Researching 70Km L-Plate restriction safety

[FastBikeGear]

I got a ticket for doing 85 km/h on the motorway instead of 70km/h a few days after Christmas this year. I was doing nothing else to attract attention and the cop (With the ironic name of Mr Toogood, Officer number H918) had no problem with any other aspects of my riding. I am guessing he was just down on his quota. He even said I shouldn't be getting the ticket - but he gave it to me anyway. Strange thing was other than this odd behaviour he seemed a really nice guy.

I went to court to defend this. The court transcript is hilarious (I'll post some of it later). Turned out the cop who pulled me over was not Officer Toogood But because the officer who pulled me over is a motorway support officer he claimed he didn't carry a ticket book so he got an officer back at the station (Mr Toogood) to write out the ticket and post it to me.

At one stage when I was using the 2 second rule and some basic maths to explain that the officer should not have been following as close as he was the presiding JP (not a judge) corrected me (when I said there was a 1000 meters in a kilometer) to say that there were only 100m in a kilometer.

The officer said he followed me at a distance of 40 meters in his statement. When I cross examined him I asked him how wide the courtroom was and he said it was 40 metres wide. I pointed out that the ceiling tiles in the courtroom were the standard 600mm wide and there were 11 of them so that would make the court room 6.6 meters wide.

At some point unsurprisingly the J.P choose to clear the court room.

[Swoop]

the presiding JP (not a judge) corrected me (when I said there was a 1000 meters in a kilometer) to say that there were only 100m in a kilometer.

You are fucking joking?

We know JP's have the intelligence of a fly, but that is seriously bad.
I look forward to seeing the transcipt.

[Itchy_Kiwis]

oh god!
this all sound like an episode of the three stooges, But
don't get me wrong ,I love the stooges
please Wobblyas tell us more

Sorry Tony,didn't want to hijack your thread
some info on the people to write to regarding requests
for law change on the 70k/ph issue issue would be useful
or is it only Hon Mr Joyce?

Hon Steven Joyce
Minister of Transport
Parliament Buildings
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
any email address would be great .
and still questions unaddressed .
5. Can anyone advise if the 70km/h restriction applies to police/traffic officers gaining their motorcyle license?

6. Does anyone know of any other countries that have a similar learner speed restriction?