KiwiNZ: They are trying save lives like your life

Then they need to focus more on getting the incompetent, distracted driver doing 49km/h off the road, more than the safe, competent driver doing 51km/h. This is just going to have people watching their speedo more than the road, causing more accidents.

So meh... The whole article seems to be based on the quotes "Anything over the limit is speeding and anyone speeding can expect to be pulled over" and "Police officers have the discretion to stop and ticket people driving at any speed over the limit every day of the year,"  So what's new? It's the law as it always has been. Nothing is changing, it's just a poorly worded pre-christmas safety message being turned in to some ad clicks.

Geektastic: I'd rather see a zero alcohol limit than a 1km speed tolerance.

Assuming my GPS is more accurate than my speedometer, my speedo measures around 4km slow anyway so I just stick to the limit and I know that I come under it slightly.

It's hard to know what the correct thing to do is because I see some shocking driving here almost every day.

In most EU countries you would never pass a test learning from your parents - professional instruction of 20+ hours is regarded as essential. I would like to see that here but all you hear is people bleating about how they are too poor to afford it - something I regard as irrelevant.

Agree (mostly)... 

VERY few speedo's overread, the Warrant "10%" margin of accuracy is usually applied to UNDERreading speedos. I've actually never owned or driven a car which overread compared to the fixed roadside warning signs, though almost every one has underread by at least 3-5km/h...

Zero Alcohol is a much better method to improve safety, and really only comes into effect if they do a roadside blitz, or you are driving erratically enough to be pulled over, so shouldn't really increase man hours either.

I passed (in South Africa) by learning from my parents, and (nearly 20 years later) just redid the 'full' drivers to get my 'P' endorsement without any issue other than a reread of the local code (required for the code2 learners anyway). 

If the test is strict enough, and they did just beef up the 'restricted' test anyway, who teaches you is not the issue, but how competent you are IS.

Ugh,
I'm too tired to rant about this.
I'll just say if the speed limit was about safety it would be about 35 km/h.

Maybe this helps clear things up:

From http://www.police.govt.nz/news/commissioners-blog/safety-our-roads

Safety on our roads

1st December 2014
Commissioner Mike Bush

Ngā mihi. The coverage of our road policing Safer Summer campaign last week has caused some confusion around our strategy. In order to provide clarity, there is no "zero tolerance" strategy.  As always, staff will use their discretion when stopping motorists and issuing notices.

Please see the above link for the rest of the comment/blog from Commissioner Bush