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Expect to be Pulled Over going 1km Over the Limit this Xmas,


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Can't really see the cops being that ****ing stupid, but if they want something to do for a bit of revenue they could always get the ****ers that speed up at passing lanes then slow down again, or the ****tards that don't know how to merge anywhere.
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You can just see the congestion on the roads as a result of this approach and plenty of frustrated travellers.....
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I have yet to see a speedo that's accurate to within 1kph. Even new tyres can make a few Kph difference.

Revenue gathering of the highest degree. I could accept 4kph tolerance but this is a joke. I don't speed but its very easy to go a few Kph over down hills or on the highways.
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This is just F'n madness
I'm going to end up spending more time looking at the speedo, than looking out the window.

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My speedo reads 2kph over and I always have the "overspeed" setting on the on board computer set at 54kph (so it would chime at a true 52kph).  I also drive with my in-car GPS running and this always warns me if I am exceeding the limit.  Despite these precautions I managed to collect a speeding fine for an "alleged" 56kph while travelling on my home road a few weeks ago. 
I duly sent off my cheque for the amount of the fine together with a note suggesting that as they seem to be short of cash, the funds could be used to shout the team a few sticky buns for morning tea....
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Imagine being the lucky buggar who opens all the fines payment envelopes.Shocked
I'd think your wee note would be one of the nicest they would receive Grant .

Did I hear on the news that they have backtracked?
I sure hope so...
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I have yet to see a speedo that's accurate to within 1kph. Even new tyres can make a few Kph difference.

Yep I have.. when the tyres are getting worn on one of our cars.. and it was I who re calibrated the odometer gearing in the trans tail shaft after changing diff ratios
I also notice on all of the modern cars I have driven that have the factory spec tyres, they read slightly under when new and up to 5km/hr under when getting close to WoF stds.
If slightly larger circumference tyres are fitted then chance are they will read either correct or slightly over
Having the factory tyres on a car  is not a WoF spec, and FROM MEMORY, in the WoF manual there is a tolerance as to odo meter accuracy... so would be interesting to see how this legislation compares with the 1 km over policy
Now to throw another spanner in the works, if one measures the length of many, possibly most passing lanes....it is impossible to pass a vehicle that is limited by its size/ towing whatever without going over the speed limit.

So once again I think we can go right back to our current 'higher ' education system based on economic numbers rather than the quality of the graduates....who are mass produced and have no basic common sense..Our Government depts, local government, schools are full of them....industry well not quite as much... funny that

And this is the sort of stupid not thought thru thing that just keeps popping up on a day to day basis
 
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Surely, SURELY the police have bigger things to worry about then pulling people over for doing 102 - like pulling people over that are driving too slow, I would suggest someone driving at 9okm/h (and not towing anything) is more dangerous to road users than someone doing 105. I've seen so many people make stupid passing decisions because they have become frustrated stuck behind slow drivers who don't pull over to let traffic past.
In all honesty, there's probably 100 better things the police could do with their time/resources then this crazy 1km/h plan
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well if we all travel at 45 in a 50K zone ,95 on the m/w and 35 past schools we wont get nabbed ..
Its a money making racket to pop up what the govt is not making in exports ..Wait till the drink limit comes in
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At the end of the day a limit is a limit. I am sure none of you would agree it is OK to keep a 29cm Snapper just because it is close enough?
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Its a Peter pays Paul situation. How else are they are going to pay for stuff ups that require government departments to extradite f..ckers from overseas, as with this last dude,as an example,without the generated income from us speedsters. less face it..its a bloody pain but just obey the rules for at least 2 months of the year.
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No mention of accuracy
http://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/vehicle-interior/speedometer

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It will mostly be done by way of camera I reckon,, either that or we go back to the old ministry of transport traffic cops..

I expect radar detector sales to go through the roof..
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for once look at it the other way,
if everyone stays below the speed limit and nobody drinks and drives what will you achieved????
one the police will have more time to chasing Crims that are steeling off you,
another is helping old women/men cross the street...

for once settle down and enjoy the trip, dont kill yourself for just a few minutes that you could make up by eating your meal faster that would not kill you....  
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Originally posted by Lethal Lethal wrote:

for once look at it the other way,
if everyone stays below the speed limit and nobody drinks and drives what will you achieved????
one the police will have more time to chasing Crims that are steeling off you,
another is helping old women/men cross the street...

for once settle down and enjoy the trip, dont kill yourself for just a few minutes that you could make up by eating your meal faster that would not kill you....  


Bull**** Eric, all these new improved changes are just "revenue collection" devices. Do you actually think that the police wont sit and wait for you to speed "just around a blind corner" etc when they could be catching actual bad buggars.
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I do not know about the rest of you. I have tried driving to the speed limit on a few trips from Auckland to Wellington and have nearly always fallen asleep because of the boredom. However when doing a constant 120kph on the long straight bits I do not tend to have that problem. Not an excuse for speeding. It is the reason I choose to on those long drives. It is often said speed kills. Well so does boredom. The Police are making right twits out of themselves with this 1kph guano. How accurate are their radars? When were they last calibrated? If stopped for doing the guano 1kph over request to see the devices certificate of calibration. That should get the officers heart racing.
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Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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Originally posted by catch1t catch1t wrote:

It will mostly be done by way of camera I reckon,, either that or we go back to the old ministry of transport traffic cops..
I expect radar detector sales to go through the roof..


Correct on the camera, that and LTI20 laser.

As for radar detectors they're largely a waste of money. Speed cameras are hardly difficult to spot, detectors can't work against lasers, and won't work against patrol car radar unless the cop is inexperienced or lazy and leaves the beam active constantly. 

As already mentioned by someone earlier, they are not going to be ticketing for 1kph over in any case.  You might get pulled over and given a caution, but the 4kph tolerance for ticketing is still there so this is really just hype as part of the police attempt to achieve a culture/behaviour shift in drivers and get them used to driving just under the 100kph limit as their norm, instead of driving just over 100kph and within the ticketing tolerance as most do now.  

Personally I don't buy it at all that 104kph is unsafe compared to 100kph, but I understand the intent of the whole thing whether I agree with it or not.  At the end of the day I know what the speed limits are, and if I go over them and get pinged the only person at fault is me.

Bigger things to worry about than this, seriously.


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