Dangerous driving/riding comes in all forms

[riffer]

He was probably charged with inconsiderate driving, which comes under the same section of the LTA as careless driving.

Quote:
8.Drivers not to be careless or inconsiderate—

A person may not operate a vehicle on a road carelessly or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road.

Is this an officers disretion thing?

If so, could you use it to rid the road of people using cellphones when driving, one of my pet hates?

[Yokai]

Oh man - Up here in D'auckland we should have like 5 every 2 meters or so... Just the first few things that come to mind that P me off...

1 - Busses that wander around in the middle of the road and get into the right hand lane for the 20m between traffic light and bus stop!
2 - The ubiquitous cell + makeup / cigarette / food combination
3 - USE THE F***ING indicator ... I had a great one of those a couple weeks back. Pulling into my driveway (indicator on, coming past a line of parked cars) twit in the car pulls out and almost into me. I stop the bike, and very calmly say "Hey mate, your indicator isn't working..." He gets out of the car and says "what?" I say "your blinker isn't working..." so he gets in the car, turns on the indicator and has a look - guess what?! It's working... he says "Yes it bloody is" to which I reply "WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU FUCKING USE IT YOU TOSSER!"

re: Slow drivers - in some areas there are minimum speed limits - there should be a national recommended minimum speed - say 15k below the limit, or 10k below what you are allowed to travel at on a higher speed road: e.g.

1) Learner bike - allowed to travel on a 100kmh road, but can't do more than 70 - minimum recommended speed - 60k...
2) old biddy in car with full licence, same road - min recommended speed - 85k.

Has to be recommended speed, because sometimes there are things that you can't avoid, like limping a car home that only has 2 gears - 3rd and reverse (had to do that)....

Just my 2c

[Storm]

Time to start lobbying for law changes then is it?

[MSTRS:Me]

Time to start lobbying for law changes then is it?

nah - just be more evenhanded with the one's we got without all this goddam revenue gathering & propaganda over speed.

[rodgerd]

Nah, they don't bother me so much, as they're usually easy to get past; it's the ones who drive at 90 or so, then speed up to 110 in the passing lanes that piss me off.

Oh, yes. And the "charge down the lane I don't want to be in, and ram my way into the one I do."

But my personal bugbear is people who run red lights and stop signs.

Red light cameras at various intersections around town would make me a happy man...

[kerryg]

Oh, yes. And the "charge down the lane I don't want to be in, and ram my way into the one I do."

That would be the single most irritating thing that characterises Auckland drivers IMHO. I honestly can say, with my hand on my heart, though I'm a dorklander born and bred, I don't do it. I get in the correct lane (inevitably the one with a longest queue of cars in it) and patiently wait. It makes me so mad that others will try to jump the queue (99.9% of the time successfully, 'cos people let them in rather than make an issue of it). Dunno what you do about it but it it's just bloody queue jumping and if you did it in a shop or at the taxi stand someone would abuse you..but people do it on the road as though it's normal and OK.

[sAsLEX]

next time dont let them in, used to love doing this to taxis etc when in the cage as they would make the funniest faces and angry motions when you just followed a few feet behind the car in front and gave them no room to sneak in!

[MSTRS:Me]

That would be the single most irritating thing that characterises Auckland drivers IMHO. I honestly can say, with my hand on my heart, though I'm a dorklander born and bred, I don't do it. I get in the correct lane (inevitably the one with a longest queue of cars in it) and patiently wait. It makes me so mad that others will try to jump the queue (99.9% of the time successfully, 'cos people let them in rather than make an issue of it). Dunno what you do about it but it it's just bloody queue jumping and if you did it in a shop or at the taxi stand someone would abuse you..but people do it on the road as though it's normal and OK.

Hey at least they seem to know what lanes are for - & they did say 'excuse me' first didn't they? Must be the helmet - can't hear - aarrgghh

[spudchucka]

Is this an officers disretion thing?

If so, could you use it to rid the road of people using cellphones when driving, one of my pet hates?

I think before long you might find a new offence intoduced for that very annoyance.

Cell phone usage alone doeas not equal inconsiderate driving, however crashing whilst blabbing on the phone would amout to careless driving.

[MSTRS:Me]

I think before long you might find a new offence intoduced for that very annoyance.

Cell phone usage alone doeas not equal inconsiderate driving, however crashing whilst blabbing on the phone would amout to careless driving.

I hear something about smoking in cars too or is that just the paranoia talking? Sometimes I have trouble with the voices....

[spudchucka]

I hear something about smoking in cars too or is that just the paranoia talking? Sometimes I have trouble with the voices....

I've not heard anything about that one. But have you seen the news from Victoria where the cops are doing roadside test for other smoked substances??

[MSTRS:Me]

I've not heard anything about that one. But have you seen the news from Victoria where the cops are doing roadside test for other smoked substances??

Wouldn't bother me - I'm not in Victoria

[MSTRS:Me]

No seriously, I am of the opinion that a m/c is enough of a mind altering substance without the 'would you like fries with that'

[marty]

waikato TAG are driving that in NZ spud. my old *boss* is setting it up.

[Wellyman]

I have seen plenty of cars and bikes been pulled over for going too fast to pass the grandma's in there shopping carts. There is one good straight down near New Plymoth that we watched as bikers passed slow cars in a big group. i'm sure i saw the pigs hiding on the side of the road there too.