Quote Originally Posted by moko
From what I read on here this wont be popular but what`s needed are more traffic Cops.I couldn`t believe how many I saw while in N.Z.,seriously saw more on my first ride from Auckland to Hamilton than I see in a few weeks over here.Sounds good?Well it isn`t believe me,every dickhead on the road knows that if they keep off of the main roads there`s very little chance of seeing,or being seen by,a Traffic Cop.The result is diabolical driving standards,about every third car on the road has some kind of defective lighting,indication and observation seem to have become optional to many and in an average week I have to take evasive action at least twice,often more.Regular police do pull people doing really stupid stuff but traffic is low priority to them and they`ll drive past cars parked on pavements or some dick with his fog-lamps on permanently(illegal and for some reason seen as cool by boy-racers)more often than not.Result is that you can drive illegally or in a dangerous vehicle quite easily as long as you dont do anything outrageous to draw attention to yourself,trust me anarchy on the roads is no fun.If you`d had to tell a few parents that sonny boy wasn`t coming home anymore because he`s ridden his bike off the road then you`d have a snotty attitude towards speeders as well.
I certainly wish there were more cops around who were available to catch followed drunk drivers and the like.

After nearly being hit by a guy doing a sudden u-turn to avoid a breath test stop (he missed hitting me by centimetres, I felt the car pass me) I have absolutely no tolerance at all for drunk drivers (not that I ever did).

I have *555'd people a few times when their driving has lead me to believe they were pissed, but because I can't stay on the phone and follow on a bike, they generally aren't able to get anyone to catch them.