Letter i'm posting to the Lads (with my cheque)

[manuboy]

Hi Fulla's

Just wanna congratulate you on the fine job you're doing punishing societal menace's like myself.

That last fine for 10km/h over in a fifty zone at 7:20am on Sunday morning on a four lane road containing
me, two seagulls and a couple of empty swap-a-crates was devilishly good policing. Yep. I broke the
law, and i'm gonna pay. Here's the cheque.

Just wondering, we live near a busy four lane road in central Christchurch, and sleep is sometimes difficult,
because of the skylines, rexxes and other pisspot no-dick tintops dragging each other all fucking night at speeds I’ve
yet to achieve at Ruapuna. Would it be possible to divert a couple of cops from ticketing me for a weekend
to maybe park it up and nail at least one of these guys? If its revenue you're after you could make budget
in about 11 seconds (if you could get the pricks to pay up instead of putting it on their "Account").

I know a small part of the revenue received goes towards road safety. So i was also wondering if you could
get the local roady crew round to my street cos it's fucking dangerous on anything smaller than the Queen Elizabeth.
There are potholes that don't seem to have bottoms, and the amount of glass placed kindly in the gutters
by aforementioned hoons when they get a little zapped from driving like wankers and need an alcoholic
refresher is impressive.

Finally, thanks for letting me write this cheque for a breaking laws i actually knew about, as opposed to those you thought
might have existed (eh snipe). I can't really complain there. In recognition of that, i'm gonna provide you with my riding
itinerary for the next month. Save you time guessing where to put the camera's (cos you KNOW i can't do 50km/h in ANY gear). As you'll see, some of those rides involve riding with people smart enough to have HP detecting devices, so maybe find some nice hidey holes or maybe just invent my speed now and send me the ticket pre-dated?

In fact could we set up an A.P just like my SKY account? That way i won't have to ask my missus for the cheque book
every time i go for a ride, and maybe i can slip past her the aftermarket bits i can't afford until this cheque stops bouncing.

Keep it up lads, one day you'll convince me to stop breaking those laws (maybe).

[Matt Bleck]

LOL....that'll sort 'em.....

[bugjuice]

want a twist of lime with your lemon bitters?

tbt and imho (trying to use lots of shortcuts btw), it ain't worth the hassle. Just ring the fuzz on a night when dragwars is hot, and let them sort it out then. Else they'll just wanna fuk ya a little more.. not in so many words, but you ain't really gonna be the popular one, ay?

[ManDownUnder]

Yeah that'll go down like a cup of cold sick...

[Lias]

I laughed..

[Colapop]

So how much was the fine? It must have been phonemoninial to get all worked up like that! Wow I wanna see what happens when you get BC on a bad day!!

Chuckles BC, just chuckles - please don't hunt me down, please. Ok, ok I'm sorry I take it all back.

[M1CRO]

Sorry to hear about that.. Unfortunately in Perth, they have ZERO tolerance so last year I ended up with a ticket for 6km over the limit! - $50AUS to John Howards overseas trips!! :headbang:

[Sniper]

Brilliant Manu. And thanks for the mention. I could add my own little bit to that but Im busy writing my own note about my fine.

[Toast]

Funny...and true...but sadly I don't think the accounts person will give a shit...

[bugjuice]

Sorry to hear about that.. Unfortunately in Perth, they have ZERO tolerance so last year I ended up with a ticket for 6km over the limit! - $50AUS to John Howards overseas trips!! :headbang:
I've always shunned the zero tollerance thing. I can understand that if you speed, you speed and should be done for it, but who's speedo is calibrated right? If anything is changed on the vehicle, or even just the age, that can throw out a speedo by enough to be done by. Top Gear proved this a while ago.. stupid laws..

[ManDownUnder]

Sorry to hear about that.. Unfortunately in Perth, they have ZERO tolerance so last year I ended up with a ticket for 6km over the limit! - $50AUS to John Howards overseas trips!! :headbang:

whoaaaaa

did you say 6 - like five plus one... = six?

OWWWWWWWWWW

That's gotta be close to the accepted margin of error on speedos innit?

[Colapop]

What is the acceptable margin of error on speedo's and I'm sure it's got nothing to do a hairy butt crack!

[manuboy]

want a twist of lime with your lemon bitters?

Bitter? Me? Bwah! It's not the fines, its a combination of factors beyond my control like a fucking kitchen rebuild and other stuff that mean that our money tree is all twig and no money, and i want is a little plastic hugger! :cry: Izzat to much to ask?


