Tickets for slow drivers!

[BoristheBiter]

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.

So in your own logic we should ban all trucks as they are unable to go as fast as the rest of the traffic (be that for ability or laws).

[Mushu]

So in your own logic we should ban all trucks as they are unable to go as fast as the rest of the traffic (be that for ability or laws).

Read the last sentence of the post you quoted.

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[BoristheBiter]

Read the last sentence of the post you quoted.

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What, the part where you contradict yourself? yes I did read it.

You can't have it both ways, if you want to give tickets to slow drivers or want them off the road then it will apply to all not just the ones you want off.

[Mushu]

What, the part where you contradict yourself? yes I did read it.

You can't have it both ways, if you want to give tickets to slow drivers or want them off the road then it will apply to all not just the ones you want off.

I never contradicted myself, most of the problem slow drivers out there drive average cars quite capable of doing speeds far higher than the limit (I was stuck behind a HSV clubbie doing 75 in a 100 zone when I was in the cage a few days ago), I accept that some vehicles can't but I do think it's reasonable for them to pull over frequently to let other vehicles past.

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[Damantis]

It will be a tiny fraction of the infringements issued over the weekend. It will be interesting if they release the numbers and types of infringement notices issued.
They probably hope this publicity will cause some to speed up, thus putting more fish in the barrell. Speed limits are just a guidline anyway. The real tolerance is 40kph over the guideline. After that, they don't let you drive / ride.

The other thing I heard they are targetting is following distances. If you're only going to pass someone at 104kph, chances are you'll be right up thier date before going around them.

[Gremlin]

And why is it they are suddenly capable of doing 110 as soon as an overtaking lane appears.

This is actually an easy one. The road is visibly wider to them, so they feel safer travelling faster. Perhaps some do it deliberately, but I bet a lot do it subconciously.

Same theory for why the powers are painting white left hand lines on suburban roads. Placed roughly where the edge of a parked car would be, the idea is to narrow the road making drivers slow down.

[SMOKEU]

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.

There have been many times that I've traveled significantly slower than the posted speed limit, even when the road and weather conditions permit a much higher speed. This was when I was either towing a trailer, or driving a slow vehicle (sometimes uphill) that is incapable of traveling at the speed limit. Instead of trying to be as selfish as I can in order to piss everyone else off, I pull over as soon as it's safe to do so to let traffic past. That way no one gets held up for any more than reasonably possible, and everyone is happy.

I always try to be as courteous and mindful of other road users as I can, as I know that I don't own the roads and other legitimate road users have just as much right to be on the roads as I do. I have no right to hold up traffic unreasonably, and nor does anyone else. It would be nice if other people thought the same.

[Subike]

No matter which side of the argument you take, here you will be wrong either way.
Just ride to the conditions and be patient.
The destination is only relevant to cage drivers, to bikers it should be the ride.
So if they are slow. then you get to enjoy the scenery at a slower pace, win win.
I like to be alive and relaxed when I arrive at journeys end..
sound like heaps on here like to be stressed and angry when they arrive
so they can toss shit at all the wankers who fucked up their ride and made it a fucking waste of time
Bugga!

[Flip]

Just got back home from the brass, I went on a vintage sidecar unit that has a max cruising speed of only 80 Kph.

Surprisingly I probably saw 20 cops, didn't get a ticket for traveling slow and got a wave from half of them.

[Bonez]

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

Of course the cager will laugh their cock off when he/she/it passes you a few km's down the road pulled over by the plod.

[BoristheBiter]

I never contradicted myself, most of the problem slow drivers out there drive average cars quite capable of doing speeds far higher than the limit (I was stuck behind a HSV clubbie doing 75 in a 100 zone when I was in the cage a few days ago), I accept that some vehicles can't but I do think it's reasonable for them to pull over frequently to let other vehicles past.

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Now get trucks to do the same and you might have something.
I would say ban all trucks off the road but just understand that not all are going as fast as I do.

Maybe that comes siting on the AKL car park each day.

[Tarded]

Of course the cager will laugh their cock off when he/she/it passes you a few km's down the road pulled over by the plod.

The guy who hoons past on the open road at great velocity is my friend. The faster the better.

There will be a patrol car somewhere ahead - fetchemup boy, good dog.

As for the limit issue - if on a fine day you cvant do the speed limit then you have to have a look at yourself.
If its the vehicle then cool, pull left when you can.

If its ability then sort it out - get training.

If it asshole power syndrome then I hope your crankshaft snaps. In a remote rainy area.
with the workshop is closed and the towie sick.

[neels]

If you can't cope with travelling at something near the speed limit on a clear road in good conditions, then it could be argued that you possibly shouldn't have a licence, ie if your brain doesn't function well enough to operate a motor vehicle at 100 on a straight road then you probably can't react quickly enough if something unexpected happens.

I have observed a slow car driver with a large queue of traffic stuck behind being pulled over by a policeman that posts on kb, very satisfying to watch, and should be encouraged.

And yeah, my transport if I'm heading away on holiday etc is a slug, so if I see something appear in my mirror I get the fuck out of their way and let them go on their way. Only pisses me off when I let them pass on a straight road and then they slow to half the posted recommended speed at the next corner, because they can't drive for shit.

[Coolz]

Now get trucks to do the same and you might have something.
I would say ban all trucks off the road but just understand that not all are going as fast as I do.

Maybe that comes siting on the AKL car park each day.

I failed my class 5 for going "off road" when I drove on the shoulder to let a line of cars pass. I was told the legal definition of a road was between the centre line and the white line marked on the left of the road and I must stay between these lines. By crossing the line on the left I was invalidating the company's insurance and putting the truck in danger of rolling over if the shoulder crumbled. When I mentioned the cars I was holding up the driving instructor said "they can wait, thats what passing lanes were designed for".

[Virago]

Read the last sentence of the post you quoted.

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The last sentence? This one?

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Not sure of the relevence really?

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