Ride safe. Bollox!

[avgas]

Consider yourselves lucky.
Most of this holiday I have spent driving on 90 or 80kph speed limit roads.
10 years ago these were all 100.
I would be happy if I could do 104 on them again. Instead I get stuck at the brain numbing 80 or 90kph............I just about had and accident today simply by being bored and drifting SLOWLY off the road. Thank goodness that had than noisemaker strip painted.
If they drop it to 70........I will have to take the train and play card games so that I don't die on (errrr off) the roads.

[NONONO]

Another pisser was the law abiding car driving citizens sitting in the overtaking lane (when there was one) at the same speed as the slow lane. Well, 104 kph it was, so that's what they do, in both lanes.
As for the police, not a one spotted heading all the way north. Probably in the towns and citys eh, less hassle and therefore more revenue.
Day glo, I say, day glo.

[Viscount Montgomery]

my bikes been on hold for a fucking year, been riding the whole time, but it's just the occasional blast on backroads in weekends , maybe the odd blat once or twice during the week just before sunset, Dare these holier-than-thou arse-wipes begrudge me that. You take the risk on your own and pay if caught, so fuck off whiners. Don't give me that crap. I've paid motorbike regos without fail since 1976, but no more though you sons of fucken rip-off arseholes.

Always dicey dodging and sneaking the streets avoiding cops to get back home in town, fucking PITA, these cunts are turning bikers into criminals, 600 bucks plus 40 bucks warrant for 3 or 4000 K's per year be fucked.

I Wanna ride the fucking hiways with no hassles these holidays so one month rego will do it. Bastard motherfuckers. Hope the slimy bung-eyed fucker N.Smith dies a fucking horrible lingering painfull death very soon. Greasy cunt.

the snivelly 4Kph over crap, it's blind ignorant pig-head crap, and that smarmy female witch traffic cop you always see on TV weasel-wording the whole scurrying traffic control circus as the best thing since non-shatter windscreens, it's fucking dangerous taking eyes off road to stare at digits on a fucken speedo. Queer cunts. The roads are seething with THICK AS PIGSHIT cage drivers as it is without all this added shit

[ducatilover]

We did 400km today, saw two Police cars cruising. Didn't see too many idiots on the road, considering. Kept speed to 100-105 and all was happy, the BMW was good on gas and we still had fun when that tar seal stuff got snaky.

I still don't see the huge problem with 104km/h, it really doesn't make us any safer, nor does it extend the trip time by any noticeable amount.
The slower than slow drivers have always been there, the people with no brains/anger issues are still overtaking in silly places.
Nothing has really changed except a lower amount of traffic.

[bsasuper]

People die in motor vechicle's for many reasons, its like the old saying, guns dont kill people, people kill people.If the NZ government was serious about reducing the road toll, they would make getting a licence much more in depth.

[sinfull]

my bikes been on hold for a fucking year, been riding the whole time, but it's just the occasional blast on backroads in weekends , maybe the odd blat once or twice during the week just before sunset, Dare these holier-than-thou arse-wipes begrudge me that. You take the risk on your own and pay if caught, so fuck off whiners. Don't give me that crap. I've paid motorbike regos without fail since 1976, but no more though you sons of fucken rip-off arseholes.

Always dicey dodging and sneaking the streets avoiding cops to get back home in town, fucking PITA, these cunts are turning bikers into criminals, 600 bucks plus 40 bucks warrant for 3 or 4000 K's per year be fucked.

I Wanna ride the fucking hiways with no hassles these holidays so one month rego will do it. Bastard motherfuckers. Hope the slimy bung-eyed fucker N.Smith dies a fucking horrible lingering painfull death very soon. Greasy cunt.

the snivelly 4Kph over crap, it's blind ignorant pig-head crap, and that smarmy female witch traffic cop you always see on TV weasel-wording the whole scurrying traffic control circus as the best thing since non-shatter windscreens, it's fucking dangerous taking eyes off road to stare at digits on a fucken speedo. Queer cunts. The roads are seething with THICK AS PIGSHIT cage drivers as it is without all this added shit

There there !

