$30 speeding infringement notice

**riffer** · 12th December 2011, 07:01

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I've been let away with shit that should have had me lose my license on the spot for 28 days with a subsequent court appearance and at least 3 months loss of license. More than once. It's a shame speed cameras don't use discretion.

If that really is the truth I'd say it's about bloody time you did cop something. You attitude is typical of those of your age group. A complete and utter lack of discipline and understanding of rules and consequences.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

**Swoop** · 12th December 2011, 07:42

Originally Posted by tigertim20

that would be a great way to ignore the real issue - that our licencing system is a joke and most people cant drive to save themselves

So true.
It's not like any government is going to wake up and actually address this issue though. The "too hard" basket is already full.

Thread tag: Get a detector bro!

**avgas** · 12th December 2011, 08:10

Originally Posted by Virago

People who speed should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.

Kids aren't allowed to drive

**Edbear** · 12th December 2011, 09:46

Originally Posted by 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 .

Gidday, mate, haven't seen you around for a bit! I use cruise control all the time, saves me having to watch the speedo. Also emphasises the fact that very few drivers ever look at their speedo nor can they maintian anything like a steady speed!

A good driver can beat cruise control for economy, but yes, for most, it does save fuel as it is obvious a lot of drivers play tap dancing on their accelerators.

Originally Posted by Genie

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

But this is KB...

Originally Posted by tigertim20

that would be a great way to ignore the real issue - that our licencing system is a joke and most people cant drive to save themselves

Yup! And few can maintain even 80km/h in the wet! Overall it's not speeding per se that is the problem in NZ, it is simply, as you say, most drivers can't drive! The drivers are unsafe at any speed, not the cars or the roads.

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I've been let away with shit that should have had me lose my license on the spot for 28 days with a subsequent court appearance and at least 3 months loss of license. More than once. It's a shame speed cameras don't use discretion.

Try smiling!

**p.dath** · 12th December 2011, 09:47

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

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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.

I think you'll find the tolerance around schools is very low. If you had been doing 56km/h in a 50km/h zone somewhere else you would probably have been ok.

A child's body can't survive impacts much faster than 50km/h, and children are more unpredictable.

**sosman** · 12th December 2011, 10:16

Originally Posted by tigertim20

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'

Really? 6k's over...who's the cunt now! pwhahaha!

**mashman** · 12th December 2011, 10:19

In town, slow down... what a cock

**Maha** · 12th December 2011, 10:20

The letter says the location was on Barrington St "in the vicinity of Cashmere High School"

They (the police) are pretty hot on the speed limit around schools...that was more than likely your downfall in this instance.

**MSTRS:Me** · 12th December 2011, 10:38

The 10km tolerance is well-known and often abused. It was never 10%, which struck me as crazy since 100/110 is a different prospect to 50/60.
There has also been shitloads of publicity around the school zone issue. No matter where a school is, there are signs warning of a school zone on all approaches. Some have a 40kph sign permanently in place, which may be lit up at certain times of the day. Most don't. But the tolerance is still within 5kph of the posted speed in that area, regardless of whether it is a 40, 50, 70 or 100.
Round these parts, a lot of the schools (primary at least) have installed those solar-powered signs with 2 children walking, which light up, PLUS 2 red lights which flash alternately at 'critical' times of the day.
Children being what they are, I can't understand any motorist who thinks it's OK to even use the much-discussed tolerance...

**SMOKEU** · 12th December 2011, 11:01

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Children being what they are, I can't understand any motorist who thinks it's OK to even use the much-discussed tolerance...

It's a high school, they're not quite little kids any more.

**MSTRS:Me** · 12th December 2011, 11:03

Really? On which planet?

**cs363** · 12th December 2011, 11:21

Originally Posted by MSTRS

The 10km tolerance is well-known and often abused. It was never 10%, which struck me as crazy since 100/110 is a different prospect to 50/60.
There has also been shitloads of publicity around the school zone issue. No matter where a school is, there are signs warning of a school zone on all approaches. Some have a 40kph sign permanently in place, which may be lit up at certain times of the day. Most don't. But the tolerance is still within 5kph of the posted speed in that area, regardless of whether it is a 40, 50, 70 or 100.
Round these parts, a lot of the schools (primary at least) have installed those solar-powered signs with 2 children walking, which light up, PLUS 2 red lights which flash alternately at 'critical' times of the day.
Children being what they are, I can't understand any motorist who thinks it's OK to even use the much-discussed tolerance...

Yes, it's a weird one that - not sure how, when or why the 10Km came to be, but 10% would certainly be the smarter tolerance (and it's what I generally work to on the road).
Some interesting reading on speedometer error here: http://www.consumer.org.nz/news/view...meter-accuracy and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedometer

And agree - the school zone thing has been widely publicised, speeding (especially excessively) in town is an accident waiting to happen and in a school zone (no matter whether the 'kids' are 8 or 18) is an infinitely greater risk.