Police continuing speed crackdown through summer

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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 7:13a.m.

National roading police manager acting Superintendent Rob Morgan

National roading police manager acting Superintendent Rob Morgan

While the Waitangi long weekend is now over, police are continuing their crack down on speeding motorists through February.

It's one of the busiest months on our roads and police are hoping their lower speed tolerance will save lives.

National roading police manager acting Superintendent Rob Morgan spoke to Firstline this morning, saying there has only been one fatality so far over the long weekend period though a few more remain in a critical condition in hospital.

“That’s too many. We were hoping for a zero fatality weekend, and we will keep striving for those for future weekends,” he says.

Morgan believes February is a high-risk month for road users as more people are drinking in the summer months.

“We recognise that we do need some extra effort [to stop drink driving]. Certainly the zero alcohol for young people appears to have helped, it’s raised the profile, but alcohol’s a problem throughout society,” he says.

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07 Feb 2012 10:35p.m.

Paul wrote:

What a joke, the text should read

"It's one of the busiest months on our roads and police are hoping to make a killing out of out of the lower tolerance level "
One of my cars reads in MPH and 4km is practially nothing with a flickering needle on an old car.

07 Feb 2012 01:23p.m.

Mandy wrote:

How many drivers are now spending way more time looking at their speedo's instead of at the road in case they creep over the speed limit by more than 4km/hr. How often it is you see a speed camera placed at the bottom of a hill where you naturally gain some speed. Keep watching that speedo everyone. Revenue is more important than safety...under the guise of reducing the road toll!

07 Feb 2012 11:47a.m.

Gary wrote:

What a joke when you see the police on TV or in media papers talking about this. Unfortunately It has nothing to do with saving lives. It is how ever a great way to increase the revenue collected, I wish I could start a business like this and earn hundreds of thousands a year just because I can. It is just another way to tax you. Oh dear you was going 5km over the speed limit pay me $120. I have never heard such bull. Driving impaired due to drink or drugs needs targeting and will save lives and I also support driving to the speed limits within 10KM. But who are they trying to convince when they spend so much of tax payers money and put such huge resourses into this nonsense (appart from the money collected of course). They should put micro chips into the cars to monitor everyone and if you go 1km over the speed limit your bank account automatically pays the government. maybe national already have that system planned for next year.

07 Feb 2012 09:46a.m.

jan wrote:

Any one killed on the roads is a tragedy, however the police are going to get the road speed down, or at least the buffer of 10 k's over permantly put down. The other option is to have the 4k's for holidays law to increase revenue. Have you noticed the good children/ bad children attitude from the talking head cops after a road blitz. If say over a holiday period 10 people speed and slams their cars into a powerpolls and kills themselves don't put their bad driving onto me. The police come out and say we are dissapointed in the driving this holiday weekend. So what. Zero fataliy weekend is nothing to do with the cops, people will do stupid things wether or not there are cops or consecqences to pay. Also more population each year, more cars the chance of an accident is higher now than ever. More people more accidents thats statistics for you.