Speed camera tolerance dropping to 5km !!

[Andrew NR]

 QRAF said:

it was him

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3780052/Taupo-cop-sets-pace-on-speed

Now we have someone to aim for at the pedestrian crossing

[subieboy]

 Andrew NR']

[quote name='QRAF said:

it was him

url]http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3780052/[/url]Taupo-cop-sets-pace-on-speed

Now we have someone to aim for at the pedestrian crossing

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[aim]

 stuff.co.nz said:

"The road toll is down and the number of tickets are down as well. At this stage we will assess numbers later today but it seems really great."

Police road policing communications manager Lesley Wallis said though police were pleased with the results, there were no moves yet to make the policy permanent.

all good

[wrx_lou]

Did anyone on here actualy get fined for speeding this weekend?

[MercuryFree]

 wrx_lou said:

Did anyone on here actualy get fined for speeding this weekend?

Cops were everywhere around these parts, but no fines for me. I know of one guy who got a 60 in a 50, but that's about it.

[QRAF]

no ticket for me

[aim]

I'm suprised there were no tickets on the cruise...

[Guest]

 aim said:

I'm suprised there were no tickets on the cruise...

Yea ae

That cop siting down that side road was waiting for some one I think ;D

[R.D]

yeah haha, they were out in force! even saw doggy wagons sitting on motorway with cameras haha. desperate po po's for some $$$!

[subieboy]

Lowest road toll in 50 years

Wow when you actually target the f*cktards behind the wheel you must have an effect on something...

Anyway here is the story (partially unrelated to my comment...)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3784232/Record-low-Queens-Birthday-road-toll

[Treecrusher]

I wonder if these police commentators have ever heard of "cause and effect"

Just because most criminals smoke, doesn't mean we should lock up every smoker to eliminate crime. Just like dropping the speed threshold 6 kph has no causal link to a drop in road toll.

None of the 10 road deaths last year were caused by people obeying every road rule, other than doing 110 kph. They were all either speeding excessively (1 was doing 160+ kph), drunk, a combination of the 2 or operating their vehicle dangerously. How is pinging mr and mrs smith for 109 kph going to stop that?

It would be interesting to submit an official information act request for the dollar value of infringement notices issued during the 2009 and 2010 queens birthday periods though. I bet there was a dramatic increase.

Blatant profiteering.

[Guest]

 subieboy said:

Lowest road toll in 50 years

Wow when you actually target the f*cktards behind the wheel you must have an effect on something...

Anyway here is the story (partially unrelated to my comment...)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3784232/Record-low-Queens-Birthday-road-toll

You know why it was so low?

Shit weather so hardly any one could/wanted to go any were

If they did the same thing next year it wouldnt have the same affect

We went on the cruse to timaru and saw 1 cop the whole way there and back.....

It was a hollow threat from the police : :

[aim]

I don't know if it was hollow, as lets be honest, what's there to visit between timaru and chch?

[MercuryFree]

 liquid_ice said:

You know why it was so low?

Because there were more cops out than usual?

I saw about 4x the normal amount around wellington over the long weekend. ;D

[Volcanix]

i saw 2 police cruizing the streets on my 1300km adventure to nth/central otago this weekend of which 1 was in timaru and another just outside of ashburton on my way home, empty scare mongering...

[Old Skool Subbie]

 liquid_ice']

[quote name='subieboy said:

Lowest road toll in 50 years

Wow when you actually target the f*cktards behind the wheel you must have an effect on something...

Anyway here is the story (partially unrelated to my comment...)

url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3784232/Record-low-Queens-Birthday-road-toll]http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3784232/Record-low-Queens-Birthday-road-toll[/url]

You know why it was so low?

dagnabbit weather so hardly any one could/wanted to go any were

If they did the same thing next year it wouldnt have the same affect

We went on the cruse to timaru and saw 1 cop the whole way there and back.....

It was a hollow threat from the police : :

I agree with that. I couldnt be bothered going any where because of the weather so I just stayed at home or went to my GF place.

[Old Skool Subbie]

Just had a read of the Poll on Stuff.co.nz site..

Most people said they stayed home.

Results

 

Where are you spending Queen's Birthday weekend?

At home

8350 votes, 72.3%

On holiday

431 votes, 3.7%

At work for a day or more

2137 votes, 18.5%

With family

633 votes, 5.5%

Total 11551 votes

[Treecrusher]

 Old Skool Subbie']

Just had a read of the Poll on Stuff.co.nz site..

Most people said they stayed home.

Results

 

Where are you spending Queen's Birthday weekend?

At home

8350 votes, 72.3%

On holiday

431 votes, 3.7%

At work for a day or more

2137 votes, 18.5%

With family

633 votes, 5.5%

Total 11551 votes

[quote name='Police Superintendent said:

This year's low death toll was pleasing but not surprising, as reducing speed was an important part of reducing death and injury on the roads, road policing national manager, Superintendent Paula Rose, said.

Police lower road toll = fail

Road toll falls as most people stay at home or are working = win.

[Joker]

I am part inclined to disagree with the statement - "lower tolerance for speeding = best toll ever"

as many factors come into it BUT I like it overall good work guys

[Shale]

Good work, but yeah... most criminals are males, so if we eliminate males, we reduce the crime rate.

Not that I'd mind ;D

But yeah - I stayed home, most people did. The weather was atrocious, so most would have been sensible with the added threat of mad crack-down action.

The motorway moved at 95km/h instead of 110km/h like it usually does...it felt odd, but not hugely unpleasant. Didn't go far...just random cruising/commuting.

I'm HOPING it's just the MEDIA jumping to clearly retarded assumptions. It usually is.

[Koom]

Reminds me of this comic;

[NotAWhiteGTB]

^^ NYCE!!! ^^

The only thing in my opinion that helped reduce the road toll from this weekend was the fact that there was more officers on patrol.

The concept that dropping it to a 5km/hr tolerance helped the road toll is a load of bollocks!!

[Old Skool Subbie]

Well I ended up driving to work and back home. Went into town then back to work again.

About 70% of people I was following today on the roads was doing 30km to 45km an hour :

[Guest]

 NotAWhiteGTB said:

The concept that dropping it to a 5km/hr tolerance helped the road toll is a load of bollocks!!

but it made people slow down and think about it. so maybe it helped. if having more cops out with a media-fueled PR campaign about more cops and stricter standards didn't help AT ALL i would be surprised.

and I saw 4 cops between riccarton and christchurch cbd (5-10 minute drive) one night last weekend. all with people pulled over.

[Treecrusher]

 jake_the_muss said:

and I saw 4 cops between riccarton and christchurch cbd (5-10 minute drive) one night last weekend. all with people pulled over.

That is a good effort, no doubt. But I wonder how many assaults, burglaries or other emergencies where people needed assistance waited longer than they needed to, to ticket someone for 56 in a 50.

Personally I think they should "stick to knitting" and make Christchurch safe again.