Motorway Patrol (24 July)

[davereid]

Scooters registered as "mopeds" are not allowed on the Motorway. That may be why he got the ticket.

[MSTRS:Me]

Not according to what we were shown/told.

[scumdog]

It perfectly illustrates the stupidity of that law!!!

I wonder if the cop would have pinged him for doing a hundred (if he was able)

Haven't read the whole thread BUT if he had being doing 100kph people wouldn't have been making *555 calls about him holding up traffic- ergo the cop would not have been looking for him.

[canarlee]

Haven't read the whole thread BUT if he had being doing 100kph people wouldn't have been making *555 calls about him holding up traffic- ergo the cop would not have been looking for him.

or the cop might have been having a bad day (which a lot of them seem to have everyday) and pulled the scooter up anyway, discovered that he was restricted to 70 kph and then royally fucked said scooter rider!

either way, i dont think scooter boy had much of a chance what ever way he had gone!

[scumdog]

Considering there were 2 lanes, and he's on a scooter, unless he was weaving wildly between the lanes it'd be pretty hard for him to impede the flow of traffic. I didn't see the whole thing - just caught that end snippet, but judging by his skill level he might well have been doing just that!

It was a holiday weekend - hence the problem, there was HEAPS of traffic heading out of town - and the muppet on the scooter was struggling to get to 70kph therefore all the traffic that had been happily cruising at around 100kph suddenly has a mobile road-block knocking the left hand lane down to less than 70kph and the cars 1/2kilometre back would not know about this and would suddenly have to jam on the brakes for no reason they could see as all the cars banked up.
Easy eh?

[canarlee]

yebbut he was on a learners, therefore restricted to 70 kph!


what choice did he have? do 100kph and get nicked by same cop?

[MSTRS:Me]

yebbut he was on a learners, therefore restricted to 70 kph!


what choice did he have? do 100kph and get nicked by same cop?

Was he? Praps I missed it

[scumdog]

well you can if you want to be.. it may pay to be a smart ass the cop may know your right and he wont be fucked as it will be too much of a hassle or impossible to try and get you for something..

Me vs Smartasses win score so far;
Me: 128
Smart-asses: O

[canarlee]

Was he? Praps I missed it

from what i gather it was a learners or restricted license he was on....

[tri boy]

The copper did the right thing.
The scooter rider was about to become road kill.
The ticket can be interpreted as a bit harsh, but at least the the rider probably made it to his batch, had a nice weekend, and continued to live.
Arguing minor points of law in this case seems a bit pedantic
Personally, I think any vechile that can not maintain 90kmh should not be on a motor way if there is an alternate route.(otherwise a escort vechile should be required)

[crashe]

The bike in question is a HONDA 110 step thou scooter....
It is serviced at Coleman's once a year....

The bike is like one that the posties ride.


I was in at Coleman's this morning and one of the guys mentioned that they know the guy..... yep the bike can go faster, but due to his big size.... he will struggle getting the bike to go faster up hill.
He has also put on longer mirrors, so that he can see what is coming behind him due to his width of his upper-body.

Oh and yes he did make it to Taupo on that trip......

[Toaster]

The guy got a ticket for 'obstructing the flow of traffic'.
I don't believe that a stated speed will be on the ticket, but so what if there was? The guy on the scooter was a right prat being on the motorway in the first place - there are alternative roads he could have used.

I didn't see the footage, but I agree based on the facts presented.

Impeding the flow of traffic applies when it is clear the offending driver/rider is infact impeding that traffic flow by the build up of traffic behind the driver/rider and that he/she have had a reasonable opportunity to rectify the situation and failed to do so.

The more significant the traffic backlog and the more significant the road, then the more likely the ticket would be issued rather than a warning.

On the learner rider issue of 70km/h.... this rule still applies if you impeed the flow of traffic. Given traffic flow speeds, the restriction on the speed to 70km/h basically means a learner rider should not be using a 100km/h motorway as they are learners and need to get their skill level up in a slower road speed area.

Driving and riding is a privilege not a right. The graduated licence system is there to allow you to do exactly that.... progress gradually.

[bull]

The scooter guy was a hinderence to traffic - tho i dont think he should have been fined, the outcome required was to get him off the road and a fine wasnt needed to do that. and i dont think that because it was a holiday that it is acceptable to have a go at him just because more people are going away on holidays. Stay professional - outline the problem, reslove it and carry on doing your duties.

Anyone see last weeks where father and son were testing there new WRX on the roads - cop clocked him at 160km/h on the in car radar display, the father got fined $750 + court costs and had his license suspended for 28days.

Surely he could have been done under some boy racer policys and had the car taken off him, license suspended for 6 months and huge fine? like most people on those programs seem to get.

[ManDownUnder]

I have to admit riding the C50 (or 80?) on the motorway was a dumb thing to do but I don't think a fine was really warranted. The guy sounded a bit simple and needed direction - not punishment up front.

Pretty ambitious to ride from Ramarama (from the sign over the Motorway) to Taupo though! That's the stuff of legend in my book. It's amasing what can be done by people who don't know it can't be done.

[shafty]

I don't think the scooter rider was the full quid. I'm not calling him a retard, I'm saying that by the way he spoke and behaved, I don't think may have not had the mental capacity to fully understand the situation and I don't think the cop was very understanding at all.

Instead of giving the guy a ticket, the cop should have explained it better and got on with what he did in the end: shadowing the guy and ensuring he got off the motorway. The cop should have also explained a better route than the motorway.

Loved the way the scooter rider tried to pay the fine on the spot.

I agree totally; The Cop did the right thing, but I'd prefer to see someone like this getting more guidance than a fine; what a LEGEND tootling off to Taupo, much respect for that Man; he may not be like us, but he IS on 2 wheels.