Fine for running out of gas...

[slofox]

RNZ news this hour...

AA says it should be an offense to run out of gas on the Auckland motorway - or any other motorway in NZ as well...

Yet another crime invented...

[kunoichi]

that's lame!! might aswell make it an offense to break down on the motorways too! After all, it's as much your fault to make sure you have gas as it is to make sure everything is running ok! ...muppets! :angry:

[MSTRS]

RNZ news this hour...

AA says it should be an offense to run out of gas on the Auckland motorway - or any other motorway in NZ as well...

Yet another crime invented...

It is already on the Bridge. There's a fistful of nails and some room left in the coffin...

[gwigs]

It should be an offense to run out of gas in a helicopter:rofl::rofl:

[Ixion]

Not the AA's idea. It's the cops behind it. Harold (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592961)has details

Not been an offence on the AHB since the abolished the AHBA (in 1984 apparently).

Used to be, and a very heavy fine.

If you DID run out of fuel, you had better make sure that you disabled the electrics before the Gypsy got you. "No officer, plenty of fuel, it's my electrics are gone, see, no lights , no nothing". A suitable connector in an obscure but reachable place.

[MSTRS]

Not been an offence on the AHB since the abolished the AHBA (in 1984 apparently).



Why've I seen it on Motorway Patrol, then....

[ready4whatever]

fuckin stupid. lets make it illegal to not have your headlight on or talk on your cellphone, oh wait it is illegal. dont know what isnt now. a fine aint gonna stop it happening because people do not want to run out of gas anyway. like "shit, a fine, i wont let my gas run out next time, because i usually dont mind"

[kunoichi]

a fine aint gonna stop it happening because people do not want to run out of gas anyway. like "shit, a fine, i wont let my gas run out next time, because i usually dont mind"

ROFL! :clap: oh so true!!

[Grubber]

Does this apply to us idiot bikers as well, cause i sure ain't gonna get caught short and have my bicycle put on a big truck and taken to a place were naughty bikes go.

[Blackshear]

I thought it was 'carelessness' if you ran out of gas on the motorway, and you were fined.

Seen it quite a few times on HP telly...

[Taz]

How bloody hard is it for some of you useless bastards to make sure you have enough gas!!! Should be a fine IMO.

[The Stranger]

Yet another crime invented...

I understood that you are already not allowed to stop on a motorway.
Isn't running out of fuel stopping?

[slofox]

Isn't running out of fuel stopping?

Not if its downhill...or you push...

[kiwifruit]

What`sa matter you, hey, gotta no respect
Whatta you think you do, why you looka so sad
Itsa not so bad, Itsa nice-a place, Ahh shaddupa you face

[Big Dave]

I'm for it. Revenue from the stupid people.

[CookMySock]

It should be an offense to run out of gas in a helicopter:rofl::rofl:Suffice to say, if you run a helicopter out of gas, your arse will go sky high, particularly on transport operations. It's not a massive catastrophe to run a helicopter out of fuel, you just glide the fucker down and land it - if you have the balls.

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Steve

[Big Dave]

If you DID run out of fuel, you had better make sure that you disabled the electrics before the Gypsy got you. "No officer, plenty of fuel, it's my electrics are gone, see, no lights , no nothing". A suitable connector in an obscure but reachable place.

I hope you wrote that in an Arthur Daley voice, my son.

[YellowDog]

It should be an offense to run out of gas in a helicopter:rofl::rofl:
Helicopter ejector seats are also a no no and should also carry a huge fine (once they find your schedded bits).

[Metalor]

I thought there always was a fine for running out of gas on the motorway? I was watching motorway patrol maybe a year ago and a woman was fined $100 I think it was for doing just that.

[Motu]

I think that's a bit rough - I only buy gas $2 at a time.Spend enough time on the side of the motorway and you find all sorts of interesting stuff on the verge...nuts and bolts in all sorts of hard to find sizes,fluffy animals and dice,mirrors (no glass) cans for recycling (buy more gas) tyre treads to make jandals out of.Lots of stuff to take home,just for running out of gas....I'd hate to lose that income just because of a new law....

[sunhuntin]

I think that's a bit rough - I only buy gas $2 at a time.Spend enough time on the side of the motorway and you find all sorts of interesting stuff on the verge...nuts and bolts in all sorts of hard to find sizes,fluffy animals and dice,mirrors (no glass) cans for recycling (buy more gas) tyre treads to make jandals out of.Lots of stuff to take home,just for running out of gas....I'd hate to lose that income just because of a new law....

i picked up something down south when i pulled over to take a photo. dunno what the hell it is, but it came home with me. looks like a massvie flathead screw driver. tied it up with bungy cords and strapped it to the backpack. lol.*i wonder where it is?*

[Big Dave]

.I'd hate to lose that income just because of a new law....

