Tickets for 4km/h over the speed limit this Queens Birthday weekend

[miloking]

What do you do for a living? Simple question.

IT, Network security tech for large( your could say New Zealand's favorite ) ISP

(dont have to deal with public only internal people...and iam happy for that otherwise i would have to tell you all fuckers what i think of you in person)

BTW i know where you going with this... I never claimed to contribute anything to anyone!!! Dont forget that!

(I do have respect for firefighters and rescue teams of any kind, doctors, vets, people cleaning streets you name it....just not for cops, simple as that)

[duckonin]

Reading all of these posts is better than getting a good vid to watch...Take care on the road this weekend men+ ladies, enjoy your bikes...

[oldrider]

I'm one of your small minded pratts, and yes, I enjoy my job. I work with a great bunch, and do a job that contributes to society.

So you have aspirations to get promoted to a parking warden then!

They are highly trained and have to make decisions, that could be a big step up!

[miloking]

HAHA the irony http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...-loses-licence

He sped up to a overtake a car he had been following at between 85 and 95kmh.

"I put the foot down to overtake, broke the rules and got caught," he said. The car he was passing had sped up to 105kmh during the passing manoeuvre, a fact noted by the ticketing officer, he said.

That offence took him to over 100 demerit points, the limit at which a driver's licence is automatically suspended"


We will see much more of those after this weekend, this is awesome..

(if it was any of us mortals got caught doing 142 and not mayor or large city we would also be "appearing in court" on dangerous driving charge...)

[FJRider]

Was within the "tolerance" at the time ...

[Blinkwing]

(if it was any of us mortals got caught doing 142 and not mayor or large city we would also be "appearing in court" on dangerous driving charge...)

They'd lock us up in jail and throw away the key.

Speeding is worse than violent crimes(!)

[Sentox]

He sped up to a overtake a car he had been following at between 85 and 95kmh.

"I put the foot down to overtake, broke the rules and got caught," he said. The car he was passing had sped up to 105kmh during the passing manoeuvre, a fact noted by the ticketing officer, he said.

This is the part that frustrates me so much. As I said in some other thread, I got a ticket that way. Following someone at 85, he speeds up to 100 (according to the cop, even), and I got stung for 121. 142kph is probably unnecessary, but what are you really supposed to do? I mean that as a genuine question too. As I see it, your only two real options are to hold parallel and see who wins a game of chicken, or drop back and attempt to pass the vehicle where there isn't a passing lane, so you can catch them 'off-guard' >.<

[Dare]

I thought most cop cars had a moron detector sitting behind the wheel? I ride quite a few ks a year in traffic, and every journey I see people doing really stupid shit like eating pies and turning to their passengers to talk to them for several seconds in traffic. Only problem is it's real easy to write a ticket for 55 kmh, but hard to pull someone up and explain that driving a car requires complete focus and concentrated attention on the task in hand, so Our Masters will instruct their minions to police the speed limit even more enthusiastically.

Funny story, I actually saw a cop pull over a guy driving with a phone clapped to his ear, far from pulling over he aimed at the curb, stamped on the brakes, jumped out and gave the cop a talking to(!)
He soon quietened down when the cop made a phone gesture and pulled out his ticket book. Sweet moment of justice I felt but what the hell do I know.

[FJRider]

HAHA the irony http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...-loses-licence

He sped up to a overtake a car he had been following at between 85 and 95kmh.

"I put the foot down to overtake, broke the rules and got caught," he said. The car he was passing had sped up to 105kmh during the passing manoeuvre, a fact noted by the ticketing officer, he said.

That offence took him to over 100 demerit points, the limit at which a driver's licence is automatically suspended"


We will see much more of those after this weekend, this is awesome..

(if it was any of us mortals got caught doing 142 and not mayor or large city we would also be "appearing in court" on dangerous driving charge...)

The loss of licence due to demerits is automatic .... the 142 km's over ticket may still result in a court appearance ...

[BoristheBiter]

BTW i know where you going with this... I never claimed to contribute anything to anyone!!! Dont forget that!

Never had a truer word been spoken

[Dare]

This is the part that frustrates me so much. As I said in some other thread, I got a ticket that way. Following someone at 85, he speeds up to 100 (according to the cop, even), and I got stung for 121. 142kph is probably unnecessary, but what are you really supposed to do? I mean that as a genuine question too. As I see it, your only two real options are to hold parallel and see who wins a game of chicken, or drop back and attempt to pass the vehicle where there isn't a passing lane, so you can catch them 'off-guard' >.<

Heres a thought, if your radar detector (I mean spidey sense) is going off, speed up to 103.9999 and get them to speed, then see who gets pulled over!

[miloking]

This is the part that frustrates me so much. As I said in some other thread, I got a ticket that way. Following someone at 85, he speeds up to 100 (according to the cop, even), and I got stung for 121. 142kph is probably unnecessary, but what are you really supposed to do? I mean that as a genuine question too. As I see it, your only two real options are to hold parallel and see who wins a game of chicken, or drop back and attempt to pass the vehicle where there isn't a passing lane, so you can catch them 'off-guard' >.<

Both options that are "legal" and you suggested are definately not very safe at all...either way we all know this whole "speed farce" has nothing to do with safety.

[Dare]

HAHAHAHAHA, thats the best one today "do a job that contributes to society" and "work with great bunch" ....wake up buddy, you are not contributing anything, you are a just enforcer of rule from above...and your great bunch is a shameful group of money collecting "automatons"...you got the first one right tho...

Someone needs to buy more lube

[miloking]

Never had a truer word been spoken

Well there you go...we finaly agree on something. Hallelujah!

[Sentox]

Both options that are "legal" and you suggested are definately not very safe at all...either way we all know this whole "speed farce" has nothing to do with safety.

It's a sad indictment that when out on the road I often find myself weighing up between legality and safety.