Speed and tolerance

[rastuscat]

I'm training a couple of cops on how to use radars. We've done about 10 hours of practical training so far, 10 to go.

In the 10 hours so far we've written 7 tickets. We've driven past hundreds of vehicles, probably thousands. Open road and city.

The guy we just dealt with tells me everyone does it. Well, based on the last 10 hours, he's in the top 0.1%.

Same old self justification. Tripe.

Donuts.

[Edbear]

Ha ha! What "everyone" does, is sit well below the speed limit in inconvenient positions, like the right hand lane for example, while talking on their cell-phones and braking heavily for a Cop car on the other side of the motorway.

[SMOKEU]

I'm training a couple of cops on how to use radars. We've done about 10 hours of practical training so far, 10 to go.

In the 10 hours so far we've written 7 tickets. We've driven past hundreds of vehicles, probably thousands. Open road and city.

The guy we just dealt with tells me everyone does it. Well, based on the last 10 hours, he's in the top 0.1%.

Same old self justification. Tripe.

Donuts.

If you want to do something useful with a radar gun then go and start ticketing the people who hoon through the 30kmh zones tailgating anyone doing less than 50kmh.

Otherwise, go and solve some real driving offences like people driving on the wrong side of the road around blind corners.

[MVnut]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

[SMOKEU]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

+1 to this.

[george formby]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

That is a nationwide habit. The risk of getting tail ended is huge, vehicle behind is already checking the road is clear & goes straight up yer chuff. Even our local tarmac officers are guilty of it which is a worry seeing as they regularly target the stop junction they have just rolled through.

20 hours to use a radar? Must be strategy training in der, too.

[MVnut]

That is a nationwide habit. The risk of getting tail ended is huge, vehicle behind is already checking the road is clear & goes straight up yer chuff. Even our local tarmac officers are guilty of it which is a worry seeing as they regularly target the stop junction they have just rolled through.

20 hours to use a radar? Must be strategy training in der, too.

I don't actually believe this but if I have someone close when I come to a ComStop I make sure I make eye contact in my mirror (and try and look as evil as possible). I have Always stopped at ComStops and always will unless I am sure someone is going to hit me....it hasn't happened yet....mind you I'm only up to about 3 million kays

[bogan]

20 hours to use a radar? Must be strategy training in der, too.

Rigorous muscle memory training an testing to ensure the radar gun is not mixed up with the 9mm

[george formby]

I don't actually believe this but if I have someone close when I come to a ComStop I make sure I make eye contact in my mirror (and try and look as evil as possible). I have Always stopped at ComStops and always will unless I am sure someone is going to hit me....it hasn't happened yet....mind you I'm only up to about 3 million kays

Oh, t'is true, every word. If someone is up me chuff I brake slowly & early so we both reach the intersection at stuff all kmh. Seems to work. A mate was knocked off twice at said junction, no harm done, though. Just a push, tumble & SMIDSY. He ended up resorting to hi viz. Then moved elsewhere so I can't comment on the new jacket.
Gotta be pro active nowadays.

[TheDemonLord]

If you want to do something useful with a radar gun then go and start ticketing the people who hoon through the 30kmh zones tailgating anyone doing less than 50kmh.

Otherwise, go and solve some real driving offences like people driving on the wrong side of the road around blind corners.

Would also be nice if they targeted people doing 30 in a 50 zone for no reason - same with people doing 80 on the open road for no reason

[SMOKEU]

Would also be nice if they targeted people doing 30 in a 50 zone for no reason - same with people doing 80 on the open road for no reason

I agree.

[BigAl]

Red light runners, there's the problem.

See it every day and must be so easy to put a fixed camera in, but may be not enough revenue in it.

[Fiddy40]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

Talking of COM STOPS the one at the North end of the service road starting at the lights on Te Rapa and Garnett Ave, the stop sign is at the other end on Sir Tristram Ave and Te Rapa, I watched a group of riders from a very very well know motorcycle club ride straight through, not one stopped they just followed each other, all wearing their orange vests, what a lot of good that did.

[Swoop]

Red light runners, there's the problem.

See it every day and must be so easy to put a fixed camera in, but may be not enough revenue in it.

Why do that?
The wheel turner's (they cannot be called a "driver"... just a steering wheel turner) get to know where the red light cameras are.

The simplest solution is random enforcement of the red light. A 12g shotgun with solid slugs would be perfect. Watch red light running stop overnight if that was brought in.

[kiwi cowboy]

My pet hate is people who don't stop at ComStops....if you targeted Shands Rd between Marshs and Selwyn you could fund the National Dept. I did a number of 'surveys' there just for personal reasons over a number of days and over 95% of people do not stop at the ComStop if they have a look and nothing is coming

I've had a cop do this one day up my way but he past me on the other side of the road as I was just stopped at the line and just blew through the stop sign completely