Police getting tougher on speed tolerance

[Scuba_Steve]

It's the basic driving things that piss me off most. Like turning into the correct lane at multi lane junctions. More people do it wrong than right. And following too closely. And not indicating turns.

Then if we write tickets for it, we get slated as road nazi snake bastards.

Not turning into correct lane is mostly through ignorance, they should be educated not extorted. Following too closely is on the rise as a result of the speed scam & especially with gang members sitting on passing lanes (course these gang members will also ignore bad driving like "tailgating"). Not indicating yea go right ahead ticket them... but do it legally for once ay

[haydes55]

It's the basic driving things that piss me off most. Like turning into the correct lane at multi lane junctions. More people do it wrong than right. And following too closely. And not indicating turns.

Then if we write tickets for it, we get slated as road nazi snake bastards.

No, I'd buy you donuts and praise you.

Update on road deaths this holiday season.

Just before the official holiday period begins, 4 dead from poor driving skills or distraction (u turn in front of a log truck).

1 person electrocuted after 2 cars collide on a gravel road (speed was not a factor. It's gravel, they were going too fast for their visibility and braking ability for that corner).

A woman died after a campervan pulled out of an intersection in front of a car.... You can't ticket stupid.

A man died after crashing into a milk tanker....

Another man died in his rental, wrong side of the road, hit an elderly couple head on.

Common theme here... Stupidity, poor judgement, lack of skill. These idiots will kill themselves by looking down a barrel of a gun and pulling the trigger sooner or later anyway.... Let them have their well deserved Darwin awards.

[TheDemonLord]

On the way back to Auckers in my Cage - I had to *555 someone who seemed to think that crossing the centreline on blind corners was a good idea

[Akzle]

On the way back to Auckers in my Cage - I had to *555 someone who seemed to think that crossing the centreline on blind corners was a good idea

depends how blind you consider blind.

I had someone make the complaint of me, so i stopped mid corner, got them to get into the driver seat and confirm how far they could actually see.

They were surprised that there was more road than the car length ahead of the vehicle.

Thankfully, 9 times in 10 the cops will ignore your facist gold* 555 shit.

[caspernz]

It's the basic driving things that piss me off most. Like turning into the correct lane at multi lane junctions. More people do it wrong than right. And following too closely. And not indicating turns.

Then if we write tickets for it, we get slated as road nazi snake bastards.

Same here. You'll never be every motorists' friend anyway, so if all the basic offences (some of which you mentioned above) were also ticketed with the same enthusiasm from time to time...it might go some way to remove the perception that speed is all the HP boys'n'gals look for.

[FJRider]

depends how blind you consider blind.

On one of my local roads ...

http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/your-...ng-centre-line

[TheDemonLord]

depends how blind you consider blind.

I had someone make the complaint of me, so i stopped mid corner, got them to get into the driver seat and confirm how far they could actually see.

They were surprised that there was more road than the car length ahead of the vehicle.

Thankfully, 9 times in 10 the cops will ignore your facist gold* 555 shit.

Blind as in - Napier - Taupo road, multiple corners, all right handers, and more than half his vehicle was across the Centreline.

I don't mind people cutting corners when you can see the exit - but this guy did it regardless.

[Akzle]

Blind as in - Napier - Taupo road, multiple corners, all right handers, and more than half his vehicle was across the Centreline.

I don't mind people cutting corners when you can see the exit - but this guy did it regardless.

meh. Your judgement call.
Wasnt a mitsi magna was it...

I got tooted at (yes, me!) for passing a dozen cars around a corner, it was either the bryndys or topuni, big fuck off sweepers where you can see for literally a kilometer. 'fuck you bitch arse aucklander' i thought.

I dont trust anyone elses judgement. For all i know (didnt have me scanner on) that cunt 555d me, because s/he was an ignorant bitch.
...I dont trust anyone elses judgement.

[BigAl]

No, I'd buy you donuts and praise you.

Update on road deaths this holiday season.

Just before the official holiday period begins, 4 dead from poor driving skills or distraction (u turn in front of a log truck).

1 person electrocuted after 2 cars collide on a gravel road (speed was not a factor. It's gravel, they were going too fast for their visibility and braking ability for that corner).

