Police getting tougher on speed tolerance

[unstuck]

When it suits

plenty of cops send mixed messages or break the rules when it suits them

no consistency

Followed one to Wanganui last week, he cruised at a consistent 118-120kmh for over 20km...all sweet, he knew I was there

I got a ticket for 90 in an 80 two days later

fuckin double standards

Yeah, must say this kinda pisses me off too. But who ya gonna call, ghostbusters?

[rastuscat]

Quite right and you have to approach it from that angle.

But someone up your donut chain can also say we need to improve through better, more professional instruction. Might cost said individual their weekly donuts, of course. Just sayin.

Up the food chain they deal with all the other agencies most days. I'm sure they've had their say about driver licencing, road works, lots of stuff we don't get involved in much.

[pete376403]

I recall that some years back the police were against advanced driver training, suggesting that it would encourage drivers to speed or take more risks

[scumdog]

I recall that some years back the police were against advanced driver training, suggesting that it would encourage drivers to speed or take more risks

Can't ever remember that but it's logic right up there with the attitude from some when seat-belts came in (not any cops that I can recall - but who knows?).

'Some' thought drivers would think themselves invincible because the seat-belts would save them, ergo they would then take more risks, drive faster.

[rastuscat]

I recall that some years back the police were against advanced driver training, suggesting that it would encourage drivers to speed or take more risks

Your opinion appears to conflict with the view that we want people to go faster so we can collect more revenue.

So, which way do you want it? You can't have both.

[Taxythingy]

Guess it is one thing to pass concerns up to minister level, but publicly saying it without govt support could get politically dicey.

The German system is not a perfect answer, either. They get their 40-50 hrs training and are then qualified. That isn't very much time behind the wheel before being allowed to tow, drive on the autobahn, navigate between the bazillions of tree-lined roads, deal with frozen cobblestones, trams and many other hazards besides. I'm an advocate of a mix of the two.

[pete376403]

Your opinion appears to conflict with the view that we want people to go faster so we can collect more revenue.

So, which way do you want it? You can't have both.

Might have been this: http://acrs.org.au/files/arsrpe/RS010018.pdf , there is a reference to a NZ study (Wynne-Jones, J.D. & Hurst, P. (1985). The AA Driver Training Evaluation. Traffic Research Report No. 33. Wellington, New Zealand: NZ Ministry of Transport

So maybe not Police so much as Ministry of Transport

[James Deuce]

Might have been this: http://acrs.org.au/files/arsrpe/RS010018.pdf , there is a reference to a NZ study (Wynne-Jones, J.D. & Hurst, P. (1985). The AA Driver Training Evaluation. Traffic Research Report No. 33. Wellington, New Zealand: NZ Ministry of Transport

So maybe not Police so much as Ministry of Transport

I published references in the mid-2000s on KB to documents where Police Senior Traffic Supers were saying the same thing in the mid-2000s both in official documents and in the news media, both print and broadcast.

[skippa1]

Yeah, must say this kinda pisses me off too. But who ya gonna call, ghostbusters?

And that's the problem.....fuckin cops 1312

[bogan]

Your opinion appears to conflict with the view that we want people to go faster so we can collect more revenue.

So, which way do you want it? You can't have both.

Nah you don't need people to go faster, just move the tax threshold for what 'fast' is; you know, like what the thread is about.

[rastuscat]

The $30 tickets the lower tolerance will generate will add feck all to the consolidated fund. It costs $26 to process an average ION. The extra speeding tickets will generate feck all once their cost is considered. If it was all about revenue we'd be sitting on corners making non-indicators.

[Taxythingy]

If it was all about revenue we'd be sitting on corners making non-indicators.

Farrk, that'd pay off the national debt if you sent half the NI team to Chur Chur for a week.

[unstuck]

Farrk, that'd pay off the national debt if you sent half the NI team to Chur Chur for a week.

They would only catch cops down here.

[jellywrestler]

The $30 tickets the lower tolerance will generate will add feck all to the consolidated fund. It costs $26 to process an average ION. The extra speeding tickets will generate feck all once their cost is considered. If it was all about revenue we'd be sitting on corners making non-indicators.

you'd get more people on their cellphones round here...

[Big Dog]

Your opinion appears to conflict with the view that we want people to go faster so we can collect more revenue.

So, which way do you want it? You can't have both.

So raise the speed limit here this is viable and double down on infringements.


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