UTTER BULLSHIT!!!! (Get licence for $400)

**madboy** · 21st March 2005, 21:33

Originally Posted by Jim2

What, someone had their hand up his bum to move his lips to the pre-recorded track strung together from previous Knackstedt TV interviews?

Everyone will be safe so long as these drivers do not exceed the prescribed speed limit. Remember that speed limit is there for a reason. Speed kills. The statistics that we skew prove it conclusively and without a doubt. If you speed, be prepared to kill. I think it's important to remember that we all have loved ones out there that should not be subject to those people out there who are trying to kill them by speeding, and we here at LTNZ firmly believe, and we have the data backed up by our own statistical analysis that proves that these asians, although completely incompetent drivers, will only kill you if they speed. So if we can just get it through to these asians that they should not speed then I think this whole crisis of their competence on the road can be averted without any loss of life that would happen if they were to speed.

**DarkNinja** · 21st March 2005, 21:54

John Campbell at 7, new program as far as im aware today, watched it about some licencing scam with asian drivers. They could pay $400, not sit a test and yet get sent out a licence within 10 days. Now i understand how bad the cagers in auckland really are! Was actually realy informative and just darned nasty how they were so up front about it all with the scamer and stuff.
All in all i quite enjoyed it and think ill watch it again. I even caught a glimpse of him leaning back in his plushy new chair.
Anyone else see it? and whats your response?
DN

**DarkNinja** · 21st March 2005, 21:56

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

For sale: New Zealand Full Drivers License

$ 400, requirements include complete lack of driving skill, little or no english

Will come in a week to ten days no questions asked.

Bummer, thatl teach me for not reading threads before posting a new one...

**GNR** · 21st March 2005, 22:11

haha he said whaka ! ! !..............

waits for some people to agree and laugh, and others to go wtf???

**MacD** · 21st March 2005, 23:30

I think the most disappointing aspect of this issue is that tales of fraud like this have reached almost urban legend status in Auckland, yet it took a "current affairs" show looking for a high-profile story to open with to actually find some proof. Just what have the LTSA/Police/Serious Fraud Office been up to?
:spudwhat:

**madboy** · 21st March 2005, 23:39

Originally Posted by MacD

Just what have the LTSA/Police/Serious Fraud Office been up to?

LTSA - skewing statistics and trying (with some success) to convince people that exceeding the speed limit will kill you

Police - taking advantage of skewed statistics to maximise tax collection for their masters in parliament

Serious Fraud Office - Investigating the inappropriate distribution of the tax collected by their masters in parliament

There is no conspiracy theory... no, none at all

**bugjuice** · 21st March 2005, 23:43

not been readin up the new threads then?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=10112

**Lou Girardin** · 22nd March 2005, 08:27

I said this would happen when the AA took over. The screening processes for testing Officers is non-existant. And when you have a customer focussed, (for this, read profit motivated) organisation, some people within develope the attitude of, "they're making heaps, what's in it for me".
Strangely too; the times, bar once, I was offered inducements to pass people it was always from Asian applicants. Maybe corruption is the norm in their countries.

**Krayy** · 22nd March 2005, 08:51

At least it gives JC a chance to work in the word "Whaka" a few more times. As in "Where did you buy your license from, Whaka?"

**jrandom** · 22nd March 2005, 09:31

Originally Posted by MikeL

Whatever, it was a strong opening story for Campbell.

Yes, he was absolutely *loving* it, wasn't it? You could see the barely-suppressed giggles of glee all the way through the program.

And the 'whaka' thing... he was just about bouncing up and down in his chair with delight as he rolled that off his tongue, wasn't he?

I wonder how long they held onto that licencing story to use as an opener for this show?

Originally Posted by Tha Lousta

Maybe corruption is the norm in their countries.

Yup. It is. I recently read a great autobiography by a Canadian woman named Jan Wong, called Red China Blues. Recommended. Look it up.

Maybe one day Chinese society as a whole will drop the corruption thing, but it's so deeply ingrained that I don't think any amount of political ideology or economic change is going to affect it in the near future. It's no surprise that it continues unabated among immigrants in other countries.

**F5 Dave** · 22nd March 2005, 09:46

The important issue everybody seems to be missing here is “Bloody Hell, why did they move the Simpsons!”

OK most of them are re-runs but there are occasionally new ones I haven’t seen & the alternative of Dross sensationalist TV is Shortland Street & I won’t even merit that.

Crumbs it was bad enough when Prime took off Hogan’s Heroes for that Holmes chap.

**James Deuce** · 22nd March 2005, 09:57

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

The important issue everybody seems to be missing here is “Bloody Hell, why did they move the Simpsons!”

OK most of them are re-runs but there are occasionally new ones I haven’t seen & the alternative of Dross sensationalist TV is Shortland Street & I won’t even merit that.

Crumbs it was bad enough when Prime took off Hogan’s Heroes for that Holmes chap.

What he said. Dinner time is a miserable affair now.

**Drunken Monkey** · 22nd March 2005, 10:22

Originally Posted by jrandom

Yup. It is. I recently read a great autobiography by a Canadian woman named Jan Wong, called Red China Blues. Recommended. Look it up.

Maybe one day Chinese society as a whole will drop the corruption thing, but it's so deeply ingrained that I don't think any amount of political ideology or economic change is going to affect it in the near future. It's no surprise that it continues unabated among immigrants in other countries.

Well at least in corrupt societies you know you can pay someone off to get something done. Around here, the damn bureaucrats take your money anyway then proceed to flitter it down the toilet and everyone loses. What do we prefer - corruption or incompetence?

Sorry, that was off topic...

I'm just annoyed someone blew the whistle before I got a chance to purchase a few more endorsements for my license

PS - The Simpsons is on SKY1 now...

**jrandom** · 22nd March 2005, 11:18

Originally Posted by Jim2

What he said. Dinner time is a miserable affair now.

Yeah, ditto.

I only turned the damn TV on because I was expecting the Simpsons at 7, anyway. And then they hooked me with the Asian driver stuff.

Bastards. Right now, someone at Saatchi & Saatchi is rubbing their hands in glee over the capture of my demographic.