A woman died after a campervan pulled out of an intersection in front of a car.... You can't ticket stupid.

A man died after crashing into a milk tanker....

Another man died in his rental, wrong side of the road, hit an elderly couple head on.

Common theme here... Stupidity, poor judgement, lack of skill. These idiots will kill themselves by looking down a barrel of a gun and pulling the trigger sooner or later anyway.... Let them have their well deserved Darwin awards.

Yep no sign of being over the speed limit in these cases.

Passed a tractor doing about 50kph on sh1 at karopiro yesterday, who had a couple of kays of cars behind him, was all on when the passing lane came up.
These are the sort of drivers that should be ticketed for not pulling over as there were plenty of places to do so safely.

[rastuscat]

Not turning into correct lane is mostly through ignorance, they should be educated not extorted.

From time to time we have a campaign on lane turning. Almost everyone we stop for it says they knew the rule, they just didn't think to apply it.

Virtually everyone also says it was the first time they had ever not done it correctly, surprise, surprise.

One bloke I stopped and educated (hand him a brochure with all the right diagrams, explained the diagrams), I caught again a few days later doing exactly the same thing. Is it my fail for not educating him properly? Or is it his fault for not getting it right?

There's only so much education can do, Skoober.

[scumdog]

meh. Your judgement call.
Wasnt a mitsi magna was it...

I got tooted at (yes, me!) for passing a dozen cars around a corner, it was either the bryndys or topuni, big fuck off sweepers where you can see for literally a kilometer. 'fuck you bitch arse aucklander' i thought.

I dont trust anyone elses judgement. For all i know (didnt have me scanner on) that cunt 555d me, because s/he was an ignorant bitch.
...I dont trust anyone elses judgement.

Cemeteries is full of idjist that 'could see for literally a kilometer' that the road was clear.

Fuckin' retard idea passing a dozen cars on one corner.

Unless you passed them as they went the other way.

[scumdog]

1 person electrocuted after 2 cars collide on a gravel road (speed was not a factor. It's gravel, they were going too fast for their visibility and braking ability for that corner).

Speed WAS a factor - they drove too fast for their ability.

[rastuscat]

Same here. You'll never be every motorists' friend anyway, so if all the basic offences (some of which you mentioned above) were also ticketed with the same enthusiasm from time to time...it might go some way to remove the perception that speed is all the HP boys'n'gals look for.

I'm not an HP Popo, and speed isn't my thing. I spend far too much time on here defending our position on speed when I actually don't do much of it. Our bikes don't have radars.

Just to repeat myself, we are about cellphones, seatbelts, traffic lights and stop signs. And the odd other thing. We do speed stuff with a laser on the odd occasion (a.k.a. The Death Ray), or when some klutz doesn't see us in the rear view mirror and we pursuit check them at speed.

[Scuba_Steve]

From time to time we have a campaign on lane turning. Almost everyone we stop for it says they knew the rule, they just didn't think to apply it.

Virtually everyone also says it was the first time they had ever not done it correctly, surprise, surprise.

One bloke I stopped and educated (hand him a brochure with all the right diagrams, explained the diagrams), I caught again a few days later doing exactly the same thing. Is it my fail for not educating him properly? Or is it his fault for not getting it right?

There's only so much education can do, Skoober.

hmm, thought it was ignorance like the "keep left" which we see even on here so many are ignorant of... Still can't say that one [lane turning] bothers me too much; I sometimes get toots as I pull into the lane besides them or on occasion some brilliant "oh shit" faces but all in all I'm not to bothered by it... Now keeping left, THAT'S my pet peeve!

Oh & it is definitely his fault & if you were gonna legally ticket him I'd say go for it if he's affecting others but as I know you'd just run the extortion (probably cause you don't know the crimes you're committing or any other way) I can't say it's bad enough he needs to be financially raped for

[haydes55]

Speed WAS a factor - they drove too fast for their ability.

But they weren't above the speed limit. So they wouldn't get a ticket for speeding, therefore speed isn't a factor. That's how the reporting system seems to work. Remove speed limits, shift the onus of responsibility of safe speed onto those people who would die/get injured, if they fuck it up. If you don't know a safe speed for the patch of road in front of you, you are incapable of operating a vehicle.

If you think speed kills, you don't know how to control your vehicle.