$30 speeding infringement notice

[FJRider]

So what's more dangerous, an SUV driver txting while driving or a motorcyclist going 6kmh over the limit? I'm more likely to fuck myself up than a cager.

How many SUV drivers texting did you see at the time ... ???

And it was a speed camera, not an officer ... (the cameras aren't THAT good )

[SMOKEU]

There is a 50k zone around where i live that used to be 80k. I would say 80% of people still do 80. Some guy wasn't happy with me doing 60 and was tailgating me so i slowed down to 50 and he overtook me and took a swipe at me with his ute as he passed. Cops used to pull a few people over when the limit changed now there are no cops to be found.

A mate of mine lives out in the countryside, the way out there has a long, straight 100kmh road where people often sit at 85-90kmh. When they reach a certain town with a 50kmh zone those same people slow down to 70kmh. The cops should do something about people that like.

How many SUV drivers texting did you see at the time ... ???

And it was a speed camera, not an officer ... (the cameras aren't THAT good )

I was focusing on the road, not on weather or not other road users are using a phone.

[jafar]

I'm under the impression it is a 10% tolerance to allow for speedo error . At 56 k you have exceeded the 10% so you got a fine . Skool area's are now a 40k speed limit, they have been advertising this for a while now. Holiday weekends tend to be a 4k tolerance, in an effort to reduce the road toll over breaks.
If you have cruise control use it, the savings in fuel alone make it worth while .

[FJRider]

I was focusing on the road, not on weather or not other road users are using a phone.

Your focus was wrong ...

Your wallet however ... will be lighter ... so to speak ...

I doubt if you'll get ANY sympathy here ...

[NordieBoy]

Schools are 40kph?

Even ones in 80kph zones?

[Genie]

The limit is 50 so of course you can get done for it muppet ( I may have also got one like that a while back)

this thread only needed one reply this gentleman got it first!

[tigertim20]

I just received a letter from the pigs giving me a $30 infringement notice for going 56kmh in a 50kmh zone. I wasn't aware that I could actually get stung for that. I always travel at that sort of speed in 50kmh areas provided it's safe to do so and have never been caught.

Anyone else here been snapped for that?

I laughed when I saw "Safer communities together" on the bottom of the letter. Like sending someone a $30 speeding tax is really going to make the roads safer...

The letter says the location was on Barrington St "in the vicinity of Cashmere High School" so if you see a camera van there then smash it up.

Fuck, Im sick of all the little cunts that whine when I ticket them. Its annoying. Can they not read? the road signs state, quite clearly, the speed limit. You should hear this young wanker I pulled up today, thought he was ten foot tall, and knew everything then, get this, he tells me 'I didnt know I could get a ticket for speeding'!!!
fucking what?
I said to him, mate, you were 6km/hr OVER THE LIMIT, what do you no understand about that?

Dude stop bitching, you got a ticket, count all the times you have sped and DIDNT get a ticket, and all of a sudden it all makes sense and doesnt seem so unfair.

As for the 'but I was only a bit over' argument, does it suck? yes, it does, but thats life. There has to be a line drawn somewhere, and evidently you crossed it.
If we had 'but it was only a little bit over' type defenses for shit, then it would only be a few months before cunts got off rape charges because 'But, your honour, I didnt even cum inside her, so it wasnt really a rape'

[FJRider]

Schools are 40kph?

Even ones in 80kph zones?

School zones ... usually in 50 km areas ... at school start / finish times ... WELL SIGNPOSTED ... with lights ...

[SMOKEU]

Your focus was wrong ...

Your wallet however ... will be lighter ... so to speak ...

I doubt if you'll get ANY sympathy here ...

Fuck, Im sick of all the little cunts that whine when I ticket them. Its annoying. Can they not read? the road signs state, quite clearly, the speed limit. You should hear this young wanker I pulled up today, thought he was ten foot tall, and knew everything then, get this, he tells me 'I didnt know I could get a ticket for speeding'!!!
fucking what?
I said to him, mate, you were 6km/hr OVER THE LIMIT, what do you no understand about that?

Dude stop bitching, you got a ticket, count all the times you have sped and DIDNT get a ticket, and all of a sudden it all makes sense and doesnt seem so unfair.

As for the 'but I was only a bit over' argument, does it suck? yes, it does, but thats life. There has to be a line drawn somewhere, and evidently you crossed it.
If we had 'but it was only a little bit over' type defenses for shit, then it would only be a few months before cunts got off rape charges because 'But, your honour, I didnt even cum inside her, so it wasnt really a rape'

I admit I was exceeding the posted speed limit by 6kmh. I am going to pay the infringement notice ASAP. I should have made this more clear, I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm not looking for a way to get out of paying the money, I am simply questioning the tolerance in speed limits.

