Stopped two "speeders" this week

[Berg]

Well, not really.
What I really stopped was one fella doing 35-40kph in a 50 single lane area who then sped up to 100kph once hitting the two lane piece of road thus stopping the hoards of vehicles now backed up behind him from passing (plesant fella who just needed reminding about driver attention and courtesy) and.................. a feisty old biddy doing 40kph in a 80kph area who (a) called me "sonny" and (b) said she will drive at a speed where she feels safe and anybody behind her is just impatient. She got some "paperwork" for certain things and I will be talking with her family about maybe suggesting she gives up driving
So, there ya go. We do look at the slow ones holding up traffic

[Akzle]

Well, not really.
What I really stopped was one fella doing 35-40kph in a 50 single lane area who then sped up to 100kph once hitting the two lane piece of road thus stopping the hoards of vehicles now backed up behind him from passing (plesant fella who just needed reminding about driver attention and courtesy) and.................. a feisty old biddy doing 40kph in a 80kph area who (a) called me "sonny" and (b) said she will drive at a speed where she feels safe and anybody behind her is just impatient. She got some "paperwork" for certain things and I will be talking with her family about maybe suggesting she gives up driving
So, there ya go. We do look at the slow ones holding up traffic

remind me of this when we meet. i will buy you at least one beer (if you don't impound me/my bike)

[Edbear]

Well, not really.
What I really stopped was one fella doing 35-40kph in a 50 single lane area who then sped up to 100kph once hitting the two lane piece of road thus stopping the hoards of vehicles now backed up behind him from passing (plesant fella who just needed reminding about driver attention and courtesy) and.................. a feisty old biddy doing 40kph in a 80kph area who (a) called me "sonny" and (b) said she will drive at a speed where she feels safe and anybody behind her is just impatient. She got some "paperwork" for certain things and I will be talking with her family about maybe suggesting she gives up driving
So, there ya go. We do look at the slow ones holding up traffic

Can you please come up and give the local coppers some encouragement to do the same along Hilltop? An 80km/h stretch where most cruise along at 65km/h and once reaching the 50km/h section carry on at 65km/h...

[Berg]

Can you please come up and give the local coppers some encouragement to do the same along Hilltop? An 80km/h stretch where most cruise along at 65km/h and once reaching the 50km/h section carry on at 65km/h...

I call those "one speed wonders". Haven't issued a speeding ticket for ages (last one was a truck at well over 100kph) but have been looking hard at ones who are holding "legal" traffic up.

[caspernz]

Can you please come up and give the local coppers some encouragement to do the same along Hilltop? An 80km/h stretch where most cruise along at 65km/h and once reaching the 50km/h section carry on at 65km/h...

We have a stretch along the Kapiti coast where a sunny sunday means the 80 km/h limit is hardly ever reached...

[Berg]

We have a stretch along the Kapiti coast where a sunny sunday means the 80 km/h limit is hardly ever reached...

70 along the Waikanae straight then continue at 70 through Waikanae

[FJRider]

70 along the Waikanae straight then continue at 70 through Waikanae

You give them (demerit) Points for consistency .. ???

[caspernz]

You give them (demerit) Points for consistency .. ???

Maybe just directions into the train station carpark...

[Edbear]

I call those "one speed wonders". Haven't issued a speeding ticket for ages (last one was a truck at well over 100kph) but have been looking hard at ones who are holding "legal" traffic up.

Justice would have the cop at the 50km/h end and give them a ticket for 15km/h over the limit. Love to hear their protests then!

[rastuscat]

Good on ya Berg.

It's not easy to enforce the slow drivers. Worth doing though. Stops some of the hi risk overtaking in bad places.

[BoristheBiter]

We have a stretch along the Kapiti coast where a sunny sunday means the 80 km/h limit is hardly ever reached...

We have the same up here. SH16 full of horse floats and Sunday drivers. 100km zone, lucky if you do 80.

[sels1]

So, there ya go. We do look at the slow ones holding up traffic

Well done that man, keep it up.
And while you are at it - drivers talking on cellphones - I see them pretty much every day

[FJRider]

And while you are at it - drivers talking on cellphones - I see them pretty much every day

Phone in and report them ..

[scumdog]

Good on ya Berg.

It's not easy to enforce the slow drivers. Worth doing though. Stops some of the hi risk overtaking in bad places.

Nah, posters on KB reckon cops only target speeders and NEVER do anything like this - or maybe there IS revenue to be made from slow drivers too??

[pzkpfw]

Good on ya Berg.

It's not easy to enforce the slow drivers. Worth doing though. Stops some of the hi risk overtaking in bad places.

That's nice to see in writing. Often it seems the "high risk overtaking" is seen as the sole cause of the trouble *, when the reality is that drivers (and riders) are just monkeys in clothes, and looking at why they do dumb shit has got to help.

* count the "the faster you go the bigger the mess" adverts on T.V. versus the "get out of the fucking way" ads.


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My folks once got stopped, doing 50 k in a short area of 70 k zone behind Porirua (the road past the dump and hospital). No ticket, but a "telling off" (and directions to Bunnings).

They got the impression the officer was just checking if they were "tipsy" old folk carefully heading home from an RSA or bowling club or something.
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