Speed tolerance reduced for December and January

[Jantar]

Looks like the police aren't winning many friends. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...speed-campaign

[scumdog]

Looks like the police aren't winning many friends. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...speed-campaign

Fuck, it's Stuff M. - EVERYTHING they publish about cops is negative, it's what they do.

(They would turn a cop rescuing a baby from a river into "Cop almost drowns baby" story...)

[Scuba_Steve]

Fuck, it's Stuff M. - EVERYTHING they publish about cops is negative, it's what they do.

(They would turn a cop rescuing a baby from a river into "Cop almost drowns baby" story...)

Someone seems alittle upset... Hows the river coming along?

[scumdog]

At this rate you might as well stop importing vehicles with 5 gears.

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True, already all but 1st gear are obsolete on my truck...

[rastuscat]

Looks like the police aren't winning many friends. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...speed-campaign

Two seconds to check your speedos?

Really?

[Tigadee]

Looks like the police aren't winning many friends. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...speed-campaign

I like this comment:

It would seem to me that there has been a vast misunderstanding by the general public that needs clearing up immediately. The public currently believe that in 1992 the traffic patrol was folded into the police.

This is clearly patently untrue. Obviously what really happened is that the police got folded into the traffic patrol. This is why the only criminals police focus on any more are those dangerous lunatics creeping a few km over the speed limit.

[rastuscat]

Apparently TV North Pole didn't show all the media releases.

[scumdog]

Someone seems alittle upset... Hows the river coming along?

Upset?
Not me - I'm just amused at Stuff et al and their constant whining about cops - sorta like KB...

I wonder what else they would bleat about if cops didn't exist??

[oneofsix]

Upset?
Not me - I'm just amused at Stuff et al and their constant whining about cops - sorta like KB...

I wonder what else they would bleat about if cops didn't exist??

Nah on KB the cops get to reply, makes it all that much more amusing.

There's plenty of other stuff to bleat about besides cops, sorry but you are just not that important. We will still have ACC and of course the root of it all, the grubbermint.

[nzmikey]

But Johnny Imalrightjack is actively looking for cops, cameras and old ladies and slows down briefly approaching that junction, and passes by crash free...
Meanwhile Mrs Righteous Damnation behind him is doing 48km/h and as she believe she is a safe driver she is busy distracted dialling *555 to rat on Johnny Imalrightjack. The old lady pulls out and she doesn't even brake at all and a serious crash results.
I recently went on a road trip with a female friend the Police would tought as a poster child of road safety under their belief system. She never broke the speed limit but I've never been so scared in my life, constantly mucking about with ipod and radio while driving, poor lane discipline and heaps of harsh braking. She will never be stopped by the police but imo is a high crash risk...

When the Fuck were you in the car with my wife without me ??

[Zedder]

Nah on KB the cops get to reply, makes it all that much more amusing.

There's plenty of other stuff to bleat about besides cops, sorry but you are just not that important. We will still have ACC and of course the root of it all, the grubbermint.

Yep Oo6, bleating about the cops is a bit like blaming soldiers for wars.

Regarding the grubbermint, I was just reading about the changes to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act which come into force on December 18. It'll be interesting to see what actual affect it has on the situation.

[Naki Rat]

Having just done an overnight trip NP to AKL and return the effects of the <4kmh limit was pretty obvious and in many cases didn't make for safer driving.

Our Commodore's speedo is good to within a km or two, confirmed by the GPS. Other than the prevalence of vehicles travelling at little more than 90kmh (due to over-reading speedos?) the most common hazard was drivers that overtook at 105km or little more and took most of a passing lane to do so, or some that overtook at a more reasonable speed (up to 120kmh) but then slowed rapidly once they had passed the slower vehicle thereby closing the gap for following overtaking vehicles to move into. Combined with the prevalence of slower vehicles this made for some 'interesting' manoeuvres even in relatively light traffic flows.

Plenty of coppers and tax cameras out and about so the government coffers will benefit but I doubt it will have the miraculous effect on the road toll that the PTB envisage. I for one will be leaving all but essential out of town trips until this 'road safety' strategy is over.

[Zedder]

Having just done an overnight trip NP to AKL and return the effects of the <4kmh limit was pretty obvious and in many cases didn't make for safer driving.

Our Commodore's speedo is good to within a km or two, confirmed by the GPS. Other than the prevalence of vehicles travelling at little more than 90kmh (due to over-reading speedos?) the most common hazard was drivers that overtook at 105km or little more and took most of a passing lane to do so, or some that overtook at a more reasonable speed (up to 120kmh) but then slowed rapidly once they had passed the slower vehicle thereby closing the gap for following overtaking vehicles to move into. Combined with the prevalence of slower vehicles this made for some 'interesting' manoeuvres even in relatively light traffic flows.

Plenty of coppers and tax cameras out and about so the government coffers will benefit but I doubt it will have the miraculous effect on the road toll that the PTB envisage. I for one will be leaving all but essential out of town trips until this 'road safety' strategy is over.

In the times I've been out on longer open road trips recently I've certainly noticed a change as well.

I'm heading North shortly and will compare things again.

[pritch]

The thing about having a media campaign on the 4k tolerance is that it draws it to the front of everyones mind.

That much is true but by the end of February it will be long forgotten by most. Probably fading rapidly from the public consciousness already.

This has been a long and at times earnest discussion, which is somewhat surprising to me as it's completely irrelevant to most of us. The temporary limit only affects those who normally travel between 104kph and 110kph and I'd suggest that would be a minority of KBers. If you took the Harleys out of the equation, the proportion would then likely be statistically insignificant.

[jasonu]

Fuck, it's Stuff M. - EVERYTHING they publish about cops is negative, it's what they do.
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Looks like a fair article. Saying fatal accidents were far more often caused by substance abusers, tired drivers, highly reckless drivers, the very young and the very old rather than those doing 104kph sounds reasonable to me.

Having said that, Castlecliff isn't exactly the Browns Bay of Ganganui...