TVNZ Breakfast read my letter!

**StoneY** · 15th October 2009, 10:20

KBers and all who care- Paul and Pippa read my letter live on air this morning
Pasted below

Thanks TVNZ, and especcially Pippa who told Paul Henry to read it as it was 'very interesting'

Hi Paul and Pippa

I am a law abiding tax paying hard working Kiwi, I happen to own 2 high powered motorbikes

I have never made an ACC claim in relation to motorcycles in 25 years of riding

Why should I pay this levy TWICE when I can only ride one bike at a time?
I now face over 2,000 a year in rego fee’s as of next July

I can live with paying a higher risk policy amount to ACC but paying it PER VEHICLE I own as an individual is sheer criminal
Where is the fee’s paid by Rugby, Netball, Soccer players, who I see crowding the A&E every weekend?

Offroad motorcyclists, 4 wheel farm bike riders actually are the LARGEST statistic in Bike Crash records, and they are not even a ROAD using BIKE!!!!

With the Police being ordered to ‘not chase’ minor offenses, I can see thousands of otherwise law abiding Kiwi’s ditching registration fee’s altogether, and running from the Police instead of paying the fine!

This is just highway robbery, Motorcyclists as a rule are responsible, tax paying law abiding members of our society.

Top it off ACC’s deficit is NOT from ‘PAYOUTs’…it’s from the fact that the Funds they invest in, took a minor hit (compared to the rest of the investment world) and the way the rates are CALCULATED was changed, creating a short term fall in return!

To target a largely innocent minority of our society to pay for other peoples injuries with the blasé excuse of ‘you get hurt worst in accidents’ is a cop out, and the statistics quoted as justification do not add up

ACC stated on the news last night they paid out 36 million in motorcycle related claims and only took 12.5 in levys from motorcyclists. That figure has been DISTORTED and we can prove it easily with LTSA stats from the LTSA website
The actual number of bikes and mopeds registered last year add up to 22 Million in levy’s collected, (just the levy portion not the rego) where did the other ten million go? To bloody sports sponsorship maybe?

Another case of high paid officials twisting stats to suit their cause, and that cause is to force NZ’ers to go private insurance and it’s a bloody crime against us motorcyclists

I call on any sensible Kiwi to protest this ridiculous hike

Brent from Wainui

**325rocket** · 15th October 2009, 10:31

nice letter, well done mate

**Genie** · 15th October 2009, 10:33

awesome letter....

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 15th October 2009, 10:37

Originally Posted by StoneY

ACC stated on the news last night they paid out 36 million in motorcycle related claims and only took 12.5 in levys from motorcyclists. That figure has been DISTORTED and we can prove it easily with LTSA stats from the LTSA website
The actual number of bikes and mopeds registered last year add up to 22 Million in levy’s collected, (just the levy portion not the rego) where did the other ten million go? To bloody sports sponsorship maybe?

You have to remember as well that can't track how much fuel motorcyclists use and pay ACC, nor via PAYE which all comes in as cover of ACC for no matter what you do... including riding a motorcycle

**Kiwi Graham:Me** · 15th October 2009, 10:38

Brilliant, well done. Was there any discussion following it being read out?

**Ragingrob** · 15th October 2009, 10:40

Very very nice... Good work!!! This stuff is already getting noticed by many!

**MSTRS:Me** · 15th October 2009, 10:49

Excellent letter, covering some major anomolies (lies). We need more like that, in places of maximum exposure.
Stuff along the lines of "Today it's motorcyclists. Tomorrow it WILL be soccer mums etc"