Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[Bison]

I fished near the Thornbury bridge when I was a munchkin.

I'll be riding my R1200RT through Thornbury while escorting the cycle Tour of Southland in a couple of weeks time. Not my work one, my personal one. I'll keep an eye out for ya.

Da Cat.

Be safe as you do a great thing for a worthy cause. I spent 12 years escorting an annual 1000 km 14 day cycle tour here as they raised money for childrens cancer research and a summer camp. Watch out for the drivers who are not paying attention. I had several close calls every tour. They may not deliberatetly be out to get you, but it hurts just the same.

[rastuscat]

http://www.tourofsouthland.com/index.php?pageLoad=67

I'm on a silver 1200RT wearing a neon yellow helmet. Throw donuts, not eggs.

[Coldrider]

When the cat's away......

[caseye]

Splod'ing dougies alright there Rastus?

[Hawk]

When the cat's away......

problem, there's more than one cat in that pride

[Stylo]

Any update on the accident on SH75 near Kaituna on Sunday 10th in the early afternoon ?

The Newspaper only gave an outline of what occurred, 3 people and 2 bikes and serious injuries to everyone involved.

[pouakai]

Shit! That's bad news.
Seems we missed it by minutes...
Was a very busy day on 75 and in the harbour.
P

[rastuscat]

Any update on the accident on SH75 near Kaituna on Sunday 10th in the early afternoon ?

The Newspaper only gave an outline of what occurred, 3 people and 2 bikes and serious injuries to everyone involved.

Shit. I got back to work today after a few days off. Didn't hear any talk of a crash out there.

Will check tomorrow.

[Stylo]

Page A3 of the Press, Monday 11 th, ' Three people were taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries after two motorcycles collided on State Highway 75 near Kaituna, St John Ambulance said'

Hope they're ok, be nice to have some more detail

[dangerous]

ok you bunch a nosie buggers LOL... all I know is it 'could' have been a head on, off road style a bike limited gears being worn and they were hiding the injured behind a blanket... maybe 'asume' it was a bit messy.

[EJK]

I too was riding SH75 between 12pm-3pm that Sunday. Didn't see any crash but hope the riders are ok.

[SVboy]

Non biking work colleages talk of multiple police cars and road closures-around 5.00pmish? etc-sounded bad.

[Bison]

Spounds like a fatal when they shield the injured and multiple Police responders. Hope not.

[jonnyk5614]

Infringements count up to 50 over. Beyond that, they have to be dealt with by way of Traffic Offence Notice, or TON.

Section 118 of the LTA requires the registered person (RP) to supply the riders details, or information that could lead to the riders identification. It's not enough to just say sorry Popo, I don't know his name.

Tickets can be posted to the RP for speed camera offences up to 50 over, and red light offences. Parking offences too, and reg and WoF type offences, but those are called Stationary Vehicle Infringement Notices, or SVIONs.

The processes are very specific, but people often confuse the systems. If I had a donut for every time someone makes a complaint to me and just wants me to post out an ION, I'd be a lardy arse Popo who wouldn't fit on a bike. Matters not able to be dealt with by SVIONs and approved vehicle surveillance equipment (speed cams, red light cams, and in some towns bus lane cams), have to be dealt with by Section 118. It's a pain in the arse, and often they just get ignored due to the low chance of finding the offender.

In the real world, it can also depend on how busy the Popos are. Hit and miss at times.

So what is the process if our 178 friend had legged it?

Traffic Offence Notice?

To be honest, can you even read a plate going by at 180?

[jonnyk5614]

It goes without saying that we would all prefer a warning than a ticket. But a warning lasts for what? Until the next bend when they are out of sight? Until the day after? Demerits last for two years and if you are siting on 80 of them you must be thinking a bit more about your speed than if you got a finger wagging a few weeks earlier. Unluckily for you you are in a no win situation.

I guess the question is, although those five guys think you are a good bastard, did their speeds change after having a chat? I doubt it, in fact they probably now think that the tolerance has increased to whatever speed you got them at.

I've had more "chats" than tickets.

Every time, chat or ticket, I've taken it as a wake-up call and noticed that I've started getting a bit dumb.

Keeps me in self check for another 6 months or so....