping me with one once when I wanted to calibrate the speedo on the SV. The dude told me it was quite an art to get a reading from a bike, bein' as 'ow it were small, plastic and with not a lot of flat surfaces. Headlight prolly the best area to aim for.

My conclusion was that it probably takes a couple of seconds to get a lock on a bike with a laser. But then, I could be wrong on that too...I suspect a skilled operator might be quicker than my guy was - I think they were all training with the guns that day.