4kmh tolerance for Waitangi Weekend until 29 February?

[rastuscat]

24hr clock? Or you are real old...

Lot's of city councils in the 1960s and 70s had their own traffic cops. And they could be vicious bastards. They were in Lower Hutt.
The only good thing was they had a limit to their jurisdiction...

I'm REAL old.

The last local council traffic depts were Napier, Mount Albert, Tamaki, Invercargill and Orkers. I was one of the last Orkers.

It really was the Wild West back then.

[MSTRS:Me]

... I was one of them...

That explains a lot...
You've never been a proper cop

[rastuscat]

That explains a lot...
You've never been a proper cop

Yeah, only 19 years in the Police. Only 5 years of general duties, 1 year being an education cop in schools, and 2 years of CIU. Nah, never been a REAL cop. Sorry.

[willytheekid]

The limit(s) ARE set ... IN LAW. (and signs to state what they are in each area)

Any tolerance given is to your/our benefit. If the issue is pressed ... NO tolerances will be given.

Actually, tolerances are given to allow for things like environmental, mechanical and human input or error that may adversly effect the process of maintaining a fixed legal speed.
For example, crusie control!...not that acurate, and could in fact put you over the 4k limit...shall we make cruise control illegal to own or operate?
Hils...wind...there are many factors that allow for a mistake or change of speed that may push you under or over the set speed limits, so a level of tolerance needs to be in place.

My comments were pointing out the fact that 4k is a bit "tight" a tolerance, especialy one to be "labeling" people as dangerous drivers or speeders that warrent a ticket or pursuit.

4k is just to tight a margin!...and trying to and sell it as a safety measure for our good?(by labeling us "crims")...is just insulting while the REAL problems continue to go unaddressed.(poor roads, poor driver training, drink drivers, lack of funding for the poilce etc etc)

You know me FJ, I have no problems at all with the law or obeying the rules & speed limits(I ride like a nana for gods sake), I also have nothing but respect for the police and the difficult job they do...but you just have to go for a ride during a longweekend or holiday to see the effect these new "rules" have had...and it sure hasn't made the roads safer...has it?

Ride safe mate

[MSTRS:Me]

Yeah, only 19 years in the Police. Only 5 years of general duties, 1 year being an education cop in schools, and 2 years of CIU. Nah, never been a REAL cop. Sorry.

Started as a council cop. In 1700. 312 years later, still HP. The prosecution rests, m'lud.

[Scuba_Steve]

For example, crusie control!...not that acurate, and could in fact put you over the 4k limit...shall we make cruise control illegal to own or operate?

Yes!!!


as you were

[FJRider]

The tolerance is exactly that. When I started (late 1700s) we didn't even bat an eye until someone was doing 20 over a speed limit. One guy I worked with would write 68s and 69s outside a school, but even we thought he was a proper nazi. It has taken a lot of years to come to the point where the tolerance is down to 4 km/h, but it's finally here. Funny, when we were applying a 19km/h tolerance in Orkers, Cockrofts Cowboys in Invercargill were rigidly applying a 5 km/h tolerance in Invergiggle. If you drove down Yarrow Street at 55 you overtook all the locals, who lived in fear of the traffic nazis down there.

Having lived in (near) Invergiggle ... as a child ... and growing up (contrary to common opinion) and going through the driver/rider licence thing ... the lookout was always made for the black viva's ...

The stuff legends and folklore ... were based on. (They gave snakes a bad name... )

[rastuscat]

For example, crusie control!...not that acurate, and could in fact put you over the 4k limit...shall we make cruise control illegal to own or operate?

Cruise control doesn't cause speeding offences, it's the person using the cruise control that causes the speed the vehicle travels at.

Come on Willy, don't blame the Italian Stallion for your tickets........

[yod]

the lookout was always made for the black viva's ...

followed by the MkIII Cortinas

[FJRider]

followed by the MkIII Cortinas

I had already grown up ... and escaped the area by then ...

[yod]

I had already grown up ... and escaped the area by then ...

my old man had a Viva as a company car, and then a MkIII - I thought it was the awesomeness cuz the speedo went up to 200

[martybabe]

Yeah, only 19 years in the Police. Only 5 years of general duties, 1 year being an education cop in schools, and 2 years of CIU. Nah, never been a REAL cop. Sorry.

19 years eh, no wonder you're so intransigent

[rastuscat]

They got to use the mayors black Statesman for patrols when he wasn't using it too. Nice.

[rastuscat]

19 years eh, no wonder you're so intransigent

19 years sine the integration, 4 years before it, 23 years total.

I'm certainly not intransigent. I used to like people.

[Kickaha]

If you get pulled over and say you weren't looking at your speedo, I reckon a careless use ticket should be given.

Funny I was thinking that as I was ticketed the other day, basically I got a ticket because I wasn't paying attention to the speed I was doing, I'd consider that careless