Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[rastuscat]

Have started this as a new one so I can post some notes regarding how our weekend SH75 operations are going.

I'll update when there is something worth saying.

Today was my first real day at it, with interesting results.

I set up the laser at quite a few different sites, and got bugger all. Awesome, happy with that. Lots of folk went past my parked Popo troll bike, and saw me pointing the death ray down the road. Lots of propaganda value in that, without costing anyone anything.

Catches were a chap doing 122 on a bike. A distant past acquaintance of mine, as it happens. I said "122, what do I do with that?" He said "Write the ticket", which is what I was hoping for coz I was gonna write it anyway.

Another bloke I found overtaking. He was coming down the outside of a line of cars travelling in the opposite direction. He saw me heading toward him and had nowhere to go, so he just hung tight where he was. We passed with him on my side of the centreline. He happily accepted the ticket. Even he could see that what he had done was shiters.

Lasered my last bloke at 178. Yup, 178. Hope the weather is nice in the next few weeks, he's got a 28 day walk. Then he has a court case to sort out.

The vast majority of bikers rode at good speeds and very sensibly. Nice bikes, many of them too.

Week ones report. Just FYI.

[gsxr]

178 and he stopped??? Surely that has to be worth at least a few brownie points..........

[rastuscat]

178 and he stopped??? Surely that has to be worth at least a few brownie points..........

Yeah. He got the benefit. His ticket is for exceeding 100, not for dangerous.

I did wonder if he was going to stop, and he did. I felt like I was stepping out in front of a small train.

[gsxr]

Now he will have a long wait and have to find another road to check when the rev limiter kicks in in 6th.
Ya sure know how to ruin a fellas day lol ....

[Asher]

So whats the deal with this operation? Does it cover all road users or just bikes?

How much more above 172kmh does one have to go for you not to try and stop them?

[Akzle]

safer communities together

so. who did you HELP today?

[Oakie]

so. who did you HELP today?

Possibly the family whose car that 172kph biker may have ploughed into 5 minutes later ...

[Subike]

so. who did you HELP today?

this is not directed at you Akzle, but a reply to your question as I see it


Me thinks he helped the young couple out for a drive with the children from having a bike hit them at 172kph after he failed to negotiate the pothole, lost control, crossed the center line and hit them head on, punching the engine into the fire wall as he traveled in trough the windscreen, taking the mother out from the shoulders up, snapping the back of the seat that crushed the child in the child seat behind her, as the bike cartwheeled over the car crashing into the following vehicle causing it to loo.............and then the statistics rise, and our ACC is increased

[Berries]

Emotive bollocks. I doubt very much that Mr 178 was going to travel at that speed all the way home and would encounter the pothole that would cause all that calamity. More likely he felt he was on a quiet road, little traffic, nice weather and gave it a squirt, only to find there was a cop sitting there doing speed enforcement.

The family with children are more likely to be involved in a crash with a motorbike when the bike crosses the centre line on a corner or turns in front of them at an intersection than from one simply traveling at a higher speed than the current national speed limit.

Or when a bike is overtaking in a stupid place. But then he was under the speed limit so was perfectly fine and not likely to cause a crash. Now that is worth a Tui.

[Subike]

Can you 100% depend upon that opinion berries?
mine was just a scenario that is within the realms of possibility.
And there have been several incidents like that on that road
Including bikes meeting head on at speed.

[Berries]

You can never depend on someone else 100% but that scenario is pretty rare when you consider the type of crashes bikes have. You don't have to be doing stupid speeds to swing wide and have a head on. Most times people manage to do that while traveling under the speed limit.

[onearmedbandit]

Meh, I know the speed limit is 100km/h, if I choose to break it I know the risks. Unless I am actively doing something about changing the nations speed limits, I don't see any gain in complaining about them.

[gsxr]

Meh, I know the speed limit is 100km/h, if I choose to break it I know the risks. Unless I am actively doing something about changing the nations speed limits, I don't see any gain in complaining about them.

So What does 122kmh cost now ????

[onearmedbandit]

So What does 122kmh cost now ????

Some money and some points. Maybe ultimately your license for 3 months.

[rastuscat]

safer communities together

so. who did you HELP today?

Stopped a couple of riders who were at the tolerance, just to remind them that the limit is 100 and that relying on a Popo to exercise his discretion is a risky business.

Also dealt with a variety of cage drivers. Including a bunch of "car enthusiasts" who we're on an Old School Toyota Crooz. Knobs.

Spread the love, don't worry.