twotyred
15th October 2009, 19:23
heres a few bullets from the interview on morning report,radio NZ this morning...
"If you ride a large bike you are pretty vulnerable and if you do have a crash,the injuries that you may receive are very,very expensive..."
Mike Noon, AA
"The cost to the ACC of motorbike accidents and that is accidents solely caused by motorbikes,is enormous,it's currently five times the levie income,so that what we are proposing goes some small way really towards redressing that balance..."
John Judge ~ chair of ACC
"Every car owner is subsidising,is paying $77 a year towards the cost of motorbike accidents..."
John Judge ~ chair of ACC
here are the MP3 links for those that are interested,the second one has an interview with Phil Garrett of Street & Sport motorcycles
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20091015-0719-Condemnation_of_proposed_big_hikes_in_ACC_levies-048.mp3
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20091015-0810-ACC_price_hike_shocks_motorcyclists-048.mp3
"If you ride a large bike you are pretty vulnerable and if you do have a crash,the injuries that you may receive are very,very expensive..."
Mike Noon, AA
"The cost to the ACC of motorbike accidents and that is accidents solely caused by motorbikes,is enormous,it's currently five times the levie income,so that what we are proposing goes some small way really towards redressing that balance..."
John Judge ~ chair of ACC
"Every car owner is subsidising,is paying $77 a year towards the cost of motorbike accidents..."
John Judge ~ chair of ACC
here are the MP3 links for those that are interested,the second one has an interview with Phil Garrett of Street & Sport motorcycles
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20091015-0719-Condemnation_of_proposed_big_hikes_in_ACC_levies-048.mp3
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20091015-0810-ACC_price_hike_shocks_motorcyclists-048.mp3