[Woodman]

Drivers are driving slower.

I drive my car using the cruise control a lot, have it set at 105ish on the speedo and i hardly ever get passed, but I pass a hell of a lot of cars and usually without having to accelerate at all. maybe switch the cc off until a passing opportunity arises and then switch it on again to get passed, but I reckon most drivers are driving in the low 90s.

[Scuba_Steve]

but I reckon most drivers are driving in the low 90s.

Try low 80's

[jrandom]

It's really not that difficult to sit at 100kph. Why are you all in such a hurry?

[Marmoot]

It's not the 100/104 that I have a problem with.
It's how the logic and propaganda behind it go that irks me.

[Madness]

Too many drivers of late model four-wheeled vehicles are relying on accuracy of their speedometers, many of which are out by 10% at 100km/hr indicated. Hence the number of sheep out there doing 90km/hr on the open road. A speedo should be calibrated to read correct +/- 2% so we don't get such a variance in the speed of motorists sharing our roads.

Haven't seen many cops up SH16 last few days

[MSTRS:Me]

Does that mean if you didn't stay within the tolerance ... and survived ... that it didn't work?

The "hidden flaw" in the entire policy ... is there are not enough officers on duty ... in all areas ...

We did 400km today, saw two Police cars cruising. Didn't see too many idiots on the road, considering.

Thank goodness for hidden flaws? My speedo is a guide to what's legal - my actual speed is a guide as to what's sensible in any given circumstance...
Wangers and back = 492km. Saw ONE cop in all that time - GD at the BP in Dannevegas on the way home. And saw 3 prats - all on bikes - HD rider who obviously had no idea what lane markings (and the shoulder) were for, and 2 idiots passing a row of cars on an uphill lefthander with a blind crest.

[FJRider]

It's really not that difficult to sit at 100kph. Why are you all in such a hurry?

On most "good" motorcycling roads ... it's usually difficult not go under it on a point A to B trip.

On any ride, it's not the highest maximum speed that shows ability ... but the highest average speed.

[NONONO]

No probs with people taking care, not advocating speed. Just pointing out the farcical nature of this "Tolerance" bollix.
See, no matter how slow I'm moving the 4 wheel drives and the mobile discos full of hyped up teenagers still sit on my back wheel. The roads are still poorly maintained (had a massive hold up where the police had put in one lane due to the emergence of a huge pothole (not to mention the gravel on the Napier hills).
So how does this lowered tolerance make me safer?
If the road toll is lower, the revenue gathers take the credit. This gives them the mandate to do it again. If, as it's looking, the toll is up then it's simply that we did not listen, or the tolerance was still too high and they bring it in again with a lower tolerance.
Bollix.

[Harry the Barstard]

my bikes been on hold for a fucking year, been riding the whole time, but it's just the occasional blast on backroads in weekends , maybe the odd blat once or twice during the week just before sunset, Dare these holier-than-thou arse-wipes begrudge me that. You take the risk on your own and pay if caught, so fuck off whiners. Don't give me that crap. I've paid motorbike regos without fail since 1976, but no more though you sons of fucken rip-off arseholes.

Always dicey dodging and sneaking the streets avoiding cops to get back home in town, fucking PITA, these cunts are turning bikers into criminals, 600 bucks plus 40 bucks warrant for 3 or 4000 K's per year be fucked.

I Wanna ride the fucking hiways with no hassles these holidays so one month rego will do it. Bastard motherfuckers. Hope the slimy bung-eyed fucker N.Smith dies a fucking horrible lingering painfull death very soon. Greasy cunt.

the snivelly 4Kph over crap, it's blind ignorant pig-head crap, and that smarmy female witch traffic cop you always see on TV weasel-wording the whole scurrying traffic control circus as the best thing since non-shatter windscreens, it's fucking dangerous taking eyes off road to stare at digits on a fucken speedo. Queer cunts. The roads are seething with THICK AS PIGSHIT cage drivers as it is without all this added shit

Dont hold back man..........tell us how you really feel!!