Speed tolerance reduced for December and January

[swbarnett]

Um........did we ever say that the policy doesnt apply to nice people?

It's been fairly well publicised. Nil ambush there.

I was sticking out like a beacon, likely to be why I got so few speeds. Like, one. By deduction I got somone who wasn't paying attention.

Or someone who was paying attention. To the road, not the speedo.

[swbarnett]

I always think of that old retort when people tell me they slowed down........If I pulled you out of your car and started beating you with a baton, would you want me to stop or just slow down?

If you slow down enough it would be as good as stopping. Being hit by anything that is moving slow enough does no harm.

[willytheekid]

....I'm in a cage today.

...Just dont make a habit of it

[Zedder]

Just the one speeding ticket, $30, what a revenue collecting bastard I am.

Well maybe not you.

However, comparing better revenue from other fines (according to you and colleagues) red light runners versus "speeders".

In Auckland from 2008-2012, 1646 red light runner incidents resulting in deaths and injuries. So, 1646 @$150 fine each gives $246,900 based on all vehicle drivers being fined.

Out of about 600,000 vehicles in Auckland say 180,000 (165-200,000 cross the Auckland Harbour bridge everyday) and using 16.6% (1 in 6 drivers get tickets) gives 29,880 and $896,400 potential revenue for one day in Auckland alone. Hmmm...

[angle]

Ticket 1. Truck driver at 78kmh not wearing seatbelt.

Maybe he took it off when you stopped him?

We do what we do. People have every right to disagree but it wont change what we do.

You do realise that you've just said that you don't serve the public.

[Bald Eagle]

Nostalgia

The Auckland City Traffic Dept (pre merger with the MoT)

Yes, good old days. Only radars we had were stationary mode only. I rode an R80RT.

Feck, we've come a long way. I used to go out with a ticket book and crash pad. No baton. No pepper spray. No taser. I actually didn't feel less safe. Chases were an every day event, far less now.


It was a bit wild west, by todays standards. Dear Lord, I'd go back in a trice.

Ah the good old days, was CIB then uniform popo out of Auckland Central back then .

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[Clockwork]

True!

I want anybody who gets a ticket for 105kph to scam and post it on this thread...

Erm.... so does this count?

Ticket for 105. Yes. 105.

Okay, bring on the derision.

[rastuscat]

Being hit by anything that is moving slow enough does no harm.

Without knowing it you've posted the perfect argument for speed enforcement.

Welcome to the fold, brother.

SMIRK.....

[bogan]

Erm.... so does this count?

Hehe, now this man, has earned a donut.

[rastuscat]

Maybe go back to horse and cart/bicycles only then. The trade off would be the cost of everything would go through the roof and many businesses would fail. Is doing that worth the lives that would be saved??

Your point is well made Citizen.

We need to allow for the movement of people and goods around the roading network in order to allow our society to function. Thing is, we need to have some rules to try to avoid the movement from becoming disproportionately dangerous.

So we enact laws to meet the balance between the need for mobility and the need for safety.

If we went back to horses and carts less people would die, but at the expense of the wellbeing of the economy and societal activities.

The balance ebbs and flows, and debate about it is healthy. What we have now is an evolution of the past, and it will continue to evolve.

And we live in the now, with what we have.

Donuts.

[rastuscat]

Maybe he took it off when you stopped him?.

Nope. Wearing a hi viz shirt so it was obvious from miles away. Still not on when he stopped, and he admitted not wearing it.

But maybe we're both wrong, the driver and I. Stuff on KB is always right, of course.

[bogan]

The balance ebbs and flows, and debate about it is healthy.

Well that is good to hear! and it's obviously working as not long ago you were saying just shut up and take it cos whining on kb will make feck all difference, won't change a thing, and is just so much a waste of time...

[rastuscat]

You do realise that you've just said that you don't serve the public.

Lets see. Public votes for gubbermint. Gubbermint passes law. Gubbermint expects Popos to enforce law, pays them to do it. Popo Bosses set policy. Policy gets enforced.

Oddly, almost all the people we discuss enforcement with have a view on what we should be doing. And its normally not enforcing the rule they broke.

The occasional person does agree with us, but as a rule people dont like getting tickets.

Is that really news?

[rastuscat]

Well that is good to hear! and it's obviously working as not long ago you were saying just shut up and take it cos whining on kb will make feck all difference, won't change a thing, and is just so much a waste of time...

Yeah, but even Akzle is entitled to voice his view.

[bogan]

Yeah, but even Akzle is entitled to voice his view.

Yeh, but we only let him do that cos the site has an ignore function.