How's this for a protest ride?

**Gubb** · 15th October 2009, 09:23

Originally Posted by danchop

crap! protests should affect everyone including the innocent and stopping a main arterial route would hit the govt in thier pocket straight away

Wrong. The way to change things is to make the general public understand our plight. Pissing them off by stopping on the Motorway will just make them hate us more.

Look at what the Truckies did. They planned it ahead, let the oublic know, and had the general support before they did it, which is why it was a success.

Pissing people off is only gonna lead to more problems.

**danchop** · 15th October 2009, 09:27

a success?it didnt achieve the lowering of thier costs at all

**jetboy** · 15th October 2009, 12:51

why not do what the trucks did? get a massive convoy of bikers in each city/town to jam up the system.

i for one think a mass protest ride is in order

**Hispid** · 15th October 2009, 12:56

+1 for the above idea. I'm in.

**meowmix** · 15th October 2009, 13:13

Originally Posted by Gubb

Wrong. The way to change things is to make the general public understand our plight. Pissing them off by stopping on the Motorway will just make them hate us more.

Look at what the Truckies did. They planned it ahead, let the oublic know, and had the general support before they did it, which is why it was a success.

Pissing people off is only gonna lead to more problems.

+1. A well planned, considerate but effective protest is the way to go.

**dpex** · 15th October 2009, 16:37

Originally Posted by funky monkey

The coppers computers will tell them your rego is expired. Technology is here

Two things here.

First a reasonably good counterfeit warrant and rego will pass visual examination, so that deals with council staff. Second. So the cop comes back with 'You ain't registered.'

You reply, 'Yes I am. See? There's the rego sticker which I got my flatmate to buy when he registered his vehicle. Saved me the trip.'

The next step could be only a court hearing for a) having a counterfeit rego or a) no rego. No court could prove you bought the rego knowingly.

Furthermore, at regular traffic stops the cops check the various stickers and licence, but I have yet to have any of them go check on the radio. They seem to do that only if they pull you up for something.

**dpex** · 15th October 2009, 16:39

Originally Posted by Nasty

Running out of gas on the motorway does ensure a fine ... doing it on purpose will gaurantee it!

Sorry. You're wrong. The cops are trying to get Parliament to pass a law to this effect but at the moment it is not an offence.

**Ender EnZed** · 15th October 2009, 16:42

Cops don't even need to pull you over to check on their computer. I don't know how long it takes them but if its reasonably quick then I imagine it will become common practice to check the number plate of every bike they see since so many will be unregistered.

**Nasty** · 15th October 2009, 16:47

Originally Posted by dpex

Sorry. You're wrong. The cops are trying to get Parliament to pass a law to this effect but at the moment it is not an offence.

As stated below ... I am not wrong ... it is not in law as its own ... its covered under other parts of the law. But go ahead and try it.

**Mom** · 15th October 2009, 16:48

Originally Posted by dpex

A counterfeit rego, even if printed on a basic colour copier, would be virtually impossible to identify. Same goes for warrant stickers. Scan in your latest rego and warrant, then just alter the dates and print!

Honest to God you are a dick, you really are. You think that plod when they stop you will simply look at the stickers and let you move on? They might at a random stop, but I promise you, they wont if they ping you being naughty. Everything is on computer these days, get stopped for speeding with homemade counterfeit stickers and I reckon you are going to go for a double row of shitcans

Put the rego on hold, keep your WOF uptodate ( I have ignored the fact you espouse counterfeiting that basic safety check) and take your chances. $200 for not displaying, no charge for holding rego. Dont come to attention and well, what can I say.

**danchop** · 15th October 2009, 17:10

Originally Posted by Nasty

As stated below ... I am not wrong ... it is not in law as its own ... its covered under other parts of the law. But go ahead and try it.

you are wrong,no ticket for anything atm,cant be done for careless use for running out of gas either,why do you think theyre trying to get it made ticketable if theres no way at present they can

**danchop** · 15th October 2009, 17:12

and riding slowly to the point of holding up traffic will get you ticketed,i was in the truck protest and the cops threatened action if it moved too slow

**koba** · 15th October 2009, 17:13

Originally Posted by Laxi

how is targeting cagers going to help our cause? you think the polliticians are really gonna care if the rabble have to sit in there cars in trafficjams? if anything we're gonna need public support if we have any chance of beating this, so any protest has to hurt the right people, in this case make sure the bastards know they wont be getting a large chunk of the vote next ellection, thats the only thing they care about!

I Totally agree with this.

**koba** · 15th October 2009, 17:15

Originally Posted by dpex

Two things here.

First a reasonably good counterfeit warrant and rego will pass visual examination, so that deals with council staff. Second. So the cop comes back with 'You ain't registered.'

You reply, 'Yes I am. See? There's the rego sticker which I got my flatmate to buy when he registered his vehicle. Saved me the trip.'

The next step could be only a court hearing for a) having a counterfeit rego or a) no rego. No court could prove you bought the rego knowingly.

Furthermore, at regular traffic stops the cops check the various stickers and licence, but I have yet to have any of them go check on the radio. They seem to do that only if they pull you up for something.

They make the person paying for it sign for a reason...