Red lights and other urban myths

[Usarka]

First make sure they dont have cameras ...

Or a cop in plain clothes standing at the intersection. A sorted well trained dodgy geezer can spot a cop a mile away.

[Scuba_Steve]

First make sure they dont have cameras ...

Or a cop in plain clothes standing at the intersection. A sorted well trained dodgy geezer can spot a cop a mile away.

Na I'm right now, didn't you see? I made up my own exception
Honestly could't really care less, if they want me to obey the rules they should make the lights so they don't discriminate against bikes.

[Parlane]

for those 3 sets of lights I occasionally have to run a red on as they're those stupid "intelligent" lights that don't sense bikes

In auckland there use to be a double lane right turn, where the sensors were only in the left lane. I found this out at 2am in the morning sitting in the right lane for 5 minutes Reversed, pulled in to the left, and 3 seconds later, green! I went back later in the day time, and you could clearly see no sensors were ever put in :| (filled in lines). It's been fixed since I believe.

[Zedder]

Nah P, that's just a cunning plan by the traffic Nazis to slow people down. Like the lights at the on ramps.

[vifferman]

In D'Auckland, it's quite obvious that there are a number of drivers who have decided when approaching the lights that they are going to go through. Amber or red, makes no difference - they're not stopping. It's the same at stop signs - except then almost everyone does the old 'rolling stop', treating it as a Give Way. A real Give Way doesn't even get a look in.
It's an attitude thing: people approach intersections prepared to go through them unless they really REALLY need to stop, rather than being prepared to stop.

[scumdog]

everyone does the old 'rolling stop', treating it as a Give Way. A real Give Way doesn't even get a look in.
It's an attitude thing: people approach intersections prepared to go through them unless they really REALLY need to stop, rather than being prepared to stop.

Sadly it's so, so true for just about all NZ...

[rastuscat]

Funny thing happened today. I walked out of the Popo station and headed for a nearby spot'n'stop checkpoint I had arranged. My troops were already there, but I'd forgotten my SMART device, so walked back to get it.

When I walked out onto Montreal St I saw a dude on a Harley looking down Montreal St toward a nearby motorcycle parking space. Maybe 50 metres down the road. Thing is, he had to go the wrong way down Montreal to get there. Which is exactly what he did as I watched. Dressed in uniform, including my glo-coat.

The fact that he looked to see if the park was full told me he was a local, as he obviously knew the park was there. I just walked up and asked for his licence, and told him he was getting a ticket for riding the wrong way down the street.

Well I never. I get a mouthful about how I as a revenue collecting bastard, and that he thought a warning would have sufficed.

SO, HE WANTS TO EXERCISE MY DISCRETION. BOLLOCKS, IT'S MY DISCRETION.

He provocatively asked me what else I was going to do him for. What? How about if you don't break the rules I don't write the ticket, ya knob. He got the one ticket, for what he had done.

Man, no wonder Popos get pissed off with bikers. And I are one.

[rastuscat]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

[Edbear]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

"You have given out too much rep..."

[FJRider]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

If he couldn't see a cop in a Glo-coat ... perhaps he needed to re-sit his eyesight test ....

[pritch]

thats you opion

Three words, three mistakes?

Considering the context, ironic? (No, not as per the Alanis Morissette lexicon...)

[Gremlin]

I'm shocked. I never knew we couldn't use your discretion... You bottle it and sell it or something?

[ducatilover]

If he couldn't see a cop in a Glo-coat ... perhaps he needed to re-sit his eyesight test ....

Fun fact: I have never passed an AA eye test. Truly.

[TimeOut]

Fun fact: I have never passed an AA eye test. Truly.

My wife doesn't either but does pass the driving test at the optometrist, but she never drives without glasses as she can't read signs (or much else) until right on top of them, go figure

[oneofsix]

My wife doesn't either but does pass the driving test at the optometrist, but she never drives without glasses as she can't read signs (or much else) until right on top of them, go figure

The first time I went to the optometrist she scared me by showing me the level of blindness that will still pass the driving requirements. Ok I only needed weak hobby glasses to magnify the written word, eyes even just not focusing low enough, but the driving requirements were like reading a road sign from the end of the room
I guess there is a bit more than print size (hope so and the test centre machine suggests so) and hope it is about seeing objects but I still thought you would have require glasses before getting to that level.