Police getting tougher on speed tolerance

[pritch]

It surprises me how easy I find it to sit at 100 without glancing at the speedo. I'm used to my car. Bike too, actually.

Possibly that's because you did that at work all day?

On the other hand things got tricky hereabout, even allowing for the major road construction. Leaving town the speed limit will change from whatever the temporary limit is to 50 briefly then to 70 briefly then 80, 100 for a k or so. Back to 80 for a few ks, up to 100 briefly then back to 80 for a few hundred metres before going back to 100. All of which probably won't do much for safety but should be a nice little earner.


And look what our resident geniuses have come up with now. If a single vehicle stops for any reason, all traffic in the only lane in that direction will be brought to a stop. But hey, it's only the main route north. They apparently forgot the part of Murphy's law that say, "If it can go wrong, it will go wrong."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-dail...rists-patience

[Jdogg]

Had a revenue collector yesterday, sitting at the end of the te horo passing lane heading south.

I was passing the usual numpty, that had been driving at 85_90ks, then sped up for the passing lane.....
I passed them at literally 103ks due to spotting the officer lasering me constantly (V1 was going nuts) the whole way down the passing lane.

The irony is, that 5k prior to the passing lane, there is a new road safety sign stating "don't take risks, wait for a passing lane" so I did - and I barely could.....

How is this type of speed trap helping ease the frustrations of slow drivers and creating smooth traffic flow?

He gave me a look and wagged his finger - really!! 103ks???

Just poor form -hardly a black spot at end of a straight 1k passing lane......

[R650R]

Pay & moneys is part the reason Trucks win out over trains, train drivers avg 1.5x as much as the truckies, trains take alot more people to operate (all too on decent wages) as the driver doesn't unload & it's not direct, and not being direct also means trucks have to be involved anyways
So yea, for alot more money you could stop a few longhauls going down SH1/SH2 but is it really worth it? The open road is (or should be) built to take them & the person that was holding them up is still out there holding everyone else up, I guess the only difference is now you can see the real cause of the congestion instead of assuming it's the truck holding everyone up

I wonder how many of the pro train lobby would give up their right to travel by car between cities/towns provinces. Eg the govt invests massively in rail and bans all but crucial supplies for road freight.
But to make the rail profitable they need passengers too so they ban travel in private car anywhere greater than 20km from your declared address, all other travel must be by bus or rail... can you imagine the outcry???
BTW that would massively lower the road toll too.....

[BlackSheepLogic]

Had a revenue collector yesterday, sitting at the end of the te horo passing lane heading south.

I was passing the usual numpty, that had been driving at 85_90ks, then sped up for the passing lane.....
I passed them at literally 103ks due to spotting the officer lasering me constantly (V1 was going nuts) the whole way down the passing lane.

The irony is, that 5k prior to the passing lane, there is a new road safety sign stating "don't take risks, wait for a passing lane" so I did - and I barely could.....

Seen the same tactics as well. They were a little more reasonable tho as I clipped pass at ~110 without issue.

I was passing the usual numpty, that had been driving at 85_90ks, then sped up for the passing lane.....

Had an instance over the holidays where a car in front took the passing lane to pass a slow & overly cautious driver. They drove along side until the passing lane finished and then moved back in behind. Next opportunity to pass I shut the gate.

[Flip]

The Rozza took a roasting on the news tonight.

[Kickaha]

I wonder how many of the pro train lobby would give up their right to travel by car between cities/towns provinces. Eg the govt invests massively in rail and bans all but crucial supplies for road freight.

Are you old enough to remember back to when rail was semi protected by a distance limit that trucks could operate to carrying certain types of freight?

[Scuba_Steve]

I wonder how many of the pro train lobby would give up their right to travel by car between cities/towns provinces. Eg the govt invests massively in rail and bans all but crucial supplies for road freight.
But to make the rail profitable they need passengers too so they ban travel in private car anywhere greater than 20km from your declared address, all other travel must be by bus or rail... can you imagine the outcry???
BTW that would massively lower the road toll too.....

From memory it was said there's only one rail in the world that has managed to turn their passenger side a profit & that's India where they also pack people in tight as they can & allow people to ride on top & out the side

Kiwirail (and thus the tax payer) would lose alot less money if they'd stop charging for fares & made the train free, go figure ay

[caspernz]

Are you old enough to remember back to when rail was semi protected by a distance limit that trucks could operate to carrying certain types of freight?

The poor service from rail in the pre-deregulation days is what most remember, unfortunately. Todays' environment with just in time thinking, doesn't fit with the rail approach, even if in reality it would benefit the country IMHO.

[R650R]

Are you old enough to remember back to when rail was semi protected by a distance limit that trucks could operate to carrying certain types of freight?

I'm well aware of how it was back in the day.... The day of state protectionism of its monopolistic enterprises.
Rail is probably a great thing in pioneer days when you don't have a modern road network, eg Napier to Taupo in a petrol powered Bedford truck was a 12 hr journey. But now its a....

[haydes55]

I just had a chat with an older lady at work. She was driving to raglan, coming into whatawhata, going between 80-100km/h (just cruising), she pulled over to let a car past (good bitch) then heard a police siren and pulled over, expecting the cop to chase the guy who overtook her for speeding. He parked up behind her and asked her why she pulled over for the faster guy...... Checked her license, rego, wof etc. Then sent her on her way.

Weird.

[scumdog]

I note in the news today a suggestion that the open road limit be reduced as low as 70km/hr as less people will die from not so greater impact when accidents do happen. I bet the police will collect a massive increase in revenue too.

You have your wires (and knickers) twisted over this.

The suggested 70kph was not for the 'open road' everywhere.

[Scuba_Steve]

You have your wires (and knickers) twisted over this.

The suggested 70kph was not for the 'open road' everywhere.

Just where it'll make the most $$$ right

[jellywrestler]

I note in the news today a suggestion that the open road limit be reduced as low as 70km/hr as less people will die from not so greater impact when accidents do happen. I bet the police will collect a massive increase in revenue too.

link please

[Reckless]

I just had a chat with an older lady at work. She was driving to raglan, coming into whatawhata, going between 80-100km/h (just cruising), she pulled over to let a car past (good bitch) then heard a police siren and pulled over, expecting the cop to chase the guy who overtook her for speeding. He parked up behind her and asked her why she pulled over for the faster guy...... Checked her license, rego, wof etc. Then sent her on her way.

Weird.

WTF getting into trouble for letting faster Traffic through............OH dear what next????


Mind you you just cant fix stupid. 6 crashes in 24hours due to inattention or stupidity?
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/91076-...-24-hours.html

[haydes55]

A quote from the Herald today, talking about how confusing propoganda contributed to driving attitudes "He said as of yesterday, only 14 tickets were issued for speeds of between 1-4km over a speed limit, compared with the 13 tickets that were issued throughout the same period during the December 2013-January 2014 campaign"

So scumdog was right. On the other hand, the police advertised for a decent length of time about zero tolerance, said once on the news they were no longer and then continued with the advertising that any speed above the limit is speeding.... Very confusing, the typical driver would be exposed to the police saying they will be ticketed for 101km/h 100 times for every time the police said they wouldn't be that strict. The majority of drivers would believe police operated at zero tolerance all xmas/new years. Their belief in the stringent policing may have diverted their attention away from safe driving, to slow driving. Slower driving and safer driving are not a correlation.