Looks like the _____- drivers in the south island arent confined to tourists! but probably a North islander from Auckland.
socram,
Apr 4, 9:14am
"The woman received a 28 day licence suspension, 50 demerit points, and infringement notices for the excessive speed, driving on an expired licence and in an unlicensed car."
The last part of that says a lot more than the actual speeding. Expired licence and unlicensed car should mean immediate confiscation of the car until such times as all fees are up to date plus storage charges. Car unclaimed after 30 days = sold to recover costs.
Driving on an expired licence and getting 50 demerit points is sure going to make a huge difference to her attitude to the law.
Get real NZ. Get tough. Forget the 1kmh over nonsense, people like this are the real problem.
loud_37,
Apr 4, 9:21am
+1 Socram. I think police should target unlicensed, unregistered and cars with no wof, but I do think people should be able to go faster in passing lanes, have you tried to pass 7 cars that are going 90kph, it takes forever.
trogedon,
Apr 4, 9:27am
Then DON'T DO IT. Simple.
skin1235,
Apr 4, 9:56am
whaaat?, she simply used the passing lane to pass 7 cars that were traveling too slow her expired license means diddly, just another cash cow being milked - no test to redo, just pay the bribe and get a new card ( wasn't that long ago NZ had a lifetime license, one fee and yours for life, but no ongoing chance to hook you for ACC etc so that soon changed) as for the unlicensed car?, definitely crime of the century, she failed to pay to have a wee sticker on the window, especially when its a govt requirement you pay the price for that small sticker, notice there is no mention of WOF, perchance it was WOF'd and the rego sticker had fallen out of its little pocket, along come pedant cop who spews all down his legs and can barely contain himself, wonder if he thought the 7 others were actually driving in an inconsiderate manner, (too fekin slow, in queue, on a passing lane) he could have filled his book on them alone 150 is not that uncommon, especially in a passing lane after you've followed the queue for the last 20 km and no bugga wants to use the passing lane
skin1235,
Apr 4, 9:58am
the only bit that needs attention is the WOF, the rest is just revenue gathering, has absolutely nothing to do with safe driving, WOF's should be a larger sticker done in orange fast fade ink, by the time your 12 mths is up it will be faded to white, and stand out like dogs balls
peja,
Apr 4, 10:00am
True, I have no issue with speed in a passing lane (although 150 is a bit high) but she should have had the car regoed and WOF'd and had a current licence, or at least two of the above
skin1235,
Apr 4, 10:02am
no mention at all of no WOF, can safely assume it had a WOF, or he'd have got her for that as well, the rest is purely revenue gathering, tax collection, and has no bearing on safe road use paying the $130 for another copy of your license does SWA, just another tax, no tests to pass, swipe the CC and drive on
OK lets hit the girl with a sledgehammer shall we, it would have been a far more serious crime if she had never ever held a licence and the car had some sort of a serious roadworthy problem, this doesn't appear to be the case. There would be more to this story, I'd wager the Muppets in front of her were doing 90kph or less and suddenly when two lanes become three 105kph becomes the speed and then when back to two lanes that's dangerous and 90 is needed again. THIS is what causes these problems and a reluctance to pass from those behind, some people simply aren't up to driving on highways. .
socram,
Apr 4, 11:33am
So some of us pay to use the roads, pay into the ACC and others shouldn't? That is why most of us grizzle about the overall amount of ACC we pay on each registered vehicle (even if rarely used) - and all income, even if derived from non active sources, but others get a free ride and get all their medical bills paid?
Yup, that seems fair enough.
lk104,
Apr 4, 11:40am
+1 Would like to know ALL the facts, if there's one nanna driver at the front if the queue and no one behind passing that's bloody frustrating and I would be doing the same thing. Cops should be ticketing the nanna at the front if this is the case.
trogedon,
Apr 4, 11:57am
They were doing 90kph. That's only 10kph under the maximum. Sure most cars and people can drive faster than 100kph but most people have the brains to not risk a ticket if nothing else worse than that.
skin1235,
Apr 4, 12:13pm
even that argument is invalid, continuous licensing means there is no opt out of paying the ACC, sure the window sticker maybe a month or two out of date but the bill still gets paid as soon as you update it, and thats if the car was actually unrego'd ( although they normal give you $150 for failing to display license ) In days gone the cop would have pulled her up, given her a rocket while all those slow cars went past, then told her to behave herself, no revenue gathering required, and leave her to have to either follow the sheep or risk another talking to - and a ticket, cos warnings are noted and bust one again the same day is asking for trouble actually in days gone the cop should have done what they used to do - pass all the others and then pull up the front man, give him a rocket about get ta fek out of everyone elses way if you can't drive to the conditions at the time as everyone else wanted to, and probably give him a ticket for inconsiderate driving
loud_37,
Apr 4, 12:27pm
the biggest problem I find is people are so scared to go 101kph they sit at 90kph, but they think they are doing 90 but their speedo is not accurate and they are really doing 84. Then I come along and pass them doing a true 102-106 and they think I going way to fast. Speed doesn't kill, inattention does.
wizzbikz,
Apr 4, 12:46pm
Takes about 5 secs to get to 150ks in my ML 63 and its a 4x4
seadubya,
Apr 4, 12:51pm
Fine example of how the "speed kills" propaganda works. Let's all add 10% to our travel times, because speed kills and only the insane go over 100kph, after all, time is worthless so an extra 10% longer to get anywhere won't cost anything!
clark20,
Apr 4, 2:40pm
I was about to comment at the top this morning about how 100 km/h with on-coming traffic was worse in my opinion than 150 up a passing lane t get past some slow cars, but thought I would be shot down, seems more people here are not that dissimilar in that thinking.
trogedon,
Apr 4, 2:52pm
You need to learn to READ or understand MEANING because you've missed my point (again).
seadubya,
Apr 4, 3:21pm
So in post #5 you didn't say in "DON'T DO IT", insinuating that the poster would be far more intelligent if they stayed in the slow queue? (#14) "Sure most cars and people can drive faster than 100kph but most people have the brains to not risk a ticket if nothing else worse than that."
mack77,
Apr 4, 9:08pm
I am shocked to find so many posters on this thread stating that there is little or no danger in travelling at speeds in excess of 100kph. The first thing that you have to realise is that there is no such thing as a safe speed other than zero. The faster you go the greater the chance of a crash since the time taken to brake to a stop increases dramatically and the severity of any crash is proportional to the square of the speed of the vehicle. As an example if you double your speed the energy that is dissipated in the crash is four times the amount and if you triple the speed the energy that is dissipated is nine times! In this country the authorities have decided that an acceptable risk is to permit 100kph as the maximum speed. Remember the road is a public space and we should not risk someone else's life by speeding or any other action or inaction.
clark20,
Apr 4, 11:28pm
Germany does not agree with your views, and have a much lower death rate than ours. They make good roads that can take the speed, maybe we should too.
bumfacingdown,
Apr 5, 12:06am
This "The population of Germany is estimated at 82,652,256 as of July 1 2014. " makes a big difference to this "They make good roads that can take the speed,"
skin1235,
Apr 5, 7:16am
more shocking is the attitude that if I exceed the speed limit by any amount I am automatically going to smash into someone or something personally, you may get the speed wobbles at 101, I know I don't
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