Separate the Police from the scum...

[Patrick]

There are plenty of sworn police that are assholes. I reckon start a website up with examples of their stupidity. That will make them think twice.

Steve

That'll match the place where the public examples of stupidity end up - in the court room...?

WHAT?!?!?!?!?

Regulations? "Your tail lights lights broken..."

Wasn't that from a B grade (or was it a C grade ? ) movie?

...., and the cops all got a Christmas bonus.

Missed out on those.... And I was there in the 80s.

.....and just for the record I was against this at the time it happened.

+1.

Many were.

The Govt thought they knew better. But it won't change. OZ, the US and the like have one "department" only. NZ was the odd one out with having seperate agencies, so the change came along. 19 years ago.

it was all wrong

as i've said before, my disrespect for the cops started when i was very young

getting booked at 16 years old for going too slow and holding up a cop when i was at thew back of a line of traffic set the scene

Disrespect for a "cop" or a "traffic cop?"

THere was a difference back then (if you are older than 34 or slightly more...).

[scumdog]

Aha, so you do speed (or have done), thought so.

Yep, once (And have said so about six or more times on KB)

Oh no, now I'm just a common criminal desperado pleb like all the rest - I guess I will have to put down that first stone I was about to cast

[peasea]

Yep, once (And have said so about six or more times on KB)

Oh no, now I'm just a common criminal desperado pleb like all the rest - I guess I will have to put down that first stone I was about to cast

Welcome aboard DP, now that we've cleared that up you can get back to cleaning all those windows in your glass house.

[Fatjim]

I'd almost agree with the split, except the snakes have lost so much respect from enforcing poor transport policy I fear for there safety.

[smoky]

Errr sir you do realise the population in NZ is less that a pub in Farnborough?
Who will pay for such roads?

We pay enough in road tax and tax on fuel to be driving on super F***in highways paved with gold
We build in such an old world way, never doing a proper job, that we spend twice as much repairing them all the time

I do believe you are a little unrealistic. You say the roads are dangerous? Yet you don't want to fix it.

Who said I don't want to fix it? How do you know what I may or may not of done about it? You shoot your mouth off way too much.

The day I realised that I could only control myself, was the day I found I got less tickets, crashed less, and was calmer on the road.

You're so self righteous aren't you - obviously anyone who has speeding tickets is insane, out of control and crashes all the time?

But now I am those boring sods you talk about. The responsible adult ones. What a bunch of dicks we are.

Well at lest you've got something right

you're an idiot with nothing sensible to add to any conversation. Who said I was crashing? dickhead.
And for your information none of the tickets were on a bike, and I don't blame anyone else but my self for them - but I am alowed to think that cops are retards with power issues, our system for policing roads is focused in the wrong direction - I believe in democracy, but understand how it works, unlike your self.

[Mr Merde]

We pay enough in road tax and tax on fuel to be driving on super F***in highways paved with gold

We build in such an old world way, never doing a proper job, that we spend twice as much repairing them all the time



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You are so right there.

Punt Hill leading to Onewhero in Franklin. I've lived out thart way for 3 years now and have seen them resurface this hill at least 8 times.

Once they removed the tarmac surface just a day before a predicted weather bomb where very heavy rainfall was correctly predictede. Resulting in the road beingf washed away to a depth of 2 metres and being out of use for 3 months whilst being repaired.

Watched them resurface another time. Truck drove up the hill pouring tar out the back, second truck followed pouring stones out onto the road, third vehicle graded the stones and finally a roller followed crushing the stones into the wet tar. Needles to say that within weeks the surface was sliding once more down the hill.

[smoky]

Its the big world buddy - got a problem. fix it yourself.

Shooting your mouth off and presuming too much as usual, just because some one is highlighting an issue on KB don't presume that's all they do about it - we're not all full of piss and wind like your self

Some people actually do try to make a difference for all

I've come across a lot of re-surfacing lately (seems it is the season), all of it with loose chip seal (even a week or 2 later). It is one of the elements we motorists must be ready for on our roads. I've even seen 4-wheeled motorists get a lil' jiggy when they hit it. If ACC were serious about injury prevention in the "motor vehicle account", they might want to lean on NZTA/roading contractors to make the road surfaces that much less hazardous. IdleIdolIdyll's been calling for it as long as I've known him.

[PrincessBandit]

Before this degenerates completely into a bitchslapfest between who speeds/who doesn't speed/who does the most miles/who has the biggest dick...

What is wrong with riding/driving to the conditions? Yes, we have all been stuck behind trucks, busses, caravans, old people...(said t-i-c) and it's all part of being a mature enough road user to accept that patience must be employed a lot more often than we'd like.

