Sideswipe: September 22: Dunny fun

Toilet Humour Flouts Law. (spotted near Ngunguru, Whangarei by Carly).

Dumpers warned of consequences if caught

"I live in a rural area, 20km from a small town, 40km from a larger one," writes a reader. "Our local community of farmers run regular road clean- up days where we get everything from the usual stuff that people biff from their windows on Sunday drives, to bags of household rubbish that people drive the 80km round trip to dump - rather than pay the $3 a bag tip fee in town. We check the bags for bills to identify them and pass on the details to the council which prosecutes. They also dump their cats with kittens and other unwanted livestock. We try to collect them and find them homes before they destroy the bird life. Woe betide anyone caught doing this - they'll likely find themselves trapped by a tractor and an angry farmer to boot!"

Driver sneers at blanket rule

A reader comments: "Regarding talking on a phone while driving. I've been doing it for 20 years (texting too) and never come close to an accident. That's because I am highly alert and have much higher hand to eye co-ordination than most people. You may not trust yourself doing it but I do. Treating everyone the same is stupid and a blanket rule like that is completely flawed. Similar to a drink driving limit, some people are impaired after one beer while others aren't affected until five or six. Saying we are all endangering others is not understanding humans and how different we all are."

Smartgate anomaly explained

"At the Smartgate I presented what I thought was my passport, was given a ticket, photo taken, and duly passed through. My wife put in what she thought was her passport, given a ticket but was refused entry. Checking her passport she realised that she had mine and visa versa. Question is, how did I get through on her passport? A reader writes: "As an officer that helps people use Smartgate I can tell you how this happens ... Passengers swap tickets accidentally, husband goes to the gate, wife follows closely behind, husband puts ticket in, Smartgate reads face of wife who is standing right behind him, instead of waiting back on the red feet. Smartgate opens, husband goes through. Wife presents husband's ticket, husband has already gone through so Smartgate doesn't see him in the vicinity, wife gets rejected. Then it is up to the Smartgate assistance officer to ensure both people have been processed. Without knowing all the details of what happened, that's usually the only way it can happen. The machines only work correctly when people follow the instructions on the sign."

"We saw this on our walk on our way home by Royal Oak roundabout on Saturday night," writes Brad. "Pretty dangerous if you ask me."

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