Anyone ever got a speeding ticket while overtaking?

[wharfy]

Yep,
passed a Truck south of Te Kuiti and a muffti car was coming the other way (miles away and I was perfectly safe ) he locked his radar at 130 km/h but didn't put his lights on. He did a U - turn and eventually put his lights/siren on me along the Te Kuiti by-pass he gave me two tickets cause I was doing 90 there (it is 50 k).

His wee ginger mustache was fair quivering. He must have thought I was going to do a runner as a marked patrol car came from the other direction and stopped to see if he needed any help.

I was already on 90 points
Consequently I was commuting by train for 3 months and about $450 in fines.

Just cause you get old doesn't mean you get any sense
(Note to self - get a radar detector)

[alanzs]

Some clown pulled out in front of me from a park outside a dairy, so I jammed on my brakes, nothing too major, but I was a tad annoyed.

I have never gotten a ticket when overtaking a clown. What kind of clown was it? Like Ronald McDonald or a Wayne Gacy clown?
Fucking clowns! Scary they are....No wonder kids cry when they see them!

I have gotten tickets when overtaking other things, but they were called "Speeding tickets."

[The Stranger:Me]

Do bouncers get confused if you show them a firearms licence when they ask you for ID?

I always use my diver license when asked for photo ID.
Amazing the number of places that actually meant they want my drivers licence for photo ID but just couldn't bring themselves to say it initially.

[Ocean1]

I got pinged once, totally bogus, was being undertaken by a fookin' mini on a slight RH curve on the Porirua motorway.

Was one of those deals where the radar dude radios ahead to the possie a mile or so up the road. The possie weren't in the slightest interested in entering into any discussion about said balistic mini.

Bastards.

[Laava]

The really sad part of this story is you got a ticket on the way TO work! On the way FROM work I can understand but why the hurry?

He's having a pre-work affair with Sally bigtits from accounts. In the broom cupboard. Lucky bastard!

[jrandom]

... Sally bigtits from accounts. In the broom cupboard.

Ah, is that where she's to be found these days?

[cowboyz]

He's having a pre-work affair with Sally bigtits from accounts. In the broom cupboard. Lucky bastard!

knew there had to be a sensible explanation.

thanks for clearing that up.

[sugilite:Me]

I got a ticket for 88km/h in an 80km/h zone, while passing (on passing lane). I've come to my senses now... I'd never put myself in that situation again.

So what did you do, gear your bike down, or put a speedometer on that bicycle?

[smoky]

August 08!!!

What the heck ya doin trawling thru posts over a year old and dragging them back up, are you that bored?

[skidMark]

I don't overtake they undergive


most of you won't get that.

but i just made it up, so it must be epic.

[skidMark]

I got pinged once, totally bogus, was being undertaken by a fookin' mini on a slight RH curve on the Porirua motorway.

Was one of those deals where the radar dude radios ahead to the possie a mile or so up the road. The possie weren't in the slightest interested in entering into any discussion about said balistic mini.

Bastards.

Undergiving man, they cannot undertake... what are they taking?

but you see undergiving works, and its great slang for a jew.

[CookMySock]

Some clown pulled out in front of me from a park outside a dairy, so I jammed on my brakes, nothing too major, but I was a tad annoyed. [....] and soaking wet I decided I'd just overtake...

Completely ignoring the speeding which I think is irrelevant, it is important to notice that there are sometimes things that prod our emotional state and cause us to take actions we normally wouldn't. Your example is a seemingly innocent one, until you brake on a white line that you cant see in the dark and the wet.

A large part of roadcraft is keeping our emotional state in check.

Bummer about the ticket, and yes I have done the same. My latest ticket (last week) was the heinous crime against society of doing 105k in a 100k area with a trailer on.

Steve

[jono035]

First speeding ticket ever was in a cage on the end of a passing lane, 114 or something like that, while passing a guy sitting at 95km/h with a trailer on and jamming on his brakes for the corners. Cop was on the side of the road, hidden halfway up a driveway. Felt pretty pissed off really.

[PrincessBandit]

..... there are sometimes things that prod our emotional state and cause us to take actions we normally wouldn't. Your example is a seemingly innocent one, until you brake on a white line that you cant see in the dark and the wet.

A large part of roadcraft is keeping our emotional state in check.

Steve

Absolutely. In a car the net result of our heightened feelings of aggression or fright might have little real impact on us and what's around us; on a bike the same reactions can have quite a different end result.

When someone pisses us off it takes a lot of control to not rise to the challenge we perceive has been leveled at us. It's easy to take such things personally and want to return in kind, but the risk is greatly increased to those of us on 2 wheels. In order to self-protect we need to be able to control our responses perhaps more tightly than a car driver.

Sound unfair? Probably, but then if you can't do that then maybe being on a bike is not such a good idea for people who are unable to keep their cool.

[PrincessBandit]

Bummer about the ticket, and yes I have done the same. My latest ticket (last week) was the heinous crime against society of doing 105k in a 100k area with a trailer on.

Steve

You do realise that the open road speed limit for a light vehicle towing is 90kph don't you?