Sometimes I feel motorcyclists in particular are so enamored of their bikes ability to accelerate/pass/blow off other motorists that they consider it a personal insult to them as a rider to be in a situation where they are actually stuck (like everyone else) in a queue.

Trust me, I'm sure most of you are old enough (like me) to remember the bad old days when there were even LESS dual carriage ways on our roads than there are now!

Get over it. Ride to the conditions. Take time to smell the bloody roadside flowers - who knows you might live longer due to less stress. Not to mention not giving in to the temptation to execute a highly dodgy overtake and end up dead.

p.s. I would welcome the split back to Police/MoT (or whatever they'd be called), but then I'm a goody two shoes.

[SixPackBack]

Before this degenerates completely into a bitchslapfest between who speeds/who doesn't speed/who does the most miles/who has the biggest dick...

What is wrong with riding/driving to the conditions? Yes, we have all been stuck behind trucks, busses, caravans, old people...(said t-i-c) and it's all part of being a mature enough road user to accept that patience must be employed a lot more often than we'd like.

Sometimes I feel motorcyclists in particular are so enamored of their bikes ability to accelerate/pass/blow off other motorists that they consider it a personal insult to them as a rider to be in a situation where they are actually stuck (like everyone else) in a queue.

Trust me, I'm sure most of you are old enough (like me) to remember the bad old days when there were even LESS dual carriage ways on our roads than there are now!

Get over it. Ride to the conditions. Take time to smell the bloody roadside flowers - who knows you might live longer due to less stress. Not to mention not giving in to the temptation to execute a highly dodgy overtake and end up dead.

p.s. I would welcome the split back to Police/MoT (or whatever they'd be called), but then I'm a goody two shoes.

Ahem...............

[avgas]

I don't blame anyone else but my self for them - but I am alowed to think that cops are retards with power issues

Glad to hear you don't blame anyone else for your ticket woes. Many on KB do not understand that tickets are of their own doing - very few people get speeding tickets without the key in the ignition.

Why do you think cops are retards with power issues?

As for being self righteous. I suppose you can call it that. I pity those that aren't self righteous enough to think they decide what to do in their life.

Democracy is a simple strategy. Your vote is just as useless as everyone elses
(or as important as mine)

[avgas]

Get over it. Ride to the conditions. Take time to smell the bloody roadside flowers - who knows you might live longer due to less stress. Not to mention not giving in to the temptation to execute a highly dodgy overtake and end up dead.

Nice One! temptation gets mighty strong some times though

[smoky]

What is wrong with riding/driving to the conditions? Yes, we have all been stuck behind trucks, busses, caravans, old people...(said t-i-c) and it's all part of being a mature enough road user to accept that patience must be employed a lot more often than we'd like.

Trust me, I'm sure most of you are old enough (like me) to remember the bad old days when there were even LESS dual carriage ways on our roads than there are now!

Get over it. Ride to the conditions. Take time to smell the bloody roadside flowers - who knows you might live longer due to less stress. Not to mention not giving in to the temptation to execute a highly dodgy overtake and end up dead.

So according to that logic - no one should be complaining about anything - just put with it

of course we ride to the conditions, but what I'm pointing out is the one eyed approach to how the roads accidents are responded to - it's all the fault of the motorist, police them harder - if we keep going down the track we'll all be in soft wrapped foam cars doing 30 klm/hr every where - no deaths on our roads

The attitude of the police is crap, there is a whole lot of positive things they could be supporting, groups they could be working with to help reduce the road toll - but no, they prefer their donuts and radars siting on their fat arses and 'fishing' - then throwing their weight around like Nazis when they pull some one over, then patting them selves on the back believing they're actually making a difference

A cop who thinks pulling people traveling slightly over the speed limit 200 meters form an open road sign, who sits at the end of double over taking lanes to try to catch people getting past traffic, who stand up in court and openly lie to ensure they get a conviction - they deserve no respect, they have limited brains and need to be sacked

[smoky]

Take time to smell the bloody roadside flowers - who knows you might live longer due to less stress. Not to mention not giving in to the temptation to execute a highly dodgy overtake and end up dead.

Nice One! temptation gets mighty strong some times though

You two sound like you only ride a motorbike cause you're too lazy to ride a push bike

If I want to smell the bloody flowers I'd ride a push bike or buy a convertible

[avgas]

Missed out on those.... And I was there in the 80s.

I have been busted for a 2-stroke 'smoking' too much.....

[avgas]

buy a convertible

Nah those things are horrible on your hair