It's official. NZ Police are retarded

**N4CR** · 21st November 2005, 09:21

Originally Posted by Bykey Cop

Sorry, you are wrong on that one... you must accelerate to a speed in excess of the posted speed limit to be charged and have your vehicle impounded.

BC.

That is not including the tolerance limit i'm guessing?

So here is me, on the right hand side of one car in the lane (within the law etc) and between another at the lights and I let rip with an awesome drag style launch and top out at 49kmh infront of the local constabulary.
No charge can get me?

As long as the car does not race me I'm guessing.. then you can get done for racing

**Xtat1k** · 21st November 2005, 09:41

they really are idiots, all it is is another money making scheme by the government, what a crock of shit. just like they want to add more taxes and fees for road use, the bastards

**Deano** · 21st November 2005, 09:52

Originally Posted by Bykey Cop

Sorry, you are wrong on that one... you must accelerate to a speed in excess of the posted speed limit to be charged and have your vehicle impounded.

BC.

I thought the boy racer legislation prohibited excessive acceleration ? Not sure if you could lose the vehicle over it though.

**Biff** · 21st November 2005, 11:49

Yet another proposed policy that will further alienate the police from their public.

"I know, instead of upgrading the roads and improving driving standards by making the licence application process harder, let's just charge people more money should they travel faster". What a load of crap.

How does this help protect us bikers against corner cutters, sudden lane changing, prat cagers talking on their mobile phones etc? New Zealand has a reputation for poor driving standards. And this isn’t because people drive in excess of the posted speed limits.

Improving driving standards is the only way to reduce the road death and injury toll. And the toll will keep rising until someone in authority listens to common sense, instead of repeating this shite every 6 months or so. Do some proper research you short sighted, narrow minded prats.

**TLDV8** · 21st November 2005, 12:07

Originally Posted by heavenly.talker

Excuse me...are you sure that you live in New Zealand sir?
There is not one place that could be called consistently dry!

Exactly...and anyone who travels on the Auckland motorway system as an example knows what happens when it rains...little skills in the dry then becomes no skills in the wet in a lot of cases. (imo)