Speed tolerance reduced for December and January

[RDJ]

Oh you can leave your i-Pad and any other valuables in plain sight in your unlocked car overnight.

Just don't act surprised when it goes awol.

and likewise when the insurance company refuse your claim - or at least drag it out painfully.

nek minnit you'll have us believe it's OK to leave a loaded gun lying around 'cos nobody else should mess with it so nobody will end up being shot...or sommat like that.

""nek minnit you'll have us believe it's OK to leave a loaded gun lying around 'cos nobody else should mess with it so nobody will end up being shot...or sommat like that"" - no, that's your straw man argument. Your assertion that I would do that does not follow from my previous statements.

""Oh you can leave your i-Pad and any other valuables in plain sight in your unlocked car overnight. Just don't act surprised when it goes awol."" - no, I don't intend to do that because the police take little or no interest in solving small-scale property crimes and the courts take little or no interest in punishing thieves. I am never surprised when people of low or no morals steal.

As for insurance - we pay high insurance rates not because honest people possess valuable staff they worked hard for but because lowlife scum steal it. And said lowlife scum don't get punished if they do get caught.

[bluninja]

Oh you can leave your i-Pad and any other valuables in plain sight in your unlocked car overnight.

Just don't act surprised when it goes awol.

and likewise when the insurance company refuse your claim - or at least drag it out painfully.

nek minnit you'll have us believe it's OK to leave a loaded gun lying around 'cos nobody else should mess with it so nobody will end up being shot...or sommat like that.

This happened to my cousins 8 year old son and his friends. Walk into an unlocked neighbours, house pick up the gun, play pretend "stick em up" and gun discharges into 8 year olds hand....a few inches away from his head. Lucky for the boys they lived and learned.

[Akzle]

This happened to my cousins 8 year old son and his friends.

well there's the fucking problem right there. your cousin is a fucking moron.

all kids should have guns, it should be taught in primary school.

but no, enforcement is more profitable than education. as you were.

[Ocean1]

If you work a month of 40 hour weeks to buy a bike and someone steals it, he's stolen a month of your 40-hour weeks' efforts.

In one case close to me the cost represented two years of saving from weekend jobs.

I know that machine intimately. Several times over the last few years I've come across similar bikes on a ride and asked politely to look closer. I may never find it. But I wouldn't bet on it.

[pritch]

all kids should have guns, it should be taught in primary school.
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That may be just a bit radical. Most boys used to be taught to shoot at secondary school. A few years ago most homes outside the 50kph areas had a firearm, that's probably still the case.

A farmer who doesn't own a gun is potentially a source of annoyance to his neighbours.

[roogazza]

Can't wait to see the police stats for the Dec/Jan period. They are to announced today.
Not that it made any difference to me or the death numbers.
For the moment it's back to 10 k tolerance.

[Akzle]

Can't wait to see the police stats for the Dec/Jan period. They are to announced today.
Not that it made any difference to me or the death numbers.
For the moment it's back to 10 k tolerance.

i dont think anyone gives a fuck. the cop line will be "alcohol" and "they were doing 105, clearly a hazard" and or every other bullshit that backs up their campaign.

i was doing 140 last night, in a cage no less, and got overtaken.

no one died.

[FJRider]

A farmer who doesn't own a gun is potentially a source of annoyance to his neighbours.

Most farm kids were wandering their farms with a .22 shooting rabbits ... long before they went to high school.

If a few of the stock rustlers knew how well armed most farms were ...
And how keen said farmers would be ... to shoot said rustlers ...

[slofox]

Sooooo...1 Feb today. Guess the lowered tolerance is gone for now, huh?

[Scuba_Steve]

i dont think anyone gives a fuck. the cop line will be "alcohol" and "they were doing 105, clearly a hazard" and or every other bullshit that backs up their campaign.

i was doing 140 last night, in a cage no less, and got overtaken.

no one died.

Bullshit!... NZ's biggest criminal gang says thats impossible; you would have been dead as soon as you hit 105km/h, tho today you can take it to 110km/h

[FJRider]

Sooooo...1 Feb today. Guess the lowered tolerance is gone for now, huh?

Do you think all the HP officers wont stop you if you only exceed the posted speed limit by 10 km/hr .. ?? ....

Those that feel obliged to stop ALL road users exceeding posted speed limits ... will continue to do so ...

[Mike.Gayner]

The police win either way with stats. Deaths and accidents are way down? Cops pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Deaths and accidents way up? Cops tell us that the number of tickets issued proves we're still going too fast. Of course they are never willing to entertain other factors like weather, road conditions, average newer age of vehicles etc.

[awa355]

Going up the hill out of Te A yesterday, it's a 70k zone. The speedo was reading 82kph when a cop came over the brow towards me.

You know what the buggar did?? just drove past. Didn't stop me, write a ticket, give me a lecture, nothing.

Here I was, endangering lives, excessive speeding breaking the law, and this popo just ignored me.

How the hell can society expect a safe world to live in when the police wont do their job? I've a damn good mind to complain!!

And, it was still January.

[Juniper]

The police win either way with stats. Deaths and accidents are way down? Cops pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Deaths and accidents way up? Cops tell us that the number of tickets issued proves we're still going too fast. Of course they are never willing to entertain other factors like weather, road conditions, average newer age of vehicles etc.

Average stupidity of newer and older drivers....

Average people drinking......

Talking on their phone on speaker hidden in their lap.....

[Swoop]

The transition period will be interesting.

I'm not seeing a massive increase in road deaths currently, so perhaps the 4kph "tolerance" is just the bullshit we know it to be.

Good to see we are still not concentrating on driver training and education.