New Police Stats.

[Lou Girardin]

Just been released; Officer issued speeding tickets increased last year from 230,000 to 400,000. 70% of tickets are for less than 20 km/h over the limit.
It's those damn killer, rabid, etc. etc. speeders again, risking all our lives by doing 11 km over the limit.
But it's not about revenue, oh no. It's lives they're saving out there.
Shame they don't get fixated on people like the clown that thought a metre off my tailight was a safe following distance yesterday. If one of Pudpluckers mates had seen me lanesplit to lose him I probably would have got the ticket.

[6Chris6]

Shame they don't get fixated on people like the clown that thought a metre off my tailight was a safe following distance yesterday. If one of Pudpluckers mates had seen me lanesplit to lose him I probably would have got the ticket.

I would much prefer it if they "policed" the red light runners a bit more as i've almost dropped the bike through pulling out then slamming on the anchors as some dickhead goes through 5 secs after the red.
Surely this is a much bigger contributer (sp?) to accidets than 11k over the limit.
Not to mention the dickhead in the monster truck red ute last week who was at least 5 secs after the red and was going so quick he lost the rear and hit the curb turning right from Gt North Rd to Rata st New Lynn......Wanker, would,ve killed me if i'd have been on the bike and gone on the green!

[Slim]

The road toll & these police stats made TV3 news last night. The comment was to the effect that perhaps speed is not the main cause of our Death Toll problems and the Police response was, "We focus on speeding because it works".


Hmmm. Riiiiiight!

[maybe]

Ye red lights around Wellington mean shit, I have had to sit at some lights and watch five or six cars go through the red before I could go.

The best a police car 4th in line through a red light.

[White trash]

Speaking of red light runners, off topic, sorry! On Tuesday morning after I dropped my bro off at work and was continuing to my place of slavery, I was stopped on Tory St/ Vivian St lights. Lights turn green and for once I was off the ball in neautral. Grab 1st, go to turn right into Vivian St and a *fucken* big green gravel truck comes storming through the lights from my left at about 70kph.

"Jaesus!" sez me! So I gingerly turn right go to work and change me undies.

Thought about it later, OK he must've been going a bit quick and not able to stop safely. I'll give him that one.

Wednesday morning, same intersection, SAME FUCKING TRUCK! I shit you not!

This time he had a trailer on. I've got the rego, done the rego check and sent the letter. That mo-fo is gonna get it! I really can not beleive how dumb some drivers are!

CeeRyst!!!!

[wkid_one]

Ye red lights around Wellington mean shit, I have had to sit at some lights and watch five or six cars go through the red before I could go.

The best a police car 4th in line through a red light.

You ain't seen nothing til you've driven in Auckland!

[wkid_one]

Surely this is a much bigger contributer (sp?) to accidets than 11k over the limit.

Interesting point - they say over half the accidents happen at intersections - yet 90%+ of the police activity is aimed at speeding? Go figure

[k14]

So we can see that this is definately working, decreasing the road toll. We all know that because they issued 70% more tickets the road toll went down by 70% last year, didn't it?? Ohh no, it INCREASED!!! Dumb fuck revenue generaters. This is such a load of crap it is past the point of stupidity.

Something needs to be done to fix this.

[Jackrat]

Hmmm,I couldn't help but notice when the guy on TV was asked the sticky questions all he could do was slag off and try to discredit the People asking the questions.
Must of gone to the helen clarke school of politics huh.
And this thing with red lights,If you stop on an orange in AK you stand a very good chance of geting hit from behind.I would NEVER do it on my bike but when I'm in my Patrol and have to go into Penrose I make a point of stoping on the oranges.I need some panel work done on the old girl and sooner or later some Jaffa is going to come along and pay for it for me.
Can hardly wait,will even be able to chuck a fit in their face an get away with it

[matthewt]

You ain't seen nothing til you've driven in Auckland!

Must be a nation-wide problem them because the wife and I couldn't believe how bad ChCh was at running red lights when we were there at xmas.

[Slim]

Must be a nation-wide problem them because the wife and I couldn't believe how bad ChCh was at running red lights when we were there at xmas.

Ditto Hamilton.

I've been saved many a time by watching the traffic & waiting for cars to brake only to realise that the light's been green for me for a while & I would have been cleaned out by several vehicles if I hadn't been watching the traffic instead!

[Two Smoker]

Im my cage, as soon as it turn green i floor it so if those fucking red light runners crash into me, they will get taught a great lesson, that or ive seen one red light runner trapped in the middle of the intersection because no one was letting him continue to go through the red LMAO.......

But yes it is getting worse, first it started off green is go, then just orange is go, then orange is go, then just red is go, then red is go so the next stepp is complete chaos.......

[Lou Girardin]

I almost got a Liberace last night, when the car in front and I stopped for 4 red light runners and the moron behind us nearly didn't.
As for Police and LTSA talking heads, they're the road safety equivalent of Zed. They have unshakeable, blind faith that theirs is the one, true way.

[Posh Tourer :P]

And this thing with red lights,If you stop on an orange in AK you stand a very good chance of geting hit from behind.I would NEVER do it on my bike but when I'm in my Patrol and have to go into Penrose I make a point of stoping on the oranges.I need some panel work done on the old girl and sooner or later some Jaffa is going to come along and pay for it for me.
Can hardly wait,will even be able to chuck a fit in their face an get away with it

lol...
Seriously, this almost happened to me going to work last sunday. I braked firmly, but not hard to stop at an orange. Luckily I was watching the guy behind, cos he was following at about 1 sec,and I saw the nose dive and both brakes lock up. If I hadnt let off the brakes I woulda been gone. I eventually blatantly went thru the red light cos I was that far into the intersection anyway.
This idiot then had the nerve to toot at me for stopping "dangerously" infront of him....

[dangerous]

"We focus on speeding because it works".
Hmmm. Riiiiiight!

It DOES work........ it brings them in a lovely sum of money every week

Must be a nation-wide problem them because the wife and I couldn't believe how bad ChCh was at running red lights when we were there at xmas.

The thing I notice down here is the lack of green arrows that give the traffic a chance to turn right.
This means that the pricks that run the amber and red's (going straight) stop the on comming right turning traffic from going..... or it means that that the right turning car has to also run the red causing all sorts of havoc