[tigertim20]

I admit I was exceeding the posted speed limit by 6kmh. I am going to pay the infringement notice ASAP. I should have made this more clear, I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm not looking for a way to get out of paying the money, I am simply questioning the tolerance in speed limits.

basically it is this.
THERE IS NO TOLERANCE. WHATSOEVER. PERIOD. END OF STORY. STICK TO THE SIGNPOSTED SPEED LIMIT.

The police officer has the OPTION to use AT HIS DISCRETION a tolerance of UP TO 10%. he does not have to.

The recent campaigns about the 4km tolerance over holidays was not saying 'hey everyone drive at 104km/hr' it means that the cops discretionary allowance is reduced from 10% down to 4km/hr on those days.
That is the long and short of it.

I speed frequently, but I acknowledge that I do so at my own peril. I get away with it WAY more that I get caught.
if you wana speed and be guaranteed no tickets, go do a trackday, Ruapuna, from what I hear, is fucking awesome

[Virago]

I'm under the impression it is a 10% tolerance to allow for speedo error . At 56 k you have exceeded the 10% so you got a fine . Skool area's are now a 40k speed limit, they have been advertising this for a while now....

It always amazes me the amount of mis-information out there.

I've never seen any confirmation of a 10% tolerance. It is a discretionary 10k tolerance at any speed. The discretionary bit means that those doing 11k over the limit are ticketed, while those at 10k or less over the limit may be ticketed - at the officer's discretion. The 10k tolerance is dropped to 4k at times (such as public holidays).

It is a mistake to think that the 10k tolerance is an automatic license to exceed the limit by 10k.

Speed limits around schools are not 40k, unless clearly signposted as such. The normal speed limit for the area (eg 50k) applies. However, the discretionary tolerance is dropped to 4k around schools.

[SMOKEU]

basically it is this.
THERE IS NO TOLERANCE. WHATSOEVER. PERIOD. END OF STORY. STICK TO THE SIGNPOSTED SPEED LIMIT.

The police officer has the OPTION to use AT HIS DISCRETION a tolerance of UP TO 10%. he does not have to.

The recent campaigns about the 4km tolerance over holidays was not saying 'hey everyone drive at 104km/hr' it means that the cops discretionary allowance is reduced from 10% down to 4km/hr on those days.
That is the long and short of it.

I speed frequently, but I acknowledge that I do so at my own peril. I get away with it WAY more that I get caught.
if you wana speed and be guaranteed no tickets, go do a trackday, Ruapuna, from what I hear, is fucking awesome

It always amazes me the amount of mis-information out there.

I've never seen any confirmation of a 10% tolerance. It is a discretionary 10k tolerance at any speed. The discretionary bit means that those doing 11k over the limit are ticketed, while those at 10k or less over the limit may be ticketed - at the officer's discretion. The 10k tolerance is dropped to 4k at times (such as public holidays).

It is a mistake to think that the 10k tolerance is an automatic license to exceed the limit by 10k.

Speed limits around schools are not 40k, unless clearly signposted as such. The normal speed limit for the area (eg 50k) applies. However, the discretionary tolerance is dropped to 4k around schools.

Thanks, that's all I wanted to know.

[FJRider]

I am simply questioning the tolerance in speed limits[/COLOR][/B].

You will soon find NO tolerance to question ... You may find yourself pulled over, at just over the speed limit, just to piss you off ... and the usual WOF/Rego check ... and of course, waste a little of your time ... COS THEY CAN ...

[jafar]

It always amazes me the amount of mis-information out there.

I've never seen any confirmation of a 10% tolerance. It is a discretionary 10k tolerance at any speed. The discretionary bit means that those doing 11k over the limit are ticketed, while those at 10k or less over the limit may be ticketed - at the officer's discretion. The 10k tolerance is dropped to 4k at times (such as public holidays).

It is a mistake to think that the 10k tolerance is an automatic license to exceed the limit by 10k.

Speed limits around schools are not 40k, unless clearly signposted as such. The normal speed limit for the area (eg 50k) applies. However, the discretionary tolerance is dropped to 4k around schools.

I have not heard of anyone being ticketed for 54 in a 50k area.
I said 10% not 10 km tolerance !!

[Virago]

...I said 10% not 10 km tolerance !!

Yep, got that - but I believe that you're wrong.