Expensive lapse in attention

[madbikeboy]

*phew* I thought this story was going to end in a crash............

Yeah, me too. Like PB says, *phew*

So, lets get a couple of things in perspective. It's a speeding ticket, it could have been worse. Next time, try crying, men are biologically programmed to give in when a woman cries.

Perspective #2. If you were paying less attention to pass a cop and not notice, then you need to refocus your attention to stuff like cars and other lethal objects that you're sharing time and space with. A pig sniffer isn't the answer - and to be frank, I've had one (hidden) speed camera ticket in the last many years on the bike. Nothing beats the Mark One Eyeball for picking cops...

[boomer]

Inexpensive? Depends what you call a lot of $$$ I guess.

In saying that, if it isn't a Bell STI, Passport X50 (the cheapest of the three) or the V1 (the best IMO because of the arrows indicating where the threat actually is) then forget it.

Around $900 brand new, $400-$500 second hand for both the V1 & STI. The X50 can be had for around $250-$350 2nd hand. Not sure of its brand new price off the top of my head.


Hope that helps

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[Little Miss Trouble]

Yeah, me too. Like PB says, *phew*

So, lets get a couple of things in perspective. It's a speeding ticket, it could have been worse. Next time, try crying, men are biologically programmed to give in when a woman cries.

Perspective #2. If you were paying less attention to pass a cop and not notice, then you need to refocus your attention to stuff like cars and other lethal objects that you're sharing time and space with. A pig sniffer isn't the answer - and to be frank, I've had one (hidden) speed camera ticket in the last many years on the bike. Nothing beats the Mark One Eyeball for picking cops...

Car was a beige-y coloured Hyundai, parked up some way back in a driveway, I eye balled it and dismissed it as a non threat.

As far as I was concerned I was sitting right around the speed limit and was genuinely surprised to be told the whole stretch of road has an 80km limit, as was the friend I was visiting who lives out there!

[madbikeboy]

Car was a beige-y coloured Hyundai, parked up some way back in a driveway, I eye balled it and dismissed it as a non threat.

As far as I was concerned I was sitting right around the speed limit and was genuinely surprised to be told the whole stretch of road has an 80km limit, as was the friend I was visiting who lives out there!

Hmm. I'd be tempted to go back along that road and check. I know someone else who got a ticket in just that scenario, and it turned out the zone was 100k. Ticket got torn up.

Biege Hyundai - you sure it wasnt a Honda - if it was, you just met the Ginga cop...

Okay, with that knowledge, the pig sniffer would have been a sound investement... LOL!

[R6_kid:Me]

Hmm. I'd be tempted to go back along that road and check. I know someone else who got a ticket in just that scenario, and it turned out the zone was 100k. Ticket got torn up.

Biege Hyundai - you sure it wasnt a Honda - if it was, you just met the Ginga cop...

Okay, with that knowledge, the pig sniffer would have been a sound investement... LOL!

Unfortunately for her the road was posted as 80kmh... They've just gone through and decided to drop nearly all of the speed limits in the Matakana area. There was an article about it in the local newspaper which was on the table at our friends place. Most 100kmh areas there are now 80kmh, and what were 80kmh are now 50kmh - not ALL the signs have been changed, but the ones on the main road have.

It's another one of those places where 100kmh isn't unsafe but enough people have gone through there being stupid and either maimed or killed themselves or passengers to make the local council believe that 100kmh is too dangerous.

[madbikeboy]

Ah. Bugger. Doesn't matter if the sign has been up for 30 minutes, it's still a fair cop...

[Little Miss Trouble]

Bummer about the ticket.. 35 points - yeouch.

No harm in writing in and explaining what happened and plead for a reduction in the fine/demerits. Worst that will happen is they'll say no.

I may very well plead for a reduction in points, hopefully someone is having a good day and given my previously clean record they decide to be nice to me.

Biege Hyundai - you sure it wasnt a Honda - if it was, you just met the Ginga cop...

Okay, with that knowledge, the pig sniffer would have been a sound investement... LOL!

It was definitely a Hyundai, though is KB's Ginga sort of short and grumpy looking with a bit of a drinkers nose on him?

[nallac]

glad it was only a ticket not a crash..

Bloody RDC changing the speed limit out to matakana!
I thought it was strange seeing a 80k sign near sharps road. i was doing slightly more than the old posted limit (read a lot) when i saw it.

Asked the missus about it when i got home and she told me its been changed?? since when....

[raftn]

*phew* I thought this story was going to end in a crash............

Me to...........

[sinned]

A gripe I have is there are too few speed limit signs and it is easy to miss them. This is okay for locals who know an area but I have been caught out when travelling into a new area and missing signs. In Australia there are heaps of signs - if you miss a couple there is another one. In NZ they put one or two at the point of entry to an area and no more.

I bought the STI after getting pinged in what I assumed was a 70kph area. At just past the 2nd 50 sign going down off a bridge the cop was waiting. Yes I missed the first sign which was at a roundabout at the end of a motorway - the road following over the bridge was 2 lanes and could have easily been a 70 area.

Classic speed trap situation to easily get the ticket count up.

[Little Miss Trouble]

In all honestly its pretty funny to me now, all the mis-bahaving and naughty-ness I have/do get away with only to get pinged when I thought I was being good!

It was just a bit of a shock to get it so soon after getting a bigger bike, but thinking about it some more I doubt I would have been doing any different had I still been on the GPX or in a car.

A RD will still be on the shopping list at some stage but its not URGENT, since my sense of time & place is still in good tune most of the time.

[The Stranger:Me]

It was definitely a Hyundai, though is KB's Ginga sort of short and grumpy looking with a bit of a drinkers nose on him?

Ginga has been known to drive a Hyundai in the past.
On a positive note, it's gutless, useless in the twisties and the brakes fry easily.

[Stromble]

Hey, a noob question here.

With the radar detectors, it wouldn't be too hard to install it in the car, or on the bike (with a bit of time and skill). So how easy is it to move it from the car to the bike, and visa versa? Because it would be good to just throw it in the car whenever I got for a drive, then put it back on the bike when I go for a ride.

Cheers.

Easy, the cig lighter cable and bracket stays in the car and the detector just clips on and off. On the bike you need to use some form of mount, I use the RAM mount which has a metal plate that attaches to the bottom of the detector and then uses a magnet base attached to the bars via a bracket to just clip on the bike.. You will also need the hardwire cable for the bike (about $30) then you just un plug from one and onto the other, and back and forth.. easy..

[MadDuck]

In all honestly its pretty funny to me now, all the mis-bahaving and naughty-ness I have/do get away with only to get pinged when I thought I was being good!

Ha you naughty girl

No doubt there will be others....hope you are enjoying the SV

[Boob Johnson]

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Sure, if you check out the "expired listings" section (of any item) you can see what has either sold (and for what) or what it got "passed in" at. To get a good idea of what is really going on in the market place check the date of the auction & also check the actual listing itself to see if its in good condition etc then check the end time of the auction as some clowns finish auctions at 3am on a Tuesday & wonder why their $1 res only sold for half of what it should of. After that you will get a good idea of what is happening.

Ive seen your listing for your gear Boomer & it is well priced for what you get. However not many are willing to fork out that much but more to the point its too many items in one package, ie a little too specific. If I were you I would sell each component separately.

Hope that helps


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