Tickets for slow drivers!

[Rhys]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/8741...t-slow-drivers

Are the police finally going after the cause rather that the symptom ?
or just another way to get more revenue, I for one would love to see how many tickets are issued for going over 4 kph and how many are issued for slow drivers

[SMOKEU]

It's about the time the cops started ordering selfish, slow fools off the roads.

[Tarded]

I agree but the slow speed enforcement is much more labour intensive.

A 'slow camera' wont work as there are too many valid excuses - I was sneezing, I thought I saw an XXX on the road, the guy in front was ......... etc.

Speed is easy. You go over 104km/h - here is your prize.

Slow driving requires a cop to follow some vehicles and observe long enough to be able to defend a not guilty ticket beyond reasonable doubt. That is longer than 'click' takes.

No doubt a slow driver will attempt to hold their much loved and proudly held moral high ground too.

So there will be less tickets no doubt - but how gratifying would it be seeing the asshole in front getting a ticket - mr 85km/h everywhere but 110km/h on the passing lanes and straights.
the self appointed social controllers of the highways?

So fuck all the super slow 'Im a safe driver' types. If you cant do the limit in a modernish (or even oldish vehicle) then stay home.

I wonder if the slows will hit the gas the way hoons hit the brakes?

[kinger]

............. If you cant do the limit ........

You are aware of the definition of limit, eh?
Fuckin ridiculous argument. You ride a bike, go round them.
Are all agricultural vehicles, fork lifts, etc then going to be banned as well?

[Virago]

...If you cant do the limit in a modernish (or even oldish vehicle) then stay home...

You do realise that "the limit" you speak of is a maximum, not a minimum? You seem to be suggesting otherwise.

[JimO]

i would rather they ticketed the slow cunts that speed to 125 at passing lanes then drop back to 85 at the other end

[mrchips]

Meh...... I ride a motorcycle.

Who & what are these slow drivers you speak of ?

[caspernz]

Mmmmm, I wonder if they'll also ticket the moron vege growers in the Levin area who refuse to use a truck to haul their produce in from the fields...simply using their tractor and cart to dawdle down State Highway One at 20 clicks??? I hate to admit it, but there have been times when I've been tempted to just ram those contraptions back to where they belong...the paddock. But the poor bugger driving it is only doing his job I suppose

[SMOKEU]

Fuckin ridiculous argument. You ride a bike, go round them.

If a slow driver is doing 80kmh, and you overtake at 100kmh, then you have to be on the wrong side of the road for a long time exposing yourself to danger for that entire duration. If there's moderate or heavy oncoming traffic, you can't safely do that. If you increase your speed to above 104kmh when overtaking, then you're doing something illegal.

What's your smart answer to that?

[red mermaid]

Ticket them for what?...They are allowed to do this.

Mmmmm, I wonder if they'll also ticket the moron vege growers in the Levin area who refuse to use a truck to haul their produce in from the fields...simply using their tractor and cart to dawdle down State Highway One at 20 clicks??? I hate to admit it, but there have been times when I've been tempted to just ram those contraptions back to where they belong...the paddock. But the poor bugger driving it is only doing his job I suppose

[\m/]

If a slow driver is doing 80kmh, and you overtake at 100kmh, then you have to be on the wrong side of the road for a long time exposing yourself to danger for that entire duration. If there's moderate or heavy oncoming traffic, you can't safely do that. If you increase your speed to above 104kmh when overtaking, then you're doing something illegal.

What's your smart answer to that?

Fuck what the law says, change down and twist the throttle wide open. That dawdling cager will soon be a distant memory.

[SMOKEU]

Fuck what the law says, change down and twist the throttle wide open. That dawdling cager will soon be a distant memory.

That's what I usually tend to do, but why should I have to risk getting an infringement notice just because some selfish prick who thinks they own the roads refuses to pull over to let other traffic past?

The worst ones are around mountainous roads where there's no safe place to overtake, no matter how much throttle you give it.

[McFatty1000]

That's what I usually tend to do, but why should I have to risk getting an infringement notice just because some selfish prick who thinks they own the roads refuses to pull over to let other traffic past?

The worst ones are around mountainous roads where there's no safe place to overtake, no matter how much throttle you give it.

This

Also, its the slow ones that swerve to stop you getting past - had a line of camper vans do this on some windy bits, was beyond stupid of them

[kinger]

If a slow driver is doing 80kmh, and you overtake at 100kmh, then you have to be on the wrong side of the road for a long time exposing yourself to danger for that entire duration. If there's moderate or heavy oncoming traffic, you can't safely do that. If you increase your speed to above 104kmh when overtaking, then you're doing something illegal.

What's your smart answer to that?

You stay there til there's space.
I'm struggling to work out your necessity to be permanently head of the queue without the patience and consideration that could be extended to someone who has slowed.
Do you genuinely feel that some nervous teenager in mum's new car should be hooning at the very legal high end of the speed limit rather than feeling their way into this terrifying world of impatient fuckwits sitting intimidatingly up their rear bumper.

[Mushu]

Do you genuinely feel that some nervous teenager in mum's new car should be hooning at the very legal high end of the speed limit rather than feeling their way into this terrifying world of impatient fuckwits sitting intimidatingly up their rear bumper.

In a word, yes. A big part of driving is knowing your machine (be it car, bike, truck etc..) if you don't have the ability to do things quickly and efficiently on the road you shouldn't be there.
These people need to go back to empty carparks, paddocks (how I learned), or country side roads and get out of the path of traffic or give it up and take the bus.
And why is it they are suddenly capable of doing 110 as soon as an overtaking lane appears.
Being a truck driver I will concede that some vehicles are incapable of the speed limit, but they should pull over whenever possible so as not to hold up traffic more than necessary.

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