Police get riders at over 200 km/h

**3umph** · 16th April 2009, 15:30

Originally Posted by DougieNZ

Ahhh the old "if you are a good rider you are OK to travel at 200km/h" debate...

I have heard more than one article this year where grieving friends have said:

"I just can't understand it, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD RIDER"

Fact: Human reaction dictates there will still be a minimum distance travelled. The faster you go, the longer it is...It is not influenced by:

- Whether you are a "good" rider
- Whether you "know" the road
- What bike you are riding
- How many times you have ridden on that road

so what about the good law abiding rider that gets wiped out by a campervan driven by a tourist crossing to the other side of the road... so outlaw campervans or tourists driving... why could the driver and rider of stopped in time???

many places the speed limit is way too fast if the 'what if' happens or things happen to close for any avoidance to happen...

**3umph** · 16th April 2009, 15:33

Can any one enlighten us to what section of the road that the bikes were pulled up....

as there are many places to get to that sort of speed from chch to kaikoura

**PrincessBandit** · 16th April 2009, 15:43

Originally Posted by 3umph

Can any one enlighten us to what section of the road that the bikes were pulled up....

Some of the wind gusts around that area are pretty freaky, so throw that "unpredictability" into the mix and it could be devastating.
yeah sure sure, they weren't hurt, no one died **said with long drawnout groaning sound**, but playing with fire is gonna get someone burnt eventually.

**3umph** · 16th April 2009, 15:49

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Some of the wind gusts around that area are pretty freaky, so throw that "unpredictability" into the mix and it could be devastating.

yeah I know that.... even at at 100k they can be real bad but was it real windy that day???

some trucks traveling the opposite way are bad enough for wind gusts at time...

Ice grit is also put on the road as well... and the odd time loose stock.... birds eating road kill... etc etc...

**MisterD** · 16th April 2009, 16:00

Originally Posted by 3umph

Can any one enlighten us to what section of the road that the bikes were pulled up....

as there are many places to get to that sort of speed from chch to kaikoura

Between Parnassus and Hundalee is as precise as the Harold report gets.

**Mully** · 16th April 2009, 16:16

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2340...getting-coffee

You lawless heathen

**JimO** · 16th April 2009, 16:18

whats 211ks in mph

**JimO** · 16th April 2009, 16:21

arrrrrr im a pirate

**HenryDorsetCase** · 16th April 2009, 16:21

Originally Posted by Ixion

Shit, the coffee in Kaikoura must be blurdy good!

We've been known to ride up the inland Kaikoura road, stop at Hislops for lunch, then ride down the coast road home. Its a lovely day out, and the coffee at Hislops is excellent. As is the food.

I once went 212 km/h, while doing what the swedish people were doing in their Mazda ("No wonder I was weaving all over the road yeronner, I couldn't see much apart from Doris' back") and while drinking bourbon and torturing seals.

Johnny Scofflaw, thats me.

**3umph** · 16th April 2009, 16:23

arrr yes a usual place for targeting speeding motorists.... just north of Parnassus there are a few good straights and a newish section of road that took the cutting out.... very common place to open the taps up...

bottom left is the waiau river... top is the conway river...

**jetboy** · 16th April 2009, 16:23

Originally Posted by jimjim

whats 211ks in mph

131mph..........(10 characters)

**YellowDog** · 16th April 2009, 16:24

Originally Posted by DougieNZ

Apart from the fact that you would need to be a dickhead to be doing that sort of speed and putting yourself and innocent others at risk?

Sorry, but that is FAR too fast to be going on a public road. Go to a racetrack if you want to do speeds like that. We should NOT be condoning this sort of thing IMHO.

211kph is 132mph.

Well I am not sure I agree with your comments. We don't really know if these guys were idiots or not.

Years back I used to enjoy riding my bike on motorways at 120mph. I would touch 130mph sometimes and have been as fast as 155. Such speeds are really is quite exhilarating. Maybe this is what these entrapped bikers were doing. I would say that 120mph is a good speed to ride at and you can maintain good control and react quickly enough to stay safe (depending upon the road conditions and traffic volume). 155mph is not safe and you are a great deal more vulnerable, regardless of the road conditions.

The judgement call on these guys has to be whether they were putting themselves (and others) in danger. If the Police set up a trap I suspect that this may well be a safe stretch of road and the Police were using this tactic expecting to entrap safe speeders. I do not know however unless you know the road and the conditions, it is not for us to make such a judgement.