NZTA speed cameras

[Laava]

I often sit behind people doing 70 on their way into town and then when they get to town and the lower posted speeds, they just keep going 70. So to start with they are holding me up and then they just disappear in town.

[rastuscat]

UK has tailgating detection in some of their "Ai" cameras. So they should not be too far away getting them here too.

https://inshur.com/en-gb/blog/ai-spe...s-need-to-know

The sooner following too close is added via AI cameras the better.

[jellywrestler]

The sooner following too close is added via AI cameras the better.

hahaha, they can't even pick up cell phone useage one of the biggest threats out there

[jellywrestler]

I often sit behind people doing 70 on their way into town and then when they get to town and the lower posted speeds, they just keep going 70. So to start with they are holding me up and then they just disappear in town.

thank them for flushing out the cops in town then

[sugilite:Me]

The sooner following too close is added via AI cameras the better.

For sure. I'm with Jellywrestler too on the cracking down on cell phone use.

[rastuscat]

For sure. I'm with Jellywrestler too on the cracking down on cell phone use.

The cameras that Acusensus use are capable of seatbelt, cellphone, speed, following distance and even impaired driving detection.

But we are so far behind the world in terms of implementation, it'll take decades for us to have the nouse to use that technology.

And we'll all sit on the interweb and moan about big brother watching.

[R650R]

My usual morning run of speed limits in order in Auckland: 50, 60, 50, 30, 40, 30, 40, 80, 50, 40*, 50, 40*, 50, 40*, 50, 30. And that’s over a 20km distance.

* school zones.

Last time I was in Wellywood I decided to go to Lyell bay I think for a morning coffee and breakfast then cut through lower suburbs across to western coast for explore about.
BIG mistake the whole area around airport peninsula and to cafe was a minefield of 30/40 zones, speed bumps and just really sucked compared to ten years earlier when I did same cafe.
To top it off the cafe brekky was well disappointing compared to previous standard and a large coffee was served in a freakin tall glass instead of mug.
But at least the bike didn’t catch fire, big night out day before and I forgot to close fuel cap after filling!!! Spent half morning g just thinking the old girl was running rich.

[R650R]

did a decnt chucnk of the south island last week lewis pass etc and three vehicles packed in tight was the biggest issue on several occasions to hinder passing, they just sat in a road train, either way that's just one thing they could actually police, get people actually aware of their own poor driving

Yep that’s a pet peeve of mine the number of missed overtake opportunities because there won’t be a safe gap to pull into. It prob contributes to a fair few head on crashes where people don’t comprehend the end problem. And it’s prob impossible to collect data on to justify an education campaign and then blaming the “innocent bystanders” never goes down well.

[SaferRides]

Yep that’s a pet peeve of mine the number of missed overtake opportunities because there won’t be a safe gap to pull into. It prob contributes to a fair few head on crashes where people don’t comprehend the end problem. And it’s prob impossible to collect data on to justify an education campaign and then blaming the “innocent bystanders” never goes down well.

It's never really an issue on the bike, but can be a real pain when driving. What annoys me on the bike is bikers hugging the centre line who don't look in their mirrors.

If I'm in a line and not overtaking, I leave a big gap. Makes everyone's life easier.

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[rastuscat]

If I'm in a line and not overtaking, I leave a big gap. Makes everyone's life easier.

Once the decision is made not to overtake, life just gets easier, more relaxed and enjoyable if you leave at least the legal following distance, or more.

[jellywrestler]

And we'll all sit on the interweb and moan about big brother watching.

people moan about every little thing, don't put that in the way. What happened to a policeman standing at point spotting cell phone users, and another pulling them over? Is that beyond them now?

[F5 Dave]

They could pick up non seat belt use at same time. They use multiple for speeding often.
But yeah.

[BMWST?]

you don't get out much, 40 and 30 are not uncommon now too

you have further illustrated the point nicely Thankyou

[pritch]

hahaha, they can't even pick up cell phone useage one of the biggest threats out there

Yeah but there seem to be serious questions as to the detail provided by the cameras. People in Australia are complaining they got a ticket but weren't using a phone. It seems anything in your hand tends to be identified as a phone.. IIRC an old bloke got a ticket and was fined despite not even owning a phone. That only got resolved after it was featured on TV.

[nerrrd]

I doubt anything but 100% AI monitoring will make much difference to compliance anyway, plus meaningful fines.

Maybe whatever they set up for congestion charging (if that is still happening) could be leveraged to cover traffic offences as well.

Self driving cars will make it all academic in the long run, but still not convinced the economics will stack up for those if just left to the market.