Speed and tolerance

[Scuba_Steve]

Same old self justification. Tripe.

Donuts.

Yep you're gonna have to explain to me again how endangering the lives of road users & increasing the risk of accidents is improving "safety"

Vodka.

[slofox]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

I actually videoed a local compulsory stop for 15 minutes one morning. Only two of the cars that went through bothered to actually stop and one of those had to because of oncoming traffic. Offered to show the results to the local cops. No interest. Funnily enough. So I sent it to the local newspaper. They stuck it on their website. No further interest there either.

May as well make all compulsory stops into give way signs.

[HenryDorsetCase]

can you guys sell me some speed? My tolerance seems to have increased and I don't get the same oomph out of it than I used to.

[IkieBikie]

I actually videoed a local compulsory stop for 15 minutes one morning. Only two of the cars that went through bothered to actually stop and one of those had to because of oncoming traffic. Offered to show the results to the local cops. No interest. Funnily enough. So I sent it to the local newspaper. They stuck it on their website. No further interest there either.

May as well make all compulsory stops into give way signs.

Come on Slofox remember 3 years ago when a coppa ticketed 3 LOR riders for not putting their foot down at a stop sign. On the way to Child Cancer Toyrun

[swarfie]

Come on Slofox remember 3 years ago when a coppa ticketed 3 LOR riders for not putting their foot down at a stop sign. On the way to Child Cancer Toyrun

Yeah some local cop stopped me once years ago for not putting my foot down at a ComStop. I asked him if it was compulsory for car drivers to open their door and put their foot on the road as well? I also asked him where in the road code it said you had to get your foot on the road.. Only tells you to stop in such a position that you can see if there's no traffic coming before proceeding...or some such words. Plonker

[george formby]

Yeah some local cop stopped me once years ago for not putting my foot down at a ComStop. I asked him if it was compulsory for car drivers to open their door and put their foot on the road as well? I also asked him where in the road code it said you had to get your foot on the road.. Only tells you to stop in such a position that you can see if there's no traffic coming before proceeding...or some such words. Plonker

I quite often do the feet up stop at junctions, proper stop, too. None of this rolling nonsense. Prolly get done for reckless & failure to stop.

Norra lorra speed or tolerance in this thread so far. Have another crack at it Rastus, staying on topic compulsory.

Nobody has mentioned speeding up on passing lanes yet. Starter for 10? That's my fav gripe at the mo. Spend weeks following at <80kmh & whoa, passing lane, they hoof it to >110kmh. Rips my nightie no end.

[MVnut]

I quite often do the feet up stop at junctions, proper stop, too. None of this rolling nonsense. Prolly get done for reckless & failure to stop.

Norra lorra speed or tolerance in this thread so far. Have another crack at it Rastus, staying on topic compulsory.

Nobody has mentioned speeding up on passing lanes yet. Starter for 10? That's my fav gripe at the mo. Spend weeks following at <80kmh & whoa, passing lane, they hoof it to >110kmh. Rips my nightie no end.

........or the fact that speed is not the real issue....it's more about traffic flow and courtesy to other users. I ride to survive (and enjoy) and if I make an overtake I get it done quickly and efficiently spending as little time on the wrong side of the road as possible (basically this means I usually break the speed limit during the overtake, which I know is an offence.....and if 'Rastus' tickets me for this so be it. ) Touch wood, still ticket (and prang) free after over 40 years and a lot of kays

[swbarnett]

if they have a look and nothing is coming

Then what's the problem? Sounds to me like this spot should be a give way.

[swbarnett]

May as well make all compulsory stops into give way signs.

YES! I've yet to find a compulsory stop where I had to actually stop to see enough to proceed safely.

[Jay GTI]

I'm training a couple of cops on how to use radars. We've done about 10 hours of practical training so far, 10 to go.

In the 10 hours so far we've written 7 tickets. We've driven past hundreds of vehicles, probably thousands. Open road and city.

The guy we just dealt with tells me everyone does it. Well, based on the last 10 hours, he's in the top 0.1%.

Same old self justification. Tripe.

Donuts.

You're blatantly doing it wrong then, you'll never get your wonderful message across that way. Go find the bottom of a nice hill with a blind corner to wait around.

Not everyboby speeds all the time, but they will at some point during their journey. It's up to you to find those special locations where the likelyhood of marginal speeding is high enough to help you meet your donut quota and really teach those dangerous bastards a lesson. You should know this by now.

Failing that, lower the threshold, that would make it easier for you, you won't have to travel so far to get to the money and it's harder for the crims to remember where you like to park.

[MVnut]

You're blatantly doing it wrong then, you'll never get your wonderful message across that way. Go find the bottom of a nice hill with a blind corner to wait around.

Not everyboby speeds all the time, but they will at some point during their journey. It's up to you to find those special locations where the likelyhood of marginal speeding is high enough to help you meet your donut quota and really teach those dangerous bastards a lesson. You should know this by now.

Failing that, lower the threshold, that would make it easier for you, you won't have to travel so far to get to the money and it's harder for the crims to remember where you like to park.

You're even more sarcastic than me !!! in all honesty I think cops have a difficult job and most (but certainly not all) do an admirable job. Also the cop on the beat (car) doesn't make policy, merely enforces (hopefully using their brain as to the best recourse). I did have a major run in with the local plod over a firearm incident about 10 years ago where a neighbour had hired some fuckwit to shoot rabbits and he nearly shot my daughter (bullet hit her KTM as she was riding)....the local copper did SFA, I was tempted to take the law into my own hands

[george formby]

........or the fact that speed is not the real issue....it's more about traffic flow and courtesy to other users. I ride to survive (and enjoy) and if I make an overtake I get it done quickly and efficiently spending as little time on the wrong side of the road as possible (basically this means I usually break the speed limit during the overtake, which I know is an offence.....and if 'Rastus' tickets me for this so be it. ) Touch wood, still ticket (and prang) free after over 40 years and a lot of kays

Guilty as charged, too. If it's safe to do so & not the usual snooker game I would rather just have them in my mirrors than be stuck in a slowly fuming queue worried about front and back.

YES! I've yet to find a compulsory stop where I had to actually stop to see enough to proceed safely.

Gotta a couple up here. Both with a blind crest to your left, one is a crossroads with a slow vehicle bay on the hill , it's 100kmh going to 70kmh at the brow of the hill / crossroads/ stop junction. Slow vehicle bay coming up the hill to your right, too. Not a place for glancing. The speed limits are most definitely just a suggestion. Somebody has to get to the front at any cost! It's quite common to have that somebody going through the junction at 120+ from either direction.

[Akzle]

I'm training a couple of cops on how to use radars. We've done about 10 hours of practical training so far, 10 to go.

In the 10 hours so far we've written 7 tickets. We've driven past hundreds of vehicles, probably thousands. Open road and city.

The guy we just dealt with tells me everyone does it. Well, based on the last 10 hours, he's in the top 0.1%.

Same old self justification. Tripe.

Donuts.

fuck everyone else. I go fast. Whos fuken business is it?

[Akzle]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

and how many problems does it cause? Asides from twisting your nipples?
Fuckall? Maybe it should be a give way instead.

[Akzle]

Rigorous muscle memory training an testing to ensure the radar gun is not mixed up with the 9mm

fuck, if only they were as accurate with bullets as lasers.
I think they learn to twitch at *just the right time, so 104 becomes 114.