New rules from Aunty Helen coming

**SPman** · 11th October 2005, 15:39

he let me past then pulled me over for 'hooning'

Ive had that happen - cruising home on the northern motorway at 9pm, tired as, sitting on 95-100. See cop on side of road and think - oh yeah.....half a mile later he's behind me, lights on etc..... Pull over, take off helmet, revealing an old bugger on a bike, ask him whats up and he replies, "Sorry, I thought you were hooning!" WTF!!! Nothing else! just that.FFS, just because the other 3 cars on that stretch of MW were doing 80, I amble past them - and he pulls me for suspected "hooning"!
I think he thought I was some young jock he could hassle, he got a bit of a shock when I turned out to be an old, responsible looking prick! Just checked me license and WOF and left........

**ghost** · 11th October 2005, 16:02

Speeding aside, you have to be DIC three times in four years before they suspend your licence for a year? what the fucks up with that. DIC three times, ever, you should swing from a rope, simple as that. Can they not bend over backwards enough to help repeat drunk drivers? Three fuckning times, what a complete arse joke. F F F F F F C's

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**Lou Girardin** · 11th October 2005, 16:23

Originally Posted by ghost

Speeding aside, you have to be DIC three times in four years before they suspend your licence for a year? what the fucks up with that. DIC three times, ever, you should swing from a rope, simple as that. Can they not bend over backwards enough to help repeat drunk drivers? Three fuckning times, what a complete arse joke. F F F F F F C's

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You have it slightly arse-about, it's mandatory disqualification for the first offence.
Unless there a special reasons for the court to not pluck your licence.
These special reasons now include being a well known, but lame, comedian and arguing with your wife. Then taking over driving when you're twice the legal limit right into a checkpoint.
There's one law for all in NZ.

**SPORK** · 11th October 2005, 18:02

Originally Posted by SP

Aha - already we have the seeds of a good communist uprising, followed by a good old fashioned shoot -em - down.

I prefer the ice pick method though.....

Oh, poor Trotsky, he died so we could live... Wait, no that wasn't him.

I'm with Ixion though. I'll be the youth advice for The Party.

**riffer** · 11th October 2005, 18:25

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

Oh, poor Trotsky, he died so we could live... Wait, no that wasn't him...

Oh no ... he got an ice pick - that made his ears burn

**DevoDave** · 11th October 2005, 22:05

Moral of the story; be alert, NZ needs more lerts!

**Goddess of Goof** · 11th October 2005, 22:35

" But what we really need is for someone in power to ride bikes - and I don't mean John Banks/Harley type people! I mean someone who seriously understands the problems we face and is willing to do something about it.

The problem is, most of the people in power are academics rather than REAL people so the things they worry about don't concern us and vice versa!

I saw the little bikey, scootery, or moped thingey that Helen used to ride to Uni in her student days - on display at the Vrooom show at the Auckland War Memorial Show..... it was red, and she kept if for many years...

Whether or not she sympathises with the needs of bikers/sportbikes etc, is something else, but I know she did used to ride....and she loved it....

**Pixie** · 12th October 2005, 15:58

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

Oh, poor Trotsky, he died so we could live... Wait, no that wasn't him.

He did get an ice pick that made his ears burn...according to The Stranglers

**Ixion** · 12th October 2005, 16:04

Originally Posted by DevoDave

Moral of the story; be alert, NZ needs more lerts!

Oh shit, I ran over one just the other day. Hope it wasn't the last one. Uh - little hairy, wrinkly thing, about 6 inches long, that's what we're talking about, right

**Wolf** · 12th October 2005, 21:41

Originally Posted by Ixion

Oh shit, I ran over one just the other day. Hope it wasn't the last one. Uh - little hairy, wrinkly thing, about 6 inches long, that's what we're talking about, right

Must've run over it on the l'il rat bike - if he'd run over it on the whale he'd think it was hairy, smooth, flat and about 18 inches in diameter...

**VasalineWarrior** · 19th October 2005, 22:19

40km/hr over and you have to call a taxi to get home is extremely gay. I recomend the Valentine-1 bacon sniffer to reduce the frequency of unpleasant roadside conversations

**N4CR** · 19th October 2005, 22:24

Originally Posted by Goddess of Goof

I saw the little bikey, scootery, or moped thingey that Helen used to ride to Uni in her student days - on display at the Vrooom show at the Auckland War Memorial Show..... it was red, and she kept if for many years...

Whether or not she sympathises with the needs of bikers/sportbikes etc, is something else, but I know she did used to ride....and she loved it....

Yeah its a Jawa 50cc red and white from memory. Used to work around it at motat when I cleaned the bruce maclarens F1 car in there. Pretty retro scooters they are.

**SARGE** · 19th October 2005, 22:59

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

I've said it once and I'll say it again...

Welcome to Helegrad......the burden to think for yourself has been taken away from you.

-Indy

heres one for ya Indy.. George Orwell's 1984... soundtrack by the Eurythmics

mindcrime!!!

**mouldy** · 20th October 2005, 14:01

Originally Posted by WINJA

ITS SIMPLE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE , AND IF YOU SPEED BE PREPARED TO DO A RUNNER

No point in stopping if your licence is already toast . you're not likely to be much worse off if they catch you and you might get away..... or crash.
If you don,t admit to knowing you were being chased you can,t be convivted to failing to stop for red and blue lights cos you never saw them