46,000 speeding tickets in year for central North Island

[boomer]

Two weeks ago I was stopped for doin 112kph in a 100kph area..

Fined $80 for doin 12kph over...Fined $55 for not having my licence on me...

Then arrested for not allowing the Police Officer to take a photo of me with his Digital Camera on the side of the road..(Because I didn't have any ID)

Taken back to the station...Thumb printed!!!!

Then released and made to walk back to my Car which took 3hours..

Crazy Steve..

Ticket arrived in the Mail two days later...

i bet your feelin the love! sorry mate

[TLDV8]

Two weeks ago I was stopped for doin 112kph in a 100kph area..

Fined $80 for doin 12kph over...Fined $55 for not having my licence on me...

Then arrested for not allowing the Police Officer to take a photo of me with his Digital Camera on the side of the road..(Because I didn't have any ID)

Taken back to the station...Thumb printed!!!!

Then released and made to walk back to my Car which took 3hours..

Crazy Steve..

Ticket arrived in the Mail two days later...

The worst part is there was nothing you could do to avoid it..Bloody Police,it was a set up for sure

[bell]

All those tickets eh? One wonders if central Nth Islanders are impatient or just plain stupid.

[kiwifruit]

keep up the good work

[marty]

Two weeks ago I was stopped for doin 112kph in a 100kph area..

Fined $80 for doin 12kph over...Fined $55 for not having my licence on me...

Then arrested for not allowing the Police Officer to take a photo of me with his Digital Camera on the side of the road..(Because I didn't have any ID)

Taken back to the station...Thumb printed!!!!

Then released and made to walk back to my Car which took 3hours..

Crazy Steve..

Ticket arrived in the Mail two days later...

arrested? for what? did you agree to accompany him (in which case it was consensual) or did he say 'you're under arrest'?

[Crazy Steve]

arrested? for what? did you agree to accompany him (in which case it was consensual) or did he say 'you're under arrest'?

Quote..."Your under my Fckin Arrest"

Crazy Steve

[MattRSK]

No speeding tickets for me this year. Must be getting good at avoiding cops.

[Ixion]

I am not aware of any law that empowers a police officer to demand to take your photograph, unless you have been arrested. And obviously, the arrest can't be for not having your photo taken.

And when arrested the arresting officer must say why. (I think. I'm not absolutely certain of that. But certainly somewhere along the process you must be told why you are under arrest)

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

I haven't had one ticket this year!! guess it helps not having a bike for 4 months now!!

[mstriumph]

I've SEEN Auckland with it's cute roads, abundance of police and forward/rear-facing radar

------- and i really dunno how you can manage WITHOUT getting ticketed left right and centre .........

thank goodness for West Australia - the last frontier...... yes, i do occassionally get ticketed but i have to have been doing something pretty darn silly to get one

[Clivoris]

Do the National Park roads come within the central region? I've always asumed they aren't that heavily policed and enjoy the lovely swooping corners rather than put up with the desert road. Perhaps I will exercise extra caution in the future?

[Da Bird]

And when arrested the arresting officer must say why. (I think. I'm not absolutely certain of that. But certainly somewhere along the process you must be told why you are under arrest)

You're pretty much on the money... should be told of reason for arrest more or less straight away... i.e "you are under arrest for ...."

[Fat Tony]

So has this blitz on speeding had any impact on accident figures in the region or does your government not try to convince you that 'this is all in your own good and nothing to do with generating revenue honestly'?

[vamr]

So has this blitz on speeding had any impact on accident figures in the region or does your government not try to convince you that 'this is all in your own good and nothing to do with generating revenue honestly'?

Obviously the guilty were fined, funds collected... all is well.
Nationally we have short attention spans and all that one generally expects is (+/-)1 to the status quo.

[Brian d marge]

7 years and one speeding ticket, regular as clock work I am always speeding ,,why the other day I was driving on a road not much bigger than your drive way limit 50k ,,doing 70 , as were everyone else ..

My mate uses the motorway , most morning sees him between 150 and 200 km/hr

Canada has increased its speed limit . and its road toll is better or at least on Par with NZ

Still mustnt grumble eh .. still clean and green ,,,,

Stephen

Ranty mode on ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Sorry for using a bit of Sarrcasm ,, a bit ofv saarrrcazim

but you lot are being shafted by king kongs Randy half brother ...and from one thing to the next ya just bend over and say ,,, nowt

There is/are more

Pensions ... july next year ...
Speeding ,
Acc ( a few percent increase in acc levies , would make the system self funding ,ie what it WAS like )
telecom
rail
LTSA
oh forgot school arent they suposed to be free???
Education , so the government tells me, you ( the user ~) are only paying a quarter of the total cost of your education ... so in my case 24000 x 4 is 72 000 ,, dude ..thats not bad split between the three tutors I had at school

Old people ...now theres a growth industry ,,wont be long before theyre privatised ,,, no wait they are already ...

Babies , the unborn ,,AHA ,,the one thing I can think of that aint privatised or taxed ,,,( least I think they are not privatised)

before anyone starts there IS another way ,, Just write a simple letter to your mp saying enough is enough ,, the postage is free ,, takes 2 min to write a letter ,,.. ( unfortuantly white honky men arent in the demographics ,,but its a start ,,,,,,,,,~ )

it can/does happen , just needs effort ...MAG in England , the american version of that... etc ,,,

Sorry it just makes my blood boil to see a beautiful country like NZ ．Ruined by apathy...

(some one will say it,,, I know they will )