4kmh tolerance for Waitangi Weekend until 29 February?

[buellbabe]

Apologies if what I am about to say has already been covered but my lunch break is almost over and I don't have time to read the entire thread.

Anyways, last Friday (Waitangi wkend) I was riding back from Hamilton, left there around 5pm. Travelled state HW 1and between Huntly and Mercer (the Waikato expressway) there were 7 cops. 7????? 2 cars were parked either side on the Hampton Downs bridge!!! I tootled past every one doing 100kph and I bet they were pissed that they couldn't ticket a naughty biker.

But my point is...maybe I am mistaken but I thought that part of the reasoning behind building these "expressways" was to ease congestion (which means fewer frustrated drivers) and also to make the roads safer by removing 'black spots' and having a straighter road? Note that I said PART of the reasoning, I realise that there are many factors involved but those 2 spring to mind first.

So, to put 7 cops on that one small section of road seems to me to be total overkill and no-one can convince me that they were out there trying to keep the roads safe. That was pure revenue gathering.

[rastuscat]

ahh, this will be the reason why accidents are way down and revenue has doubled in the previous 12 months

Has revenue doubled in the last 12 months? I'd be interested to see where that stat came from.

[rastuscat]

Apologies if what I am about to say has already been covered but my lunch break is almost over and I don't have time to read the entire thread.

Anyways, last Friday (Waitangi wkend) I was riding back from Hamilton, left there around 5pm. Travelled state HW 1and between Huntly and Mercer (the Waikato expressway) there were 7 cops. 7????? 2 cars were parked either side on the Hampton Downs bridge!!! I tootled past every one doing 100kph and I bet they were pissed that they couldn't ticket a naughty biker.

But my point is...maybe I am mistaken but I thought that part of the reasoning behind building these "expressways" was to ease congestion (which means fewer frustrated drivers) and also to make the roads safer by removing 'black spots' and having a straighter road? Note that I said PART of the reasoning, I realise that there are many factors involved but those 2 spring to mind first.

So, to put 7 cops on that one small section of road seems to me to be total overkill and no-one can convince me that they were out there trying to keep the roads safe. That was pure revenue gathering.

So, if were doing 100, did they gather revenue from you?

Think a bit about that, and you'll see that by sticking to the limit you'll deprive them of the funds. That'll learn em.

[slofox]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/ne...ectid=10784359

How surprising, fancy that, well I never, goodness gracious me, who woulda thought...

Anyone surprised? Coz I ain't...

[buellbabe]

Aside from the bike cop who was helping someone change a tyre and the 2 on the bridge the others were each ticketing a motorist (all of them car drivers)… but where is the proof that accidents were prevented by those people being ticketed?

[Clockwork]

Has revenue doubled in the last 12 months? I'd be interested to see where that stat came from.

Actually, I'd expect to see it decline. While the Po-po are writing tickets to those hooligans doing 5-10kph above the limit, how many other drivers will be able to safely pass said otherwise occupied Officer at a higher "earning" rate.

[FJRider]

... So, to put 7 cops on that one small section of road seems to me to be total overkill and no-one can convince me that they were out there trying to keep the roads safe. That was pure revenue gathering.

The weekly meeting of the Waikato Donut club ... nothing to fear ...

[BoristheBiter]

Speaking for myself, it's not per se enforcement that troubles me. It's selective enforcement that troubles me. Ms Rose seems to be quite untroubled by the fact that half of police people ticketed for speeding in the end were not legally sanctioned; she certainly doesn't extend - nor does she wish to extend - that or any degree of tolerance to her taxpaying employers.

That's called discretion.
They were above the speed limit, so they are legally sanctioned.

Yon cry about having a tolerance, not having a tolerance, the tolerance is too high, the tolerance is to low.

if you speed expect a ticket, end of story.

[MSTRS:Me]

It is actually really simple. So simple those pinheads at Bullshit Castle could even get their heads around.

Make it illegal to have a crash at anything more than 104kph (and that includes the combined speeds for head-ons). Then no-one will die.
And the best part? If someone does die, then the cops can fine the estate, so ensuring their revenue take is maintained or even increased.

[willytheekid]

Has revenue doubled in the last 12 months? I'd be interested to see where that stat came from.

Hay!...if govn't depts can make stats up...so can we! (Just be thankful we don't use them to introduce bullshit rule changes in the name of profit...opps...Im mean safety!)

[BoristheBiter]

Which problem? That the average speed is down, that the number of speed tickets issued is still increasing, or that 'they' claim the lower death/injury rate is all because of slower speeds?

that if you speed you get a ticket.

fuck you must be dumb if you haven't figured that by now.

[MSTRS:Me]

that if you speed you get a ticket.

fuck you must be dumb if you haven't figured that by now.

Not I, my friend. You think I've been an absolute angel for the last 15 years...

The dumb one is the one that says "If you speed, you get a ticket"

When a brighter person would actually know that "If you speed, you risk getting a ticket, if you are spotted"

[rastuscat]

From the Harold...............Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the Dog and Lemon Guide, agreed, saying the majority of fatal crashes occur at speeds below the legal limit.

So, based on that, we should encourage everyone to drive in excess of the speed limit. No crashes would happen.

Wot?

[red mermaid]

I rode the same piece of road the next day and didn't see a single patrol car.

Apologies if what I am about to say has already been covered but my lunch break is almost over and I don't have time to read the entire thread.

Anyways, last Friday (Waitangi wkend) I was riding back from Hamilton, left there around 5pm. Travelled state HW 1and between Huntly and Mercer (the Waikato expressway) there were 7 cops. 7????? 2 cars were parked either side on the Hampton Downs bridge!!! I tootled past every one doing 100kph and I bet they were pissed that they couldn't ticket a naughty biker.

But my point is...maybe I am mistaken but I thought that part of the reasoning behind building these "expressways" was to ease congestion (which means fewer frustrated drivers) and also to make the roads safer by removing 'black spots' and having a straighter road? Note that I said PART of the reasoning, I realise that there are many factors involved but those 2 spring to mind first.

So, to put 7 cops on that one small section of road seems to me to be total overkill and no-one can convince me that they were out there trying to keep the roads safe. That was pure revenue gathering.

[rastuscat]

Aside from the bike cop who was helping someone change a tyre and the 2 on the bridge the others were each ticketing a motorist (all of them car drivers)… but where is the proof that accidents were prevented by those people being ticketed?

Imagine that, a bike cop helping someone change a tyre. He must have charged for the service, coz all Popos do is revenue gathering. I know it's true, I read it on KB.