Watch John Campbell tonight TV3 at 7:00 PM tonight

[mashman]

well thats what i reckon,a few years ago diesels were more road transport operators/farmers etc,now theres every dick and harry with them and acc want thier cut

especially if the new diesel users engines are now as efficient as petrol ones and the switch will hit ACC hard... looks like it's all over then... ahhhh peace and quiet at last

[Big Dave]

Hey. If I'm going to have the will to live sucked from my body by a cathode ray tube or liquid crystals I want a mo-fo alien driving it - or at least the chance to go all Bruce Willis medieval on their Donkey.

[Usarka]

Hey. If I'm going to have the will to live sucked from my body by a cathode ray tube or liquid crystals I want a mo-fo alien driving it - or at least the chance to go all Bruce Willis medieval on their Donkey.

I'm glad some one is tripping balls tonight.

Where are the shrooms? Fucked if i can find any.... dammit.

[rustic101]

By crikey he really got stuck into them with his muzzle didn't he? Showed them his gums and all.

I've seen stabbed rats with more aggression than John Campbell - marvellous not

[specter]

got my rego renew today.... $350 ACC, i might become de registered for a wee while, i know others will pay more than me, but even the little man has to take a stand

[bogan]

got my rego renew today.... $350 ACC, i might become de registered for a wee while, i know others will pay more than me, but even the little man has to take a stand

can you post up the price breakdown for a years worth? I wanna see where this $30 saftey fund thing comes in

[specter]

can you post up the price breakdown for a years worth? I wanna see where this $30 saftey fund thing comes in

$30 safety fund?

sorry bogan, burnt the letter in hate..

[bogan]

$30 safety fund?

sorry bogan, burnt the letter in hate..

yeh, I'm unsure as to whether the 30 per rego is taken from the acc levy, or is an additional cost. It all goes into a biker safety fund for ad cmpaigns or traing or whatever apparently.

lol, don't you need the letter to put her on hold?

[specter]

yeh, I'm unsure as to whether the 30 per rego is taken from the acc levy, or is an additional cost. It all goes into a biker safety fund for ad cmpaigns or traing or whatever apparently.

lol, don't you need the letter to put her on hold?

nope you can do it over the phone...

man the government pisses me off, they're completely missing an untapped market in driver training

[Brian d marge]

"Is it he?" quoth one, "Is this the man?
By him who died on cross,
With his cruel bow he laid full low,
The harmless Albatross.

"The spirit who bideth by himself
In the land of mist and snow,
He loved the bird that loved the man
Who shot him with his bow."

The other was a softer voice,
As soft as honey-dew:
Quoth he, "The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do."

He will never rest easy in NZ if he Fks up ACC I will see to that

Stephen

[Swoop]

got my rego renew today.... $350 ACC, i might become de registered for a wee while,

You do appreciate that the "hold" period only occurs at the end of the licencing period, right?

[Big Dave]

dammit.

You'll never be over mucho grande.

[Naki Rat]

no they pay it in road user charges

WRONG! There is no ACC in RUCs or in diesel at the pump. That is why they pay higher rego.

[pzkpfw]

re: the diesel versus petrol cost thing.

What it highlights is the absurdity of chasing "user pays" by using statistics to draw little circles around groups of people for the purpose of targetting them with fees.

I asked my mate who works at ACC (he's a good bloke, I don't blame him for where he works) "why don't drivers of safer cars pay less ACC?"

Well, it turns out that safer cars would have to be charged more.

...because safer cars tend to be newer and more expensive cars - and owned by people with higher incomes; who cost ACC more.

[Max Preload]

would have been good if he got stuck in about the whole future funding issue though, maybe that was a no-go area for the interview? see if he'll try again in a few weeks I reckon

Time that journalists had some fucking integrity and started to asked the questions the people want answered not just those politicians agree to. Then again, most people wouldn't have a fucking clue what's going on and wouldn't care if they did.