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25966879-2,00.html

[Ixion]

I think that's a bit rough - I only buy gas $2 at a time.Spend enough time on the side of the motorway and you find all sorts of interesting stuff on the verge...nuts and bolts in all sorts of hard to find sizes,fluffy animals and dice,mirrors (no glass) cans for recycling (buy more gas) tyre treads to make jandals out of.Lots of stuff to take home,just for running out of gas....I'd hate to lose that income just because of a new law....

True. Very true. I found one of those big ratchet things that truckies use to secure their loads today. A bit had got bent so he must have just dumped it. Brought it home unbent bit , works fine. Twice a week I walk a couple of kilometres to buy my lunch , always come back with a pocketful of nuts and bolts and bits. Good stuff some of it, too.

But you don't have to run out of gas to prospect. Just stop. The motorway verges are often very plesant places, nicely planted . I've always thought they would make good pcnic places.

[Big Dave]

True. Very true. I found one of those big ratchet things that truckies use to secure their loads today. A bit had got bent so he must have just dumped it. Brought it home unbent bit , works fine. Twice a week I walk a couple of kilometres to buy my lunch , always come back with a pocketful of nuts and bolts and bits. Good stuff some of it, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzn3KaO2Vyk

[Motu]

Chooks...I bet they lay their eggs somewhere.I'll have to run out of gas at Drury sometime and have a bit of a study of their habits.

[Mikkel]

I am pretty sure that if you through gross negligence personally causes a 3rd party to suffer considerable loss you can be held accountable.

If you run out of fuel on the motorway and as a result cause considerable delays to your fellow motorists, that delay is a loss to society. Dunno if a fine is appropriate - but since it's fairly difficult to quantify the loss caused by such a delay I guess we can let the fuckwits off easy. Personally I reckon a case could be made for such people being banned from driving - if you run out of fuel you can't have been paying attention to the task at hand. Draconian... I know.


Helicopter ejector seats are also a no no and should also carry a huge fine (once they find your schedded bits).

There's a job for Mr. Fokker's great-grand-child I suppose. I'm not going to be doing the testing though.

[ready4whatever]

Not the AA's idea. It's the cops behind it. [URL="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592961"].

If you DID run out of fuel, you had better make sure that you disabled the electrics before the Gypsy got you. "No officer, plenty of fuel, it's my electrics are gone, see, no lights , no nothing". A suitable connector in an obscure but reachable place.

na just a side-by-side at the side of his head should prevent this minor offence.

[Pixie]

True. Very true. I found one of those big ratchet things that truckies use to secure their loads today. A bit had got bent so he must have just dumped it. Brought it home unbent bit , works fine. Twice a week I walk a couple of kilometres to buy my lunch , always come back with a pocketful of nuts and bolts and bits. Good stuff some of it, too.

But you don't have to run out of gas to prospect. Just stop. The motorway verges are often very plesant places, nicely planted . I've always thought they would make good pcnic places.

Bloody Hobos

Homer: W-What are you going to do to us?
Hobo: Don't worry, I'm not a stabbing hobo, I'm a singing hobo.
OFF: [sighs with relief]
Hobo: [picks up a banjo and sings]
Nothin' beats the hobo life!
Stabbin' folks with my hobo knife!
I gouge them with --
Marge: [interrupting] Um, excuse me, Hobo. Could you play
something a little less unnerving?

[Ixion]

I scored a real find today. Just walking along the road, and I spotted about three foot of perfectly good 2 inch emery cloth. Not paper, cloth. Unused.

That's stuff's hard to find, and expensive

Score!

[Maha]

No excuse for running out petrol on the Motorway or anywhere else for that matter.

[Big Dave]

I scored a real find today. Just walking along the road, and I spotted about three foot of perfectly good 2 inch emery cloth. Not paper, cloth. Unused.

That's stuff's hard to find, and expensive

Score!

You can use it t' hone edge on't Spear & Jackson Shooovel.

[Ixion]

Nay, I have a whetstone for that.

Remarkable though how many folk DON'T sharpen spades and shovels. Nor oil them, neither.

[Toot Toot]

Nay, I have a whetstone for that.

Remarkable though how many folk DON'T sharpen spades and shovels. Nor oil them, neither.

Thought it was just my old man that sharpened his shovels.
Whenever I asked him as a kid what he was doing that for he replied "to cut the dirt with son, whaddya think?"
Could never figure that out.

[lb99]

Nay, I have a whetstone for that.

Remarkable though how many folk DON'T sharpen spades and shovels. Nor oil them, neither.

I have a blunt one and a sharp one, the sharp one is awesome for roots and cly and stuff, but pretty hard on telecom cable and water pipes :o

i also carry connectors for those.

and spare fuel (just to stay on topic)