fükengrüven
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10397438
"Nearly half of all speed-related crashes happen at or around the speed limit."
Riiiight - so if travelling at the speed limit you're not safe, how they are going to make the roads safer with extra speed enforcement?
I would have thought that trying to get people to drive to the conditions instead of the numbers on a sign would be a better way of reducing speed related accidents that happen at speeds around the limit?
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Clint
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You're preaching to the converted mate.
If we taught people to drive/ride instead of how to follow the rules, things would be greatly improved.
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Saw one of the adverts last night. They are also trying to brainwash the public into believing that dishing out tickets for 110kph are in the interest of safety, and that speeding tickets are given out on pieces of road where there is a significant crash history.
The faster you go the bigger the risk.
Moped rider
The cop says that a lot of accidents are happening at near 110km/h or words to that effect. ...uh duh ...that's cos most people drive at these speeds
If most drove at 70km/h then those speeds would be over represented in the accident figures
"lies, damn lies, and statistics"- Mark Twain
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Originally Posted by mdooher
so.... to take that the OTHER way (no - not THAT way Dover - put your pants back on... I meant the OTHER OTHER way)...
If everyone drove and crashed at 150... my 130 would be safe?
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That being the case?.....then i know alot of people that will never die on the road....
Immature and proud of it.
If most accidents happen around the speed limit, then the cause is patently NOT speeding.
Besides, the cops don't know that the accidents are happening around 110 km/h. They're guessing.
This is how they're going to get our respect back.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Moped rider
isn't 130 always safe
just think... if everyone drove at 70 for 2 months when just as many people died on the roads they would have to rethink their speed kills campain...
When I once wore blue and drove with disco lights we said all sorts of accidents involved alchohol even if it was found in the car or in the passengers blood. THAT'S how stats are really done.
Mad nagging bitch!
And the guy gets done for speeding because that is 'oh so dangerous' but his rubbernecking at the accident scene isn't????
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com-mute
Look at every ad they put out... it is rare the driver is paying attention. Yet it is speed that gets the blame.
oooohhhh it is annoying! I am going to crawl back in to my hole.
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Mad nagging bitch!
That is exactly why we need people to front up to those Safe As meetings like this one here...http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...7&postcount=24
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Nope. If we all did that the average percentile of speed would be reduced and we would be lumbered with a lower speed limit... still heavily enforced to keep Heilen Klerk's coffers overflowing.
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The speed at which the driving is likely to be unsafe.
Why ticket some one driving safely at 60kph, yet let off people driving dangerously at 15kph (eg Lou's colleague)?
Hardcore Biker
I had a cop car one 3am morning on Desert Rd follow me for a good 20 minutes while I was crawling along at a continuous 50km/hr. And why was a I going so slow,,, well,,, had to kill the time before I arrived at the Wellington Ferry terminal
Don't really think it's the speed that's the problem, it's people over taking others on stretches of roads that are too short. Then again, I did see three boy racer car pile end for end in the same corner,,,,,, it was a 55km/hr corner on Lewis pass which must be take at the speed at all times. You'd think they'd have seen all the 'Truck use low gear' signs and took this warning into consideration.
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Loud and Uncouth
You would be surprised at the number of drivers who crash and when their speed at the time is mentioned it's that famous mantra: "Oh, about 100 - 105ks, maybe a little over - wouldn't be anymore than 110 that's for sure"If most accidents happen around the speed limit, then the cause is patently NOT speeding.
Besides, the cops don't know that the accidents are happening around 110 km/h. They're guessing.
This is how they're going to get our respect back.
Like the standard issue drink-driver consumtion: "I can't be pissed, I've only had three stubbies/cans/bottles"
Yeah right, like I'm going to reply:"Sorry sir, must be a faulty machine, of course you're not drunk, have a good evening" pffft!
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