So how much was the fine? It must have been phonemoninial to get all worked up like that! Wow I wanna see what happens when you get BC on a bad day!!

Its not the amount, its the ride to fine ratio. If the top order batsman in the NZ cricket team had my strike rate we'd have a fucking good cricket team, not a bunch of poofs.

[bugjuice]

What is the acceptable margin of error on speedo's and I'm sure it's got nothing to do a hairy butt crack!
I thought it was about 10% but I think it was lowered to 5%..
but I wouldn't use that as your defence.

[Blackbird]

Nicely written manuboy. We've all been there but as Mrs Blackbird says, "You wuz breaking the law". I break the open road speed limit (umm.. on the odd occasion in case BC is looking in :whistle: ) but I can't grizzle about getting done - I own the problem.

Thanks for the entertainment though :not: :not:

[Motu]

How about you run it through a spell checker,seeing as you can't spell,and get your mother to do the punctuation and capitals for you - then the Cops won't be laughing at you!.

[manuboy]

whoaaaaa

did you say 6 - like five plus one... = six?

OWWWWWWWWWW

That's gotta be close to the accepted margin of error on speedos innit?


Too true.

6 k's though, $50 bucks.... jees ~830 cents per kilometer over...

[manuboy]

How about you run it through a spell checker,seeing as you can't spell,and get your mother to do the punctuation and capitals for you - then the Cops won't be laughing at you!.

I did run it thru a speel checca? i just ignored the results. And cops would be worried? And leave my mum out of it....

[Motu]

So you're good for a laugh at the station,screw it up and chuck it in the bin.Do it right first time and don't be a dork.

[Cibby]

nicely said.

and so articulate..

[Beemer]

I doubt if anyone in power will ever see your letter, but if it makes you feel better, it was worth it! No doubt it will be filed away in a huge box labelled 'complaints' and pulled out whenever they are having a slow day and feel like a laugh! I'd hate to see you get done for something really expensive if that's all it takes to get you wound up!

[manuboy]

I doubt if anyone in power will ever see your letter, but if it makes you feel better, it was worth it! No doubt it will be filed away in a huge box labelled 'complaints' and pulled out whenever they are having a slow day and feel like a laugh! I'd hate to see you get done for something really expensive if that's all it takes to get you wound up!

Thanks man. You're right tho. The letter will never be seen, cos i was never gonna send it. It was just part of my grand mission to up my post count on KB... and to release pent up tension at finding my letterbox again the recipient of a letter from the man...

maybe after i've finished gib stopping tonight i'll go for a wee burst...

[Lou Girardin]

Sorry to hear about that.. Unfortunately in Perth, they have ZERO tolerance so last year I ended up with a ticket for 6km over the limit! - $50AUS to John Howards overseas trips!! :headbang:


They've knocked that shit on the head in Oz since all the fuss about inaccurate speed cameras. They're back to 10 km/h tolerance.

[bugjuice]

I do know in some parts of Oz (I think, not all of it), on public hols, the demerits and fines are double jeapody..

[M1CRO]

I do know in some parts of Oz (I think, not all of it), on public hols, the demerits and fines are double jeapody..
Just the demerits.. not the fines (well, not yet ) - NSW/QLD

[bugjuice]

ma bad.. still..

[Big Dave]

Sorry to hear about that.. Unfortunately in Perth, they have ZERO tolerance so last year I ended up with a ticket for 6km over the limit! - $50AUS to John Howards overseas trips!! :headbang:

I've been searched numerous times at the WA border. My most recent crossing of the WA border was my last - ever - terrible place.

[Ixion]

Searched ? Woz wiv that? Do they have customes posts on the border? Would have thought wiv all that desert it would be easy for smugglers just to go round ?

[avgas]

That last fine for 10km/h over in a fifty zone at 7:20am on Sunday morning on a four lane road containing
me, two seagulls and a couple of empty swap-a-crates was devilishly good policing. Yep. I broke the
law, and i'm gonna pay. Here's the cheque.


You stopped? someone give that man a hug

[marty]

They've knocked that shit on the head in Oz since all the fuss about inaccurate speed cameras. They're back to 10 km/h tolerance.

when i was in seedneey last month i was warned that they are ticketing 115km/h in 110km/h zones, if caught by laser or stalker

[Lou Girardin]

I've been searched numerous times at the WA border. My most recent crossing of the WA border was my last - ever - terrible place.

Dave, I've got bad news for you. There's no customs on the border.
Was it a body cavity search?

[froggyfrenchman]

thats coooooooooooooooooooool