Official political party policy on sports bikes

[Wolf]

Then again I thiink everyone who's left of centre are hippies

Quoth the bloke who's further left-wing than me

More accurately, he thinks anyone more liberal than Josef Stalin is a hippy

[hondacmx450]

hahah i like it thay r good points

[ManDownUnder]

At the risk of dragging this all back on topic...

What ARE the things that're sought? The ability to do wheelies etc aren't high on my list - in fact I see that as a threat to other road users (my good self included). There are tracks and other places to prcatice that.

For me I want
1) Safety. Barriers and other issues posing a threat to motorcylists need to be changed. I don't expect this to be at the expense of other road users, but similarly I don;t expect their safety to be at my expense.

2) Identification and removal of confounding policies. I.e. I can use a bus lane, sometimes, in some places and still can't go through traffic lights as they're under a different jurisdiction etc etc etc.

That's confusing bullshit and there is no way we're supposed to stay abreast of it, let alone obey.

One rule - you can, or can not use baus lanes and associated controls - nationwide, end of story.

Make your bloody minds up

3) Economy and efficiency of transport. Bikes are cheaper and faster than most other forms of transport - don't impede them. Give them priviledged access to special vehicle lanes, bus lanes (2 above notwithstanding) etc.

What else is there?
MDU

[Lias]

1) Safety. Barriers and other issues posing a threat to motorcylists need to be changed. I don't expect this to be at the expense of other road users, but similarly I don;t expect their safety to be at my expense.

I'd like to see wire barriers outlawed.. I dont CARE if they are safer for cagers, they are deadly piano wire for us, and every time I have to drive on a stretch of road with these barriers it really gives me the shits.

3) Economy and efficiency of transport. Bikes are cheaper and faster than most other forms of transport - don't impede them. Give them priviledged access to special vehicle lanes, bus lanes (2 above notwithstanding) etc.

I'd be all for it but I cant see it happening unless the Greens become a majority partner in an alliance (about as likely as George Bush declaring all is forgiven and hugging Osama Bin Laden)

[Pancakes]

Lanesplitting, (my favourite!). The law at present is you can pass in the same lane if there is room to do so and you indicate but only on the right of other vehicles not the left (undertaking). I feel that this was probably designed for single laned roads and should stay the same on single laned roads but for motorways there is as much chance of someone changing lanes left as there is of them changing to the right and all the same hazards are present in both situations. Eliminating the penalty for undertaking on multi-laned roads (not including the far left lane of course) would be worth petitioning but it might jeparise (sp?) the right to pass in the same lane on the right if the correct aproach isn't taken. There is normally more room on the left because boxes steer from the right and the box racers are more aware of where the right line is and hug it.

[raster]

At the risk of dragging this all back on topic...

What ARE the things that're sought? The ability to do wheelies etc aren't high on my list - in fact I see that as a threat to other road users (my good self included). There are tracks and other places to prcatice that.

For me I want
1) Safety. Barriers and other issues posing a threat to motorcylists need to be changed. I don't expect this to be at the expense of other road users, but similarly I don;t expect their safety to be at my expense.

2) Identification and removal of confounding policies. I.e. I can use a bus lane, sometimes, in some places and still can't go through traffic lights as they're under a different jurisdiction etc etc etc.

That's confusing bullshit and there is no way we're supposed to stay abreast of it, let alone obey.

One rule - you can, or can not use baus lanes and associated controls - nationwide, end of story.

Make your bloody minds up

3) Economy and efficiency of transport. Bikes are cheaper and faster than most other forms of transport - don't impede them. Give them