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[_Gina_]

I reckon a close call in anything teaches better than going the whole way - crashing for example.I think it will be the same for your DIC,you'll be more carefull than if you lost your licence.

You are not wrong.

Have already clipped the top speed back to 105km p/h and I now actually fully stop at stop signs.....funny that I had never considered that you must in fact stop at stop signs.....

demerit points are foremost in my mind when driving now...

[vifferman]

I now actually fully stop at stop signs.....funny that I had never considered that you must in fact stop at stop signs.....

I'm very pleased to hear it!

A pet hate of mine is people who fail to stop at stop signs or traffic lights. Has a lot to do with me buying my first bike from a girl who spent a VERY long time recuperating from the results of someone who routinely ignored stop signs.
Leg broken in 6 places, plaster up to her chest for months, then full leg cast for a few more, then calipers, then walking with a stick....
She stayed in our house while in the leg cast, and it wasn't nice for her.

Oh yeah - the SerialStopSignIgnorer got a $40 fine...

[placidfemme]

Oh yeah - the SerialStopSignIgnorer got a $40 fine...

That really sucks...

[skidz]

Good on ya. Wish my luck was like yours.

[_Gina_]

Good on ya. Wish my luck was like yours.

what happened?

[T.I.E]

nice work. you got through excellent work.
and keep a low profile now. your in the system careful.
but nice work

[Lou Girardin]

Amazing! I thought disqualification was mandatory unless there were special circumstances.
You lucky, lucky, lucky...........................lucky thing.

[marty]

very surprising, unless your lawyer claimed that being disqualified was unreasonable. disqualification is a mandatory sentence, unless there are exceptional circumstances, and you would have to argue those circumstances. hey - if you didn't get disq. then good on ya, but i'd have another look at the sentence handed, as in my experience (over 1000 eba convictions) i can only think of 1 that didn't get the full 6 months.

[Sparky Bills]

Funny was standing in line behind ten odd people who wanted to pay their fine off like over 25 years

BEEN THERE!

Must be fate that you got to keep riding.

[enigma51]

Good to hear you still have your license! Wrong place wrong time at least you got only slapped on the wrist!!

[madboy]

Funny also was the number of people appearing for 'sustained loss of traction'

Amazing how sustained loss of traction is not necessarily a dangerous act, but my God you'd think you'd just killed someone when you're busted for it. I've just bought another rear wheel drive after a three year break (pre-sustained loss/impoundment bollocks), so I'm a lot more careful about what playful antics I engage in now.

DIC is my pet hate, like bastards who don't indicate, but obviously there were some circumstances there that we aren't privy to.

Your DIC escape from disq... my God - I wouldn't have paid the fines up front nor bought a lotto ticket - I would put all however many hundred bucks into buying multiple lotto tickets!

[HDTboy]

There's a little CBR250 at Holeshot on barrys point Rd
Congrarulations on keeping your license

[Beemer]

I am absolutely amazed you didn't lose your licence as I too thought it was an automatic loss of licence for DIC. How you managed to get off with just a fine is totally beyond me, but I bet you are very relieved.

Have already clipped the top speed back to 105km p/h and I now actually fully stop at stop signs.....funny that I had never considered that you must in fact stop at stop signs.....

demerit points are foremost in my mind when driving now...

Unfortunately those comments didn't impress me too much - okay, we probably all speed at times, but you obviously regularly exceed the speed limit if you have lowered your top speed back to 105. And you fully stop at stop signs! Well done! I hope one day you don't meet your former self as you pass a stop sign and get collected.

I don't think demerit points would be foremost in my mind, I like to think it would be "am I driving safely and not putting anyone else's life in danger?" Unless you start thinking along those lines, then you haven't learned anything from your experience and that would be a shame. Being able to buy a bike because you DIDN'T lose your licence is not really cause for celebrating.

[_Gina_]

I am absolutely amazed you didn't lose your licence as I too thought it was an automatic loss of licence for DIC. How you managed to get off with just a fine is totally beyond me, but I bet you are very relieved.

Have already clipped the top speed back to 105km p/h and I now actually fully stop at stop signs.....funny that I had never considered that you must in fact stop at stop signs.....

demerit points are foremost in my mind when driving now...

Unfortunately those comments didn't impress me too much - okay, we probably all speed at times, but you obviously regularly exceed the speed limit if you have lowered your top speed back to 105. And you fully stop at stop signs! Well done! I hope one day you don't meet your former self as you pass a stop sign and get collected.

I don't think demerit points would be foremost in my mind, I like to think it would be "am I driving safely and not putting anyone else's life in danger?" Unless you start thinking along those lines, then you haven't learned anything from your experience and that would be a shame. Being able to buy a bike because you DIDN'T lose your licence is not really cause for celebrating.

AGGGHHHH

Okay, you are right. I must be careful to indicate when I am not being serious, I have a bit of a different funny bone, and people don't always get me when I am not being serious in person either.

I obviously have not spent my life not stopping at stop signs, but I can admit that on occassion I have perhaps not quite stopped, and I will be ensuring that that never happens again! And for the speed thing, I was also being a smart arse, I will be doing the limit wherever I drive from now on, full flippin stop.
Although you do realise that the average speed on Aucklands Southern MWay is about 110km p/h (that is when it's not being used as a carpark)

[vifferman]

Amazing how sustained loss of traction is not necessarily a dangerous act, but my God you'd think you'd just killed someone when you're busted for it.

Too many laws for stupid things like this.