" It is also illegal to drive under the speed limit" It's also illegal to drive over the speed limit, so are you saying that we should all drive exactly the speed limit?. The posted limit is the maximum speed you may go when the conditions are right (light traffic, good weather etc), not the speed you must drive at.
This "initiative" is a big joke. It is also illegal to drive under the speed limit but the police never enforce this rule, because of this drivers resort to vigilante action which often results in violent physical confrontations between the angry driver and the slow driver, all because the police chose to turn a blind eye to "driving at an unreasonably slow speed".
i am glad that the tolrance have droped when i drive on 48km drivers behind me cruising at 60km tail gate me trying to make me brake the law and 60 km is not safe were their are highly populated areas just grow up and stick to speed limt
I'm an Aussie and have been living here for 5 years now and I believe from what I have seen and heard about NZ drivers they are one of the worst countries for speeding and reckless driving. I think the cops are in the right with cracking down on speeding during the long weekend. In fact I don't believe they are hard enough on dangerous drivers. In Oz every long weekend brings bigger fines and loss of extra demerit pionts, this has brought down the death toll by road accidents on these weekends. People are just in too much of a hurry around here people should learn to slow down and respect other drivers and just enjoy the experience of freedom that driving brings you. Speeding and reckless driving will take only end in two ways lose of freedom or lose of life. So slow down NZ and enjoy LIFE
Entirely agree with Rob Johnston. If you travel at 60kmh, you have over 40% more energy than travelling at 50kmh (for only 20% increase in speed) and it's the amount of energy to be dissipated which does the damage in an accident. I find the result of the poll displays a breathtaking cynicism. As someone who has recently arrived from the UK, I'm frankly horrified at some of the things I see on the roads ("children" legally driving powerful cars, no compulsory third party insurance, etc.). I must see at least one driver flagrantly disregarding a red light each week and I'm only on the road for an hour or so each day! From casual observation, I think you need more speed cameras and more red light cameras!It is bound to take time to re-educate drivers, but if the road toll is to be reduced, it has to be done...Having said all that, it's still a great country in which to live...
What was the result of the poll? Missed the end of Campbell Live
Statstics and reasearch have shown that drivers that drive in the up to 10km's over the limit are the safest on the road. Generally people who die in speed related crashes and put people in hospital are the excessive speed drivers, not someone doing 55km's on a 4 lane main road. If they want to get this aggressive make the speed limits more appropriate, ie 50 km's on a 4 lane road doesn't make much sense and in some area's 50 is too high. I wonder if Campbell live will review the results after the weekend to see if there was any impact or in fact it just generated revenue.
"Revenue gathering" as an option on a text vote is designed to get Campbell Live the ammo they need from an ignorant public to make a story.It's demonstrated from research data that the enforcement of speed limits impact on road safety in a positive way. That's why the police undertake these sorts of campaigns, especially at heavy traffic times. It's about behaviour modification by stinging people with a fine for exceeding a defined limit because appealing to their common sense doesn't work. There are many "Blairs" out there - see above - who think that it's OK for them to exceed speed limits ("60 to the supermarket" , "pick on the really bad guys,120+") and who don't have any notion of the exponential effect of small increases in speed on damage sustained in an impact scenario. Campbell Live could take a lead and educate people about the cost to the country of MVA's per year and the corresponding decrease in fatal and injury crashes with every km/h drop in the average speed on the road.By the level of ignorance out there (those who think it's revenue gathering) I suggest Campbell Live do some useful research work and present the facts.
So what if it is revenue gathering, if you don't want them to gather revenue, then obey the road rules. Speeders, and law breakers only have themselves to blame.
Shame on Campbell Live for even asking the question about the motivation of the Police "speeding initiative" during Queens Birthday. Clearly NONE of the Campbell Live team have suffered the devastation of:(a)standing in an ED Resus room and watching the staff attempt to resus someone they love and then having the staff inform them they are dead or (b) a Police Officer knock at their door and inform them their loved one just died in a road accident.Those who think it's revenue gathering grow up and start taking responsibility for your driving - too many people die on our roads, and it's up to US to change it.Shame on you Campbell Live.