Competitor on the way to Pukekohe today, had a trailer tyre blow out on the motorway. He uncoupled the trailer and shot back home to pick up a spare and was away overall less than an hour. Got a ticket for $200 for 'Leaving a trailer unattended with a ******* car on it'.
richynuts,
Feb 21, 3:17pm
Never thought you would get a fine. bet the fellow carrys a spare from now on?
franc123,
Feb 21, 3:18pm
Not at all surprising, leaving any unattended vehicle on a motorway verge for any length of time would be an offence. Carrying a spare with you is a better strategy I'd have thought, its not much use in the shed.
gmphil,
Feb 21, 3:49pm
i would take that to court in argue it was road worthy has all sticker it simple thru act of god broke down . why is my register vehicle bein discriminated against
elect70,
Feb 21, 3:53pm
Fair enough didnt bother to carry a spare tyre .
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 4:06pm
What a c@ck of a cop, I hope he's planning to contest it!
tamarillo,
Feb 21, 4:34pm
Even if it is an offence it's stupid and just pisses citizens off. What's the point of ticketing them, they don't have a choice, it's not as if they could decide to take the car off. Another case of our public service forgetting its place and just being stupid. Be interesting to see what happens if they wrote in explaining the situation, hopefully someone has some common sense.
tony9,
Feb 21, 4:43pm
Well clearly it was not road worthy at the time. Surely all in the group know well that a wof or other documentation does not define road worthy.
jmma,
Feb 21, 4:43pm
I see big NO Stopping signs on our Motorway, but lets have another "Cop doing his job" bashing thread again, haven't had one for awhile.
mephismeltdown,
Feb 21, 5:00pm
im a learner driver and my trailer has a spare under it. the police officer was not wrong.
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 5:51pm
I disagree, a blowout can happen anywhere at anytime to anyone, in fact I had one myself today, and was stopped on the side of SH1 for 2 hours. In a situation where a trailer has an OBVIOUS flat tyre, is issuing an infringement really a sensible response? Don't police place stickers on broken down cars on the motorway with the words in effect "this vehicle must be removed by this time or it will be towed at owners expense", surely that's the more prudent path to take.
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 5:53pm
So would you rather that the road (and the trailer) was damaged by towing the trailer to the next offramp on the rim? Sorry Jmma, gotta disagree with you on this one.
bumfacingdown,
Feb 21, 5:54pm
Maybe leave someone with the vehicle/trailer and then its not unattended?
jmma,
Feb 21, 5:58pm
Difference being Highway (Allowed to stop) Motorway (Not allowed to stop) Also someone has thousands of dollars of Racecar on a Trailer with no spare.
gunhand,
Feb 21, 6:01pm
Loitering on a motorway is an offense to though isn't it? While I see the silliness of it all I can't help thinking that they really should have been carrying a spare, especially if they travel for events like they may well do. Bet there were spares for the race car and one for tow car as well. But I also note they went home to get said spare, so there was one available it seems. I'm on the fence with this one lol.
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 6:04pm
I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make, as even if they had the spare with them, they would still have to stop, as I would have if my blowout had of happened on the motorway.
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 6:06pm
I see many brand new trailers around with no supplied spare, nor a provision for mounting one. Or maybe it had been swapped over already for a puncture and not replaced yet? Could be any one of a number of reasons I guess.
bumfacingdown,
Feb 21, 6:08pm
The OP states "'Leaving a trailer unattended with a ******* car on it'. " not just for stopping but leaving the thing unattended
pf,
Feb 21, 6:10pm
what's more dangerous . a trailer out of the motorway lanes . or a broken down car being towed on a tow rope along a motorway at 25kph . apparently that's not an offence .
jmma,
Feb 21, 6:11pm
OK you can stop in an emergency on the Motorway, I would say in this case this is an emergency. But the emergency would be he can't go any further, but you can't just drive away and leave it.
Think we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one mate.
jmma,
Feb 21, 6:17pm
OK (o:
xs1100,
Feb 21, 6:20pm
or maybe we could have a cop picking easy targets knowing chances are fine will be paid without much hassle thread
gunhand,
Feb 21, 6:20pm
There will be thousands of cars, trucks, trailers, caravans and so on out there with no spare, flat spare or 1ltr of petrol left in in to do 50 more Kms. People just refuse to take all practicable steps to ensure safe and sensible motoring then expect sympathy when it all goes wrong. Geez people get chastised on here for not getting a pre purchase inspection, ya know, motoring 101, yet going on a long trip (any trip) with a loaded trailer and no spare is ok it seems? Ya gotta wonder if said owner checks his wheel nuts etc before a race too? It's about personal responsibility is it not. Like the fisherman who gets washed off the rocks with no protection and survives, its a case of ''oh, I didn't think it would happen to me'' syndrome happening.
henderson_guy,
Feb 21, 6:26pm
Most trucks don't carry spares, that's what fleet service is for!
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