French protest about potential filtering law change

[short-circuit]

Hey short-circuit, many happy returns, we don't agree much but I agree with your right to disagree!

Have you got all your "privileges" back or are you still riding on restricted licence?

When did you finish you doctorate in Patronisology? Have been having a break from the rednecks, inbreds and meatheads in this shithole.

[NordieBoy]

Have been having a break from the rednecks, inbreds and meatheads in this shithole.

You work for IRD?

[carver]

I think it is more that they are afraid of being disapproved of if they did, and that this would undo our efforts.

It is fine to admire others standing up for themselves - even angrily so, but why not in NZ?

Steve

cause pussies like you wont do it

[Fluffy Cat]

cause pussies like you wont do it

Meow?..........

[puddytat]

Thursday.

Didn't you get the memo?

Nah Bugger I didnt...But then no one else has either or I would've seen it on the telly.
Bet you its that outfit at Waihopai

[scracha]

We must wait to see what the result of this mass protest is! before we pass comment either way. I think in France this will work, here in NZ we could'nt get enough bikes on any given road to make it happen in each and every city we have here.
I'm up for it though.

Sure you could. Just 100 bikers riding and parking in Auckland or any of our other large towns like that would cause utter chaos. At least we wouldn't have to go en masse on public transport as this country doesn't have any.

[Bob]

Not sure if this has been posted, but the footage of the bikers in Paris is impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTi5P...layer_embedded

Fantastic protest - peaceful, applying the law as they're being asked to the letter, showing how stupid the proposal is.

There was a similar one in the UK some years ago. A big new bridge over the River Thames in London was built - and they wanted to charge bikes to ride over it. This meant having to somehow have change to hand over to the tollbooth attendant.

So the protest was - like this one - to follow the letter of the law. All bikers were asked to go to the tollbooth, get off their bikes, switch them off, then carefully remove gloves (if not helmet - think this may have been part of it, like a lot of petrol stations ask for), then get money out of pocket. Then carefully put back on helmet, gloves etc, before starting up bike and riding off.

If anyone complained, bikers were to apologise very politely, but point out that we cannot carry money in our hands, so we have to stop, remove clothing and so on.

Result? The toll for bikes was dropped.

Simple, effective and within the law. Point made, campaign a success. That everyone played along and no-one did the normal "Lets get stroppy and start shouting and swearing" thing helped big time.

[awayatc]

That everyone played along and no-one did the normal "Lets get stroppy and start shouting and swearing" thing helped big time.

frogs however can swear and manage to sound inoffensive at the same time.........

[carver]

frogs however can swear and manage to sound inoffensive at the same time.........

bit like how they sink ships

[Elysium]

Oh man we so got do a protest like this! Now where do we get over 10,000 bikers from?

[NordieBoy]

Oh man we so got do a protest like this! Now where do we get over 10,000 bikers from?

France ?