Did you see the news break yesterday that the Police are abolishing their 10km/h speed tolerance nationwide?
That means that from today Police will be issuing fines for going as little as 101 km/h on the open road – even when passing another vehicle!
This Government has put up fuel taxes every year, and introduced the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax. Now they’re using the Police as tax collectors.
Click here to sign our petition against this nasty revenue grab.
Road safety advocates have labelled the move as “petty, vindictive and ineffective”. Deliberate speeding is one thing. But unintentional speeding where it’s a few kms over, such as when a driver is not fixated on the speedo, should not be fined. Crashes caused by speeding are seldom due to a driver doing one or two kms over the limit.
This new policy that will see thousands of New Zealanders fined for going only one or two kms over the posted limit – even while passing another vehicle.
Police Minister Stuart Nash can overrule this policy
The one person who can overrule this policy is the Police Minister Stuart Nash.
Jordan knows Stuart pretty well from his electorate in the Hawke’s Bay. Jordan says that Minister Nash will almost certainly buckle to public pressure if we put enough on him.
We’ll deliver the petition to the Minister when it reaches 2,000 signatures, but in the meantime, let the Minister of Police know you’ve signed by flicking him a message at s.nash@ministers.govt.nz.
Thank you for your support.
Louis Houlbrooke Campaigns Manager New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union |
Lew said:
I guess because so much money has been thrown around the last six months the Government needs to try and recover some somehow.
Rob McMillan said:
So what is new? Road police have always gone for the easy money, almost to the exclusion of anything else. Who cares about the outrage all day long of motorists speeding through orange and even red lights, especially at the entrance lanes to the expressway? Why else the slavish use of radar speed reading devices when all kinds of blatantly dangerous driving, in both town and country, is ignored? Go for the easy money! It is said, and I do not know whether it is true or false but I suspect it’s true, that road cops have a quota to keep up. Drop below that number of speed tickets and you’ll be in trouble, cop.
Waikanae watcher said:
The police have long had a tickets quota. They’re also clearly now expected to help reduce the massive government budget deficit being added to every day.
fred said:
NZ as you like it. If Labour -or national, expect my vote – forget it. This is another rort like the council rates increases