Where are the police and camera vans?

[5ive]

so basically what you're saying is that the problem is your generation and that stats are improving as y'all die off.

i couldn't agree more...

It's only because young people these days are so lazy.

[Night Falcon]

I've developed software that reveals in real time the location of every speed camera in the country on any given day. I'm thinking of making it available fee on the internitz, only thing is it doesn't work

[Krayy]

On the North Island 800 we saw probably 5 vans and about 9 cops, not counting the 20 or so that were at Kawhia harbour for that fugitive.

one on Oto/Ngarawahia road and 2 vans on the Kaimais along with 3 patrols (killjoys), one on Tauranga/Awakere rd and the other between Taupo and Turangi.

Perhaps they are ring fencing the Waikato to protect the rest of us?

[Moise]

On the North Island 800 we saw probably 5 vans and about 9 cops, not counting the 20 or so that were at Kawhia harbour for that fugitive.

one on Oto/Ngarawahia road and 2 vans on the Kaimais along with 3 patrols (killjoys), one on Tauranga/Awakere rd and the other between Taupo and Turangi.

Perhaps they are ring fencing the Waikato to protect the rest of us?

Sounds like they may even be targeting the more dangerous stretches of roads?

I haven't seen a camera van on an Auckland motorway for a while now, probably because travelling at 100 is just about impossible.

[Swoop]

Auckland SH16.
New one on Old North Rd.
Just before Old Railway Rd.

[Moise]

I saw 4 cop cars between Mercer and Drury yesterday. Obviously targeting the tourists as they were hiding up the on ramps and one was on the median after the corner at the north end of the Mercer straight.

Why aren't they patrolling more dangerous places at this time of year? No wonder the holiday road toll is so high.

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[Akzle]

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Why aren't they patrolling more dangerous places at this time of year? No wonder the holiday road toll is so high.

except that the police's effect on road toll is <0. any stretch of road is dangerous if you're a fuckwit.

[SVboy]

except that the police's effect on road toll is <0. any stretch of road is dangerous if you're a fuckwit.

I imagine you would find the road an especially dangerous place then!

[aws]

I don't have a huge problem with policing of bad driving and dangerous speeding, however some of their actions make it hard to respect them. We traveled east along SH2 on Boxing Day and saw about 4 cops on the new section of highway between Mangatawhiri and Maramarua. Probably the newest and safest section of SH2 and the only place we saw cops. And worst of it was the 2 we saw lasering westbound cars as they exited the passing lanes by the golf club. If that isn't revenue gathering then I don't know what is. These cars have just put up 18km of 90kph Stupider Speed Zone then have their first short chance to overtake the laggards, and the cops want to ping people coming off the passing lane onto a perfectly safe section of highway. And they wonder why people have a lack of respect...

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[awayatc]

They stoped wondering and worrying about that quite a while ago.

Comes a point where you can't sink deeper.

[Akzle]

I imagine you would find the road an especially dangerous place then!

not for the last few decades

[Akzle]

I don't have a huge problem with policing of bad driving and dangerous speeding, however some of their actions make it hard to respect them. We traveled east along SH2 on Boxing Day and saw about 4 cops on the new section of highway between Mangatawhiri and Maramarua. Probably the newest and safest section of SH2 and the only place we saw cops. And worst of it was the 2 we saw lasering westbound cars as they exited the passing lanes by the golf club. If that isn't revenue gathering then I don't know what is. These cars have just put up 18km of 90kph Stupider Speed Zone then have their first short chance to overtake the laggards, and the cops want to ping people coming off the passing lane onto a perfectly safe section of highway. And they wonder why people have a lack of respect...

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i was actually impressed. i've seen a few signs up "look for motorcyclists they're hard to spot" and "traffic following? pull left" and something in the paper "dont speed up in the RH on passing lanes or you're a fucking cunt"(sic)

but fucked if i know the last cunt actually ticketed for impeding or failing to keep left.

[R650R]

I saw 4 cop cars between Mercer and Drury yesterday. Obviously targeting the tourists as they were hiding up the on ramps and one was on the median after the corner at the north end of the Mercer straight.

Why aren't they patrolling more dangerous places at this time of year? No wonder the holiday road toll is so high.

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Only four? Some of them musty be on holiday then. Sounds completely normal for that route if a bit light actually.

Strangely it is a dangerous place, manyhave died over the years along there. It makes sense, high traffic volume, easy to 'spot the one not behaving like the others' (wether its speed or crap driving) and also safe stopping and turning opportunities for cop and offender.
Doesn't it make sense to stop offenders before they get to the 'bad' roads??????

Really if your attracting attention in a motorway environment soemthigns wrong with your driving. And if your a smart cookie their hiding places are evry obvious.....

[Moise]

Only four? Some of them musty be on holiday then. Sounds completely normal for that route if a bit light actually.

Strangely it is a dangerous place, manyhave died over the years along there. It makes sense, high traffic volume, easy to 'spot the one not behaving like the others' (wether its speed or crap driving) and also safe stopping and turning opportunities for cop and offender.
Doesn't it make sense to stop offenders before they get to the 'bad' roads??????

Really if your attracting attention in a motorway environment soemthigns wrong with your driving. And if your a smart cookie their hiding places are evry obvious.....

I'm very familiar with that section of SH1 and they weren't where people have died, just the places where they can hide and catch the unwary tourists.

They must be some of the worst road cops in the country. A few weeks ago I was travelling south just past the Bridge to Nowhere. There was a cop driving north with his lights on. He must have done a U-turn at the bridge, because he then passed us going south at about 160 km/h. A few minutes later, we passed him by Hampton Downs where he had pulled someone over.

My guess is he'd clocked someone travelling south, did a U-turn, then chased them at way over 100 km/h until catching them at Hampton Downs.

Now if Joe Public did those sort of speeds, it would be called incredibly dangerous and a threat to other road users. But it's OK if a cop does it???

Sorry about the rant, but I know someone who was directly affected when a cop doing a U-turn on a blind hill near Te K killed a motorcyclist a few years back.

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[rastuscat]

After many years of defending road policing on here, I've now had 18 months to look at the situation from the other side.

When in the Police you think you are doing good stuff to reduce the risk of crashes, and the impact of crashes.

In the last 18 months I've been commuting to and from work and doing quite a few km on the open road.

I pretty much stick to the rules, but far more because it's a good idea, rather than any perceived influence of the Police. There are days when I stray from the straight and narrow, but generally not so.

Potentially I suspect that because I'm pretty much a goodie two shoes I just don't have to worry about the Police.

I actually have a great deal of sympathy for those who live in the paranoia that is displayed on here. It can't be fun.

Meantime, I don't feel that Police have much influence on my riding. I'm on the north side of Christchurch, and pretty much all the cops in Christchurch hang out on the East.