How resilient are the new safety camera trailers?

[Gremlin]

A footnote to this, I ran out of petrol on the motorway a while ago. The person at the AA said they treat breakdowns on the motorway as an emergency because of the danger, and there was someone there in 15 minutes.

I stopped as far to the left as I could and waited behind the Armco.

When my bike lied about remaining range and ran out, I call the AA. Struggling to hear the call taker against the vehicles I asked the call taker to speak up... She asked if I could go somewhere quieter...

But yes, the fuel arrived shortly after...

[SaferRides]

When my bike lied about remaining range and ran out, I call the AA. Struggling to hear the call taker against the vehicles I asked the call taker to speak up... She asked if I could go somewhere quieter...

But yes, the fuel arrived shortly after...

My bike isn't that sophisticated, it only tells you how far since the low fuel warning. It will normally do 50 kms, but not that day!

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[Berries]

if i have the spot located correctly it looks like it is a motorway.Why was it parked on a motorway.

Because that is where people exceed the speed limit, sorry, safety limit.

Even though the road may have a 120km/h design speed, be median divided and have the occasional merge lane rather than an intersection. Attractive if you need to write a few tickets or want to impress the higher ups. Much the same as sitting in a passing lane 2m from the live lane pissing everyone off and causing a huge risk to other road users.

[BMWST?]

Motorways are awful places when you are at the side one of one, outside a vehicle.

100 kmh doesn't feel very fast when you are travelling in a car, but holy cow, 100 kmh is very fast when you are stationary on the side of a road and cars are going past at 100 kmh.

I worked on the Ak Motorways Group back in the 90's, scared the hell out of me.

Certainly a place for excessive caution.

yes. if you are standing on the side of a footpath and people walk past they go past you quite fast. Thats only 5 km hr different. Its the same as if you doing 220 and your mte goes past at 225....seems quite fast.
so yes 100km hr is fast

[JimO]

just driven ChCh to Dunedin ,cop with his radar on sitting right at the end of a passing lane in a bit of a dip, prime spot for safety tickets

on friday drove Oamarama, Tekapo, Fairlie, Geraldine, ChCh 3 out of every 4 cars was asian tourists in toyota highlanders, mitsi outlanders etc, mostly traveling between 60ks and 110ks (usually at the same time) braking at every corner and everytime a oncoming car appears ....no cops though

[rastuscat]

just driven ChCh to Dunedin ,cop with his radar on sitting right at the end of a passing lane in a bit of a dip, prime spot for safety tickets

on friday drove Oamarama, Tekapo, Fairlie, Geraldine, ChCh 3 out of every 4 cars was asian tourists in toyota highlanders, mitsi outlanders etc, mostly traveling between 60ks and 110ks (usually at the same time) braking at every corner and everytime a oncoming car appears ....no cops though

Foreign drivers account for approximately 5% of crashes. Which means that 95% are caused by locals.

It's really easy to single out foreign drivers, and I get it. Some districts have a higher proportion of such drivers, so have a larger problem with them e.g. Mackenzie District.

It's really easy to demonise statistics. Like, 2% of drivers are foreign drivers, yet 5% of crashes involve foreign drivers.

A sensationalist could write these headlines.........."TOURISTS 2.5 TIME MORE LIKELY TO KILL KIWIS" or "TOURISTS OVER-REPRESENTED IN CRASH STATS".

Both of which are true, but fail to mention that locals cause 95% of crashes.

Let's be real about what the real problem is.

[R650R]

Foreign drivers account for approximately 5% of crashes. Which means that 95% are caused by locals.

It's really easy to single out foreign drivers, and I get it. Some districts have a higher proportion of such drivers, so have a larger problem with them e.g. Mackenzie District.

It's really easy to demonise statistics. Like, 2% of drivers are foreign drivers, yet 5% of crashes involve foreign drivers.

A sensationalist could write these headlines.........."TOURISTS 2.5 TIME MORE LIKELY TO KILL KIWIS" or "TOURISTS OVER-REPRESENTED IN CRASH STATS".

Both of which are true, but fail to mention that locals cause 95% of crashes.

Let's be real about what the real problem is.

And those 5% should really be added into the pool of crashes caused by fatigue as a msssive portion of those are prob the classic just gotten off plane and tired. The fact they are non resident is a side issue.
Your right though 95% of crashes are caused by people who have been trained in nz conditions and have full easy access to knowledge about known accidents t black spots and likely driving conditions.

Approximately 29% of New Zealand's population were immigrants as of 2023, with a significant portion of these being temporary migrants rather than permanent residents,

AI Google of visitor numbers says;

There were an average of approximately 310,000 overseas visitor arrivals per month in New Zealand during the four weeks ending September 7, 2025, with the total number of visitors at any one time being a fraction of this, depending on the length of their stay. For example, monthly data for July 2025 shows 203,420 overseas visitor arrivals, which is a snapshot of the total arrivals in a given month, not the actual number of visitors present at any single moment.

If 203,420 visitors arrive in July and stay for an average of two weeks, then at any given time during July, there would be about 101,710 visitors in the country at that moment, excluding those who arrived and departed within the same month

So roughly 2% of population at any given time are 5% of accidents thatÂ’s not too bad given unfamiliarity with local hazards and being jet lagged etc

[SaferRides]

Saw a cop car 90° just before the Takanini exit (so not after) northbound last weekend, if it helps.

Saw one on the SW tonight parked at 90° across where the Armco on an exit and motorway join. And at night - at least he was in a while car.

Is this just an Auckland thing?



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