Busted...

[jrandom]

Umm, can't remember word for word, but he asked why I was riding faster, and I told him the truth, that I didn't like being wedged between cars so i add a few kmh, and he saw the logic - he rides all day and the fluoro doesn't make him any safer right? He told me to keep the speed down, and didn't give me the BS about bikes are instant death etc, he was just matter of fact and told me that I could and should be walking for 28 days, but instead to ride using discretion and care.

You're a lucky fellow, and big ups to that cop for giving you a break.

I have no doubt that in the long run it'll have a far more positive effect on your safety and law-abidingness than a whacking great ticket and four weeks of antiauthoritarian fuming on the bus would have.

[Ixion]

..and he told me that they were watching me on the camera's which is how he knew where to find me ..

..

HM. I thought I remembered claims a while back that those cameras were not used for enforcement purposes.

[madbikeboy]

HM. I thought I remembered claims a while back that those cameras were not used for enforcement purposes.

They're not, they're owned by Transit and have no evidentiary value.

However, a smart operator in the comms centre can easily guide a police officer, and the reality is that a bike stands out a mile on the road when there are a sea of cars...

[madbikeboy]

You're a lucky fellow, and big ups to that cop for giving you a break.

I have no doubt that in the long run it'll have a far more positive effect on your safety and law-abidingness than a whacking great ticket and four weeks of antiauthoritarian fuming on the bus would have.

Yes, totally agreed, and I'm riding slower as a result. So, the chat worked.

[Ixion]

Ah . I thought my aged memory had not completely gone fubar

From this post in this thread this quote from Transit.

"The argument is that traffic management does not require recording and that law enforcement is not the centre's role. "


and its link.

So, another lie from Transit. Not that I'm surprised

[Ixion]

They're not, they're owned by Transit and have no evidentiary value.

However, a smart operator in the comms centre can easily guide a police officer, and the reality is that a bike stands out a mile on the road when there are a sea of cars...

Which sounds exactly like a definition of "enforcement piurposes" to me.

[scumdog]

Which sounds exactly like a definition of "enforcement piurposes" to me.

So what was 'enforced'???

Get a grip.

[jrandom]

So what was 'enforced'???

Er.

In this case, the speed limit on the motorway?

[scumdog]

Er.

In this case, the speed limit on the motorway?

Fucked if I would call it enforced, a bit of guidance more like it.

[jrandom]

Fucked if I would call it enforced, a bit of guidance more like it.

That came down to the cop's discretion, and good on 'im for being an easygoing cunt.

The traffic cameras, however, were definitely used to support enforcement. The fact that the cop decided not to write out the ticket once he'd pulled MBB over is neither here nor there from Transit's perspective.

Ixion's point is valid.

[Ixion]

And, given that Transhit are on record as being totally opposed to lane splitting (they believe that bikes should behave just like cars), the fact that they have decided to turn part time amateur copper may not be a trivial matter.

[jaymzw]

I know this is only funny because the copper didnt throw the book at you BUT. On sunday MBB and myself were lucky enough to go for a cruise out to mission bay. Before crossin the bridge we had a brief convo that went something like this

MBB: Main roads are very bad for cops so whatever happens never speed on them. While going along the waterfront dont break 50 k's

Me looking seriously: Yup,Yes,Okay,Sure

LOL as my father says "do as i say not as i do"

Anyway congrats to the cop and to u 2 i spose

[Ixion]

This dude committed the heinous offence of moving a traffic cone (one of those orange things). He didn't get off so lightly

Another quote

Waitemata Police communications manager Kevin Loughlin said the cameras were operated by Transit, which worked closely with the police in traffic management.

and (admittedly, I'm not sure if this relates to the Transit cameras or other ones (what other ones , anyway?));

The images are kept for 28 days, unless needed for evidential purposes.

[Forest]

This dude committed the heinous offence of moving a traffic cone (one of those orange things). He didn't get off so lightly

Actually his offense was driving through a section of road that had been closed for road-works.

and (admittedly, I'm not sure if this relates to the Transit cameras or other ones (what other ones , anyway?));

There's a network of cameras in the CBD/downtown area of Auckland. They're used to spot trouble as it develops on the street e.g. fights, drunks, tagging etc.

[Ixion]

Not according toi the Harold, which states that he was charged with "interfering with a traffic control device".

But if perchance the road works he drove through were being done by those total CUNTS Fulton Hogan, then good on him, I'll buy him a beer if I ever meet him.