Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[GrayWolf]

fuck you are a picky nit, I am awear of what I typed... some say my thoughts are just an excuse for fucking up, may be they are right, but topic related nothing the fuzz are doing could have prevented it.

Wrong, if they took ya licence? that 'legally' would prevent it happening

[dangerous]

Rastas, still dont think you have answered me as below? if you dont want to or cant say so, Im just interested to know having lost mine in the past and still driven (cut down to the nessary) eg: if it was C Id nail there arse to the wall but if D and there were no other issues Id give a warning and a grilling about insurance etc... but Im not you.

Turned out to have no motorcycle Licence
the fact that he had no Licence
Mr No Headlight had no Licence either.

So, I know I have asked this before cos it aint the first time you have grabed several licenceless riders, what is the main reason
A, lost due to excess of demerits
B, a one time only exceeding 40k over
C, drink driving
D, never had a licence
E, other reason

[rossirep]

had a primo ride over to Akaroa today awesome weather and sticky roads and not to many douche bags on the road and only
seen 1 bike cop and luckily i was being a good boy and taking it easy heading towards lil river.. gotta love days like today.. ;-)

[onearmedbandit]

Day off today. Going for a ride. But not near SH75. No sense poking the bear.

[rastuscat]

Rastas, still dont think you have answered me as below? if you dont want to or cant say so, Im just interested to know having lost mine in the past and still driven (cut down to the nessary) eg: if it was C Id nail there arse to the wall but if D and there were no other issues Id give a warning and a grilling about insurance etc... but Im not you.

So, I know I have asked this before cos it aint the first time you have grabed several licenceless riders, what is the main reason
A, lost due to excess of demerits
B, a one time only exceeding 40k over
C, drink driving
D, never had a licence
E, other reason

Sorry dude.

Most folk who ride bikes without a bike licence do so coz they haven't taken the time to get one. We write the ticket, and give them time to get the licence. If they do, we cancel the fine.

Nothing exciting about that. They just plain old can't be arsed. It's an excellent example of the problem with making it hard to get a licence. If it's perceived as too much trouble, people just won't bother.

Missed the question, sorry about the delay.

[Cammey]

Sorry dude.

Most folk who ride bikes without a bike licence do so coz they haven't taken the time to get one. We write the ticket, and give them time to get the licence. If they do, we cancel the fine..

Thats seems very very sensible. Safe drivers, safe roads, safe vehicles. Its always seemed silly to me to catch someone without a licence and then burden them with fines and demerits and disqualifications so they can't get one. Sort of seems counter productive to me. Good policing I think.

[Coldrider]

Thats seems very very sensible. Safe drivers, safe roads, safe vehicles. Its always seemed silly to me to catch someone without a licence and then burden them with fines and demerits and disqualifications so they can't get one. Sort of seems counter productive to me. Good policing I think.

It also de-values those law abiding citizens who have taken the effort and time to get a valid licence.
Maybe it is a ploy to allow these citizens to commit greater crimes so the DNA database size can be increased.

[dangerous]

Sorry dude.

Most folk who ride bikes without a bike licence do so coz they haven't taken the time to get one. We write the ticket, and give them time to get the licence. If they do, we cancel the fine.

Nothing exciting about that. They just plain old can't be arsed. It's an excellent example of the problem with making it hard to get a licence. If it's perceived as too much trouble, people just won't bother.

Missed the question, sorry about the delay.

interesting... I would not have thought that the case even tho I know a few that have riden there intire life with no licence.
knowing 75 I would have thought it would have been suspended licence riders you poted, this the info I was after.

[rastuscat]

It also de-values those law abiding citizens who have taken the effort and time to get a valid licence.
Maybe it is a ploy to allow these citizens to commit greater crimes so the DNA database size can be increased.

Yeah, that's the problem with a compliance policy. If it becomes widely known, people won't bother to comply until they get caught.

On the other hand, if we didn't comply it, we'd be revenue collecting bastards.

Can't win.

[Subike]

Wished you had been on the Birdlings flat straight at about 3pm, A Nissan something, traveling so slow that even the vintage cars were all overtaking it, Talk about a road hazard! Behind the wheel was Steptoe, and in the passengers seat I swore I saw, Maggy Thatcher.

[dangerous]

Wished you had been on the Birdlings flat straight at about 3pm, A Nissan something, traveling so slow that even the vintage cars were all overtaking it, Talk about a road hazard! Behind the wheel was Steptoe, and in the passengers seat I swore I saw, Maggy Thatcher.

well had you put your wee 250 ching chang ding dang into top ya might have left them behind and they would not a held up the rest

[mulletman]

Wished you had been on the Birdlings flat straight at about 3pm, A Nissan something, traveling so slow that even the vintage cars were all overtaking it, Talk about a road hazard! Behind the wheel was Steptoe, and in the passengers seat I swore I saw, Maggy Thatcher.

Those vintage Bentleys (?) were pretty cool chugging away up the hill, saw us behind and pulled over enough to let us pass .
Saw em again on the way back - nice .

Mental note tho, when a cruise ship is in the harbour there WILL be lots of buses to-ing and fro-ing
between Ch Ch and Akkas.

[Kickaha]

Those vintage Bentleys (?) were pretty cool chugging away up the hill, saw us behind and pulled over enough to let us pass .
Saw em again on the way back - nice .

Saw a heap of them parked at the motel near the airport this morning, I thought Bentleys as soon as I saw them

[Oakie]

From the Press website today

A 67-year-old man is in a "comfortable" condition after a serious crash last night.

The motorcyclist was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital after crashing on the Christchurch-Akaroa Rd.

A police spokesman said the man came off the road and hit a fence near Duvauchelle just before 7.30pm.

He was conscious at the scene but was taken to hospital by the Westpac rescue helicopter.

A Christchurch Hospital spokeswoman confirmed this morning the man was now in a "comfortable condition"

Not one of ours I hope.

[merv]

Wished you had been on the Birdlings flat straight at about 3pm, A Nissan something, traveling so slow that even the vintage cars were all overtaking it, Talk about a road hazard! Behind the wheel was Steptoe, and in the passengers seat I swore I saw, Maggy Thatcher.

Wasn't Robert Taylor driving was it, Maggie is his girlfriend isn't she?