Police getting tougher on speed tolerance

[mstriumph]

My job isn't done until I get the minimum driving age rasied to 25.

hell no ... raise it to 60 for new drivers and demand a reference from their grandparents ...

[mstriumph]

A side effect of that will be more road users with no road experience who think they are awesome because they have life experience.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

some of us ARE awesome ....

[Banditbandit]

Well, the police themselves have just given us an outstanding example ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay...ectid=11368598

[Dave-]

Something Something GPS accuracy.

OK keyboard warriors, let's hear it!

[scumdog]

Well, the police themselves have just given us an outstanding example ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay...ectid=11368598

"Rare Hot Rod"?

Well there's the medias credibility right out the window for a start.

Good to see they're right up to date with the incident too...September is nearly now isn't it?


Seems like the driver planted boot and din't realise how much stopping distance he would need and used another car on front to stop his progress - a good thing no speed was involved or there would be death in abundance going by what I have read on KB!

But you would have thought the driver would have taken more care with a car of that type...maybe he learned his 'skills' from some on KB??

[GrayWolf]

"Rare Hot Rod"?

Well there's the medias credibility right out the window for a start.

Good to see they're right up to date with the incident too...September is nearly now isn't it?


Seems like the driver planted boot and din't realise how much stopping distance he would need and used another car on front to stop his progress - a good thing no speed was involved or there would be death in abundance going by what I have read on KB!

But you would have thought the driver would have taken more care with a car of that type...maybe he learned his 'skills' from some on KB??

So there you go, even the Popo act 'dumb' sometimes. He'd had the car 3 weeks? Then was out 'hooning it'? I'll bet he hadnt traveled many K's so was unused to the acceleration and power!

[unstuck]

Well, the police themselves have just given us an outstanding example ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay...ectid=11368598

Fucker paid 89g for a comaro, he should be hung.

[Reckless]

And the zero tolerance hubbub was caused by the media, not us. I doubt anyone has been tagged for 1 over. And if they have, it's be unusual circumstance.

The media may have reported it but your man said the words
"Anything over the limit is speeding and anyone speeding can expect to be pulled over," police assistant commissioner, road policing, Dave Cliff said
You guys on the ground may not be enforcing it but the intention is certainly there. I've never seen a backlash like this.
It goes to show the signs are there, more and more people are increasingly getting sick of the carry on out there.
The speed pressure is taking the pleasure out of a trip away and adding unneeded stress.
Constantly looking at your speedo, riding the brake down inclines in case you wander over 4kph.
I guess if people cant be stuffed going away that also suits the cause?
I reckon if I saw a cop on the side of the road with a flat and a flat spare I'd just keep driving. That would never have been the case a few years ago, thats for sure!
Even as a young hoon I would have stopped and helped. You have guys changed (or are changing) the Game to us and them I reckon?

Something Something GPS accuracy.

OK keyboard warriors, let's hear it!

You mean these LOL

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...y-cost-drivers

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...y-cost-drivers
He was done for 5k over

[Big Dog]

Hmm, how about normalised per km then?

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Nope, fuck all there either.

Based on that it has not been reductions in speed limit tolerance but rather reductions in how far people travel.

That means there is just as valid an argument for petrol prices saving lives. Or gridlock, or public transport.

Year In, year out I do less kms across all vehicles. Mostly because of cost. I doubt this makes me safer.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[BigAl]

.....Seems like the driver planted boot and din't realise how much stopping distance he would need and used another car on front to stop his progress......

Prolly too busy looking at his speedo to notice car in front stopped.

I actually feel sorry for him, dare I say it.

[scumdog]

The media may have reported it but your man said the words
"Anything over the limit is speeding and anyone speeding can expect to be pulled over," police assistant commissioner, road policing, Dave Cliff said
You guys on the ground may not be enforcing it but the intention is certainly there. I've never seen a backlash like this.
It goes to show the signs are there, more and more people are increasingly getting sick of the carry on out there.

Ahem, I must have missed the part where (a) people travelling at 1kph over the speed limit WILL be pulled over and (b) people travelling at 1kph over the speed limit WILL be issued a speeding ticket.


Bloody lot of hanky wringing knicker twisting Chicken Littles out there I tells ya...

[Akzle]

we should be looking at media who made this news with that expression on your face you have when you are talking to someone who has something grotesque smeared across their face but you're too nice to say anything about it.

bukake!

One of the things I found surprising when I moved to NZ is that learners can drive a car (even with restrictions) un supervised, and at a very young age. The UK you cannot touch a car till 17yrs old, and MUST have a qualified driver in the front seat beside you.

you can fuck right off. There are 12 year olds i would give the keys to any vehicle up to the 4.0. Mainly to drive me home from the pub, but still.

your average fuckwit (you) i wouldnt trust with grandmas tercel.

Young fullas can be trained. Its know-it-all old fucks that worry me.

[neels]

Year In, year out I do less kms across all vehicles. Mostly because of cost. I doubt this makes me safer.

Yes it does, less exposure to risk = lower overall risk. Very hard to die in a car crash if you're sitting in your living room at home.

The noise seems to have died down a bit now, which probably means the policy will be applied but just not advertised.

Either way, as suggested above you're now likely to have people fixated on their speedo's and braking on every downhill to avoid being ticketed for a few k's over the limit, rather than observing what's happening in the world past their windscreen.

[Banditbandit]

The media may have reported it but your man said the words
"Anything over the limit is speeding and anyone speeding can expect to be pulled over," police assistant commissioner, road policing, Dave Cliff said
You guys on the ground may not be enforcing it but the intention is certainly there. I've never seen a backlash like this.
It goes to show the signs are there, more and more people are increasingly getting sick of the carry on out there.
The speed pressure is taking the pleasure out of a trip away and adding unneeded stress.
Constantly looking at your speedo, riding the brake down inclines in case you wander over 4kph.

I've just spent two days on the road - did about 1,000ks - passed numerous cops - at least half of them I reckon I was doing more than 100 klicks, but less than 105 klicks .. and I never got stopped - not once ...

The media fuss is one thing - the reality on the roads appears to be something else ..

[Trouser]

You should see the fuckwits around here. I drive 30ks on the open road each way to and from work and since the police came up with this the number of numb nuts that drive at 90 has increased 10 fold. Crazy.