Muriwai Beach - Is it over policed?

[speedpro]

So is the beach a road?

Does that mean i can lay out a blanket on the southern motorway and take in a spot of sun and a sammy?

YES! In fact anyone asking that question will be encouraged to do exactly what you are suggesting.

[Mystic13]

So is the beach a road?

Does that mean i can lay out a blanket on the southern motorway and take in a spot of sun and a sammy?

Yep, and put the fishing rod up. Then the men in white suits come and take you somewhere special. Well, that used to happen now you probably get arrested, then get a slap on the wrist and you're free to go fishing again.

I am really wrapped to hear the stories of where the police are going in terms of infringements etc. So it sounds like tougher laws are their but they're not issuing tickets except when you misbehave.

Cool.

[MarkH]

So is the beach a road?

Does that mean i can lay out a blanket on the southern motorway and take in a spot of sun and a sammy?

Of course - preferably in the early hours when there is nothing but trucks on the road, much safer that way!

[mctshirt]

Down here we have individual cops stationed at the local beaches for the summer - they tend to be fairly relaxed. We stayed at my parents just outside Riversdale Beach for a couple of days after Xmas. After taking the kids for a swim my wife headed back to the house and I pootled off down the road sans helmet (round my wrist) in first gear negotiating the multiple judder bars to catch up with a contractor who lives there that was having some IT problems.

As I arrived at my destination I wondered who the clown (completely sans helmet) roaring up on the quad was. Turned out he was the local beach cop who informed me that if I wasn't going to wear a helmet to stay under 30kph and chastised me for doing 50kph that he had clocked me on the quad speedo. Recognizing no ticket was going to be involved I tried to look apologetic and said righto bearing in mind that the helmet was going back on anyway for the short open road ride home. What was the point of getting surly and belligerent over what was essentially a friendly piece of advice?

What I've noticed when relaying the story on to friends and family is the tirade of how the cop was all wrong for talking to me because of all the wrong things he was doing (no helmet, no rego, and question marks over the accuracy of his speedo, blah, blah, blah). He wasn't out to harass me and why spoil a lovely day? Seems some folk are looking for trouble where there is none just because it's a policeman - lighten up and accept it's entirely possible you aren't the centre of the universe

[BiK3RChiK]

So is the beach a road?

Does that mean i can lay out a blanket on the southern motorway and take in a spot of sun and a sammy?

Hahaha... I guess you could if you like the smell of fumes and being choked by black soot! Oh, yeah.. watch out for tyre marks, they could be lethal!

And, yes, beaches are considered roads (or some of them anyway)