Disappointed by the mouth.

[caseye]

You expected the hardly rolls up hills rider to be anything less than a Legal Beagle.
Shit in this day and age who but a bloody legal thiefer can affrord one for a start.

As for the Attitude, well isn't it a good thing theres so many of us normal motorcyclists out there to counter the crap reputation he and his Ilk give us all.

I kinda hiope the prick visits here or at least that theres a few good old boys who ride Harleys who might know him and give him a cuff under the ear next time they see him.

[Voltaire]

Neither do I.

I can afford ACC. No issue there.

But this IS about more than the motorcycle ACC levy being overpriced.

It actually represents a shift in the way government thinks that may well affect things like Education, Health care, your kids future in a low wage economy with high housing prices.

It represents a willingness, to shift costs from a wide distribution base to a smaller one, justified with dodgy data and out-right lies.

And it is a time for us to see if we can be heard. Because if we cant be heard on this matter, when there are thousands of us, we are well organised, a broad subset of society, and clearly being rorted, the your kids will have a lot more to worry about than Dad being taxed off the road.

How do you expect the Govt to run a nanny state with 4 million people, with probably about 1.5 mill taxpayers. Why should a minority group who ride around on vehicles, that if they were invented today most likely be banned expect the taxpayer to fund their involvment in accidents. There are a lot more people who need govt money than blokes trying to relive their youth on vastly overpowered motorcycles who can't make it around a corner...if thats what they want to do let them take out private insurance like they do in other countrys.

( what do you think of my attempt at devils advocate???? )

As Maha said...50 000 marching up Queens Street protesting about whatever ( supercity or summit)...and and 100 bikers. No one cares about motorcyclists and their high ACC levies....
Baby Boomers are the big concern of the future...they got it all for free in their youth, then changed it all to user pays loading kids up with huge loans.

[James Deuce]

How do you expect the Govt to run a nanny state with 4 million people, with probably about 1.5 mill taxpayers. Why should a minority group who ride around on vehicles, that if they were invented today most likely be banned expect the taxpayer to fund their involvment in accidents. There are a lot more people who need govt money than blokes trying to relive their youth on vastly overpowered motorcycles who can't make it around a corner...if thats what they want to do let them take out private insurance like they do in other countrys.

( what do you think of my attempt at devils advocate???? )

As Maha said...50 000 marching up Queens Street protesting about whatever ( supercity or summit)...and and 100 bikers. No one cares about motorcyclists and their high ACC levies....
Baby Boomers are the big concern of the future...they got it all for free in their youth, then changed it all to user pays loading kids up with huge loans.

If anyone should have their ACC or Healthcare increased or moved to the private sector it's DIYers and Gardeners. Half a billion a year. Motorists in general are a drop in the bucket compared to them.

[Berries]

...if thats what they want to do let them take out private insurance like they do in other countrys.

( what do you think of my attempt at devils advocate???? )

Pretty good actually. I'd vote for it.

[riffer]

If anyone should have their ACC or Healthcare increased or moved to the private sector it's DIYers and Gardeners. Half a billion a year. Motorists in general are a drop in the bucket compared to them.

Shhhh. I do both of those as well as ride a motorcycle.

[James Deuce]

Shhhh. I do both of those as well as ride a motorcycle.

Ahhh, they start to see it now.

[ynot slow]

If anyone should have their ACC or Healthcare increased or moved to the private sector it's DIYers and Gardeners. Half a billion a year. Motorists in general are a drop in the bucket compared to them.

Yep rego-pays for road offs,Employer levy-pays for work injuries,remove the acc from rego and put on petrol/fuel that way lawnmower/chainsaw type injuries are at least paid part way from this,also I can hear the boaties crying fowl.