There is some real tunnel vison thinking and brainwashing in what you just wrote.Think about!
Most common piece of stupidity I witness daily is incorrect overtaking!Now if your caught that $150 penalty but if you got caught in the UK doing that it would be worth just under half your demerit tally as well. 40 points earned would that have an impact on your driving!
From my own point of view and dare I say many outside taught drivers the rules of the roads in NZ are a joke and enforcement is a joke. But also the tunnel vison speed menace overlooks whats wrong!and then you get the harpers going on about revenue gathering blah blah blah.
pollymay,
Sep 13, 2:03pm
Totally possible given there are key components every car has you can cut but I can sure as hell bet as a young guy in a powerful car I could outdrive 99% of people even at speed. I used to get as much seat time as I could in multiple racecars.
If the person crashes then they have no idea of their abilities or are lapse drivers. I can overtake on double yellows safely, can safely speed, safely tow more than I should, safely do a lot of "dangerous" things and likewise stay within the limits and kill 8 people in one go. IF you have an accident it's on you anyway, more than likely someone caused it by doing something stupid and the law is totally exclusive of that. The law doesn't set the limits of the car or drivers abilities (or physics in general) only merely tries to translate to the thick reasonable means of operating the vehicle then tries to punish everyone on the same level.
We need rules but it gets stupid when you start to realize you are only generating favourable statistics rather than actually stopping a single accident. Just looks good on paper and has the fuzzy feel goods.
smac,
Sep 13, 2:17pm
Agreed, the trouble is the person hurt/killed is frequently not the person who did the stupid thing. Driving at an "appropriate speed" includes driving at a speed that enables you to avoid the other twats on the road when they do something dumb. There's plenty of roads in NZ where you can quite happily do 200kph or more.apparently.people do it all the time without hurting themselves or anyone else. Doesn't make it safe, or a good idea.
smac,
Sep 13, 2:19pm
Oh and I agree with this.to an extent. The cost of living in a democracy is that those in power need to appease the masses, and sometimes that mean appealing to the lowest common denominator. I'd rather have oppressive rules than anarchy, however obviously I'd rather have neither. Finding that happy medium is the never ending quest.
The solution is everyone should be made to buy a supercharged V6 commodore, then noone would be able to speed, even if they wanted to.
scoobeey,
Sep 13, 4:40pm
Likea hooning around boy racer doing 100km in town and whacking into a tree
scotty20001,
Sep 13, 4:58pm
i was thinking anything made by MG, because they would spend most of their time on the tow truck or with the bonnet up on the side of the road, you asked for that one.
extrayda,
Sep 13, 5:55pm
Speed limiting too tightly would be unsafe (IMHO).In saying that, how many times have you *needed* to exceed say 120km/h! Most cars these days are capable of at least 160 upwards, quite a few imports are limited to 185km/h.I wouldn't have an issue with cars being limited to say 120km/h unless proven to also be a track / race car of some sort (with appropriate driver skills).Yes, I know, too hard to police, easy to get round. In reality it is mostly down to driver skill, experience, education, and common sense.There are areas where it would be pretty safe to speed (e.g. new motorway between north shore and west auckland :-) and other areas where it is much less safe.I used to get grief with insurance for the V8's I had when I was young (and even when I was older), but my 1166cc Corolla Wagon was easy to insure, and in reality much more dangerous. Even had more trouble insuring a 2.0 MR2 Automatic (standard) than a 2.0 GTST Turbo Skyline, which was much faster, and if you were silly with it, easier to get loose in the wet.
surf_quiksilver,
Sep 13, 6:12pm
I speed but I leave my hazard lights on to warn others so it's ok.
extrayda,
Oct 23, 8:51pm
statistically you are probably much safer to travel at 200km/h, as I am sure most accidents happen much slower than that :-)
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