Driving penalties to get tougher

[Chrislost]

FTP
YOU WONT CATCH ME ALIVE


there goes any reason to stop when caught doing more than 20km.h over the limit.



The revenue gathering argument is now gone too...
i assure you that the road toll will not go down because you need to get rid of the stupid drivers not the speeders

[Chrislost]

that officer on tv last night said that your not chased if you dont know it...

how about i just drive like a fuckwit at 255km.h everywhere
speed dosnt kill, stupid people(cops included) do

[Ixion]

Clarification of the new demerit proposals

• a three-tier demerit point regime (25 points, 50 points and 75 points) which sets demerit points according to the level of road safety risk for speed, intersection and seatbelt non-wearing offences. It would be applied progressively as further proposals to change penalties are developed;
• traffic offenders should bear all direct and indirect costs relating to licence reinstatement and this will be done through a requirement for them to pay an appropriate fee for a re-issued licence including the theory test;
• all traffic offenders will be required to pass the appropriate driver licence theory test before their licence will be re-issued;
• demerit points should remain active against any licence for a period of two years from the date the offence was committed;
• a licence suspension for accumulating 100 or more demerit points will only reduce the total demerit points by 100 and will not remove all active demerit points on the licence;
• more than one period of licence suspension can be imposed for demerit points accumulated in multiples of 100 (e.g. 200), and that such periods of licence suspension must be served consecutively.

Bear in mind that some of this (radar detectors for sure) actually requires new legislation, that must be open for public submission. It's done set in stone yet

[sAsLEX]

all traffic offenders will be required to pass the appropriate driver licence theory test before their licence will be re-issued;

You loose your license, you loose all classes.

Does one require to resit all classes or just the one the offence occurred on?

[Chrislost]

fuck this!
im guna tick up a racetrack
who wants in.

[James Deuce]

so when are we going to make a stand for the rights of new zealanders? We need make the government listen to us, not us cowering down to them and taking it. they should be our bitches we're the ones that pay their wages!

What? The right of New Zealanders to break the law?

How is this demerits/fine change an issue folks? It's a fair cop if you get caught speeding, it always has been.

I really don't understand the petrol head mindset sometimes, and I'm White Trash (not THE White Trash) FFS.

[Ixion]

Bloody cheeky , this bit

“We believe there will be widespread public support for these proposals as many of the issues targeted are a direct result of feedback from the public and road safety stakeholders to the See You There … Safe As! programme run last year,” said Ms King.

I was at those Safe As workshops, and the overwhelming output from them was the need for EDUCATION.

Which the MoT have totally ignored and just swallowed the tired old Police line, with hook and sinkers as well, more enforcement, more penalties.

[James Deuce]

Bloody cheeky , this bit



I was at those Safe As workshops, and the overwhelming output from them was the need for EDUCATION.

Which the MoT have totally ignored and just swallowed the tired old Police line, with hook and sinkers as well, more enforcement, more penalties.

You can't say you honestly expected anything else, can you?

To expect a sea change in the Government's patronising attitude to the serfs they govern would be naivety of almost terminal proportions.

We're stupid and have to be protected from ourselves and don't you forget it. Education is for the Socialist class only too, preferably Socialist females, though those with Merkins stuck to their faces who impersonate males qualify too.

[fireliv]

Sounds good in theory.... lets see what happens

[Usarka]

If any of you feckers have ever said "if your not [insert crime here] then you have nothing to worry about" then you can shut your moaning hole.

[Chrislost]

who wants to march to parlamen, but rather then have speaches when we get there we rock on up and take over, start reversing some of this PC bullshit that is there and fire the MOT

[slopster]

I like the sound of this scheme. The police will make a point of enforcing it for a while so they can say see we weren't after the revenue anyway. But it won't last when theres bugger all revenue comming in they wont bother putting speed traps on the likes of long downhills and passing lanes.

[Steam]

who wants to march to parlamen, but rather then have speaches when we get there we rock on up and take over, start reversing some of this PC bullshit that is there and fire the MOT

Fuck some people say some stupid shit on KB.
But I guess you are just venting your anger at getting pinged harder.

What a pack of whiners.

Harden The Fuck Up and take your demerits like a man.

[Tortron]

couldnt believe my luck, just walking out the door to install my shiney new detector as i hear on the news BANNED. Dammit

[Ixion]

I like the sound of this scheme. The police will make a point of enforcing it for a while so they can say see we weren't after the revenue anyway. But it won't last when theres bugger all revenue comming in they wont bother putting speed traps on the likes of long downhills and passing lanes.

or else they'll enforce ferociously to make up the llost revenue. Less dollars per ticket means more tickets need to be issued.

One thing s for sure, this will hit the Police another whammy with the general public. Remember, the demerits covers 50kph zones too. There's going to be a hell of a lot of interchangeable Mabels lose their licens for doint 71kph . Mind you I suspect the polic have by now given up on the idea of ever having community support, and settled for a "everybody is the enemy" approach to life.