Anyone ever got a speeding ticket while overtaking?

[Beemer]

I haven't had a ticket for speeding while overtaking but I've been pulled over twice and warned when doing the same.

First case I'd just overtaken a ute doing 100kph on the Hutt motorway - belching smoke and that was the only reason I overtook it. Cop was parked on the side of the road around a bend and put his lights on when I went past him. Had a chat and he asked why I had been speeding and I told him I just wanted to get past the ute as it was smoking so badly. Gave me a warning which had the desired effect - I was bloody careful driving along there for months afterwards!

Second time was just north of Shannon. I'd been following this old bastard doing between 70-80kph all the way from the south side of Shannon in the twisty bits. No chance of overtaking as there were always oncoming vehicles in the parts where it's safe to overtake. Got through Shannon (he did 35kph in the 50 zone) and he stuck at 80kph - until the road was clear and I pulled out to overtake him when he put his foot down. I got up to about 110kph and as I pulled in, a cop came over the slightly elevated bridge along the straight and flashed his lights for me to pull over. Explained the situation to him and he also let me off with a warning as he'd locked the radar on the guy I was overtaking (he was doing 101kph at that point) and didn't know exactly what speed I was doing.

[pritch]

I like to get out, overtake & get back in.

Me too.

A few years back there was a rash of fatal head-on accidents. The ranking officer responsible for traffic went on the TV News saying the Police couldn't understand what was causing the problem.

Apart from the sheer random aspect of statistics, I thought then and still do, that it's largely to do with people trying to overtake at the minimum possible speed.

This may avoid getting a speeding ticket but it does increase the exposure to head-on accidents.

[Markw336]

tickets can also depend on the cops mood which sucks that they take anger ut on your bank balance

[dogsnbikes]

111kph just north of the Tawa offramp heading out of Wgtn. just as I had exited a line of faster traffic and moved into the slower lane

Cop was on a mission thats for sure he reakon I should've done a runner and said he wouldn't of been able to catch me and he wouldn't be giving me a $80 ticket

bloody sure he was a newbie as when I pulled over he rode past me and stopped another 100m up the road

Sorry but I had to laugh at him and said no said you had to give me a ticket.

anyway I would rather a $80 ticket than one for a few hundard

[sugilite:Me]

August 08!!!

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

I don't trawl through old posts as such, more through checking out peoples most reped posts. Time does not necessarily mean irrelevance, as witnessed by some very good fresh posts. There is gold in them thar hills

[puddy]

Speed kills.........BOREDOM!

That's the spirit!

[puddy]

And yes, overtaking a mum and her spawn, while spending more time looking/feeding/entertaining said spawn rather than watching the road hurtle by at 70-75 kph on SH16 heading from Wellsford( about four years ago). Behind her was some young FAG with baggy/low-riding jeans, offensively (almost YR64LIFE-like) white shoes, ski jacket, no gloves, and not to mention the floral boxers! Got sick of waiting so went past them. 150 kph in a 100kph zone=$640 fine, 50 demerit points, 4 week suspension. JOY! Lesson learnt! I now attend trackdays, and ride on the open road at 70kph in front of as many mums and young FAGS as possible!

[CookMySock]

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

Yes, Miss..

Steve

[RC1]

got one for overtaking a tractor in a 70k zone pinged me at 82k, then the next week got off pinged at 1** ish overtaking in a 100 zone,

[mattian]

overtaking, in the wet... because you got annoyed not the smartest move.

[MarkH]

I got done for speeding while overtaking - I passed 2 cars, the front one was a mufti

[The Stranger:Me]

I got done for speeding while overtaking - I passed 2 cars, the front one was a mufti

What were you riding?

[MarkH]

What were you riding?

Actually I can't quite remember (it was more than 2 decades ago) - it might have been a Suzuki GT250X7 or it might have been in a car.

[AllanB]

Years ago I got a speeding ticket while overtaking - it turned out I was overtaking a mufti cop who was tailing a truck that was speeding - I flew past the lot of them

[KrazyGixxerBoy]

I got a similar ticket...riding behind a twat doing 40 kms...came to a straight and zipped out then back in...only problem was the cop car that came around the corner up ahead as I was pulling in. $80 ticket for 63 in a 50km...gutted. Not to mention the demerit points!