got in the tail end of a massive line of traffic following a truck & trailer last night SH26 between Matamata & Tatanui. There was a patrol car 2 cars ahead of me. Get to some new seal, 30kph restriction, vehicles including truck motored on well over the limit, cop went through 45kph us 2 followed. (Nah cop didnt reduce to 30kph unless my speedo is way out!). All traffic slows for diverting roundabout at major intersection cop turns left to Morrinsville I follow he made no effort to apprehend the truckie! Why are our roads a mess if trucks can blatently speed over new work?
slarty45,
Feb 23, 9:31am
cop might have exceeded weekly quota and feeling lazy?
movnon,
Feb 23, 9:42am
Yep & end of shift that was 8pm! I followed him through Morrinsville he disapeared ahead of me at a good rate of knots LOL
bumfacingdown,
Feb 23, 9:58am
Well it saved one truckie the effort of starting a thread about wanker cops and their revenue gathering
mot12,
Feb 23, 9:58am
So I guess you slowed down to 30 and all the vehicles in front speed. So that would make you the one holding up all the cars behind you. Maybe you should have got a ticket for holding up traffic
tamarillo,
Feb 23, 10:00am
WeRe they highway patrol or conventional cop cars?
darryl,
Feb 23, 10:14am
You cant be holding traffic up, if you are obeying the posted speed limit.
klrider,
Feb 23, 10:26am
I think the Police officer in question should have some public announcement, if not before, then certainly after his/her shift so everyone could know what they were doing. Maybe if they posted their time sheets and an explanation of what they might have done during the day on the message boards would be the idea.
quickbuck,
Feb 23, 1:16pm
THIS is the most important bit of the whole post.
Ticket / no ticket, Police not doing their job. Rah rah rah. Doesn't really matter. THE most important thing is the 30K limit is there for the workers on the side of the road. The second most important thing is so that vehicles don't wreck the new surface before it is even constructed.
As truck drivers use the road every day then they should be well aware that the major reason that roads break up prematurely is because it wasn't built properly in the first place. The contractor has a very hard time doing their job properly if people don't obey the rules!
As a motorcyclist it used to really P me off when people in 4 x 4 soft roaders thought the limits didn't apply to them so went through chucking stones everywhere. A stone to the knee really hurts. a stone to the throat can be fatal!
tintop,
Feb 23, 2:39pm
I have been n the road building and maintenance business - it is a major pissoff seeing good work being damaged by inconsiderate pratts, and costly at times having to put stuff right before acceptance for payment.
skiff1,
Feb 23, 2:47pm
you sped in the same situation? Surely you should get the ticket too?
gedo1,
Feb 23, 3:21pm
From the information supplied by the OP I could quite fairly assume (as a normal citizen with no access to Police comms etc) that a more important situation could have arisen - and the situation you saw was of lesser importance. Yes?
klrider,
Feb 24, 5:28am
Careful, people don't like logic round these parts.
hamhonda,
Feb 24, 7:23am
Off subject though but you might be able to tell me then why there is always new surfacing & maintenance on stretches of road that don't appear to have any problems
tintop,
Jun 1, 1:18pm
Like painting a roof - the best time to do it is while the existing paint is still sound. The idea is to reseal before the existing surfacing deteriorates to a point where it is no longer waterproof and the structural layers underneath break down due to penetration of water.
There is an inspection methodology in use over all NZ where the roading is inspected annually and the results compared to previous years. A bit on the system here. http://www.ramm.co.nz/
The whole system is home grown, and world leading n its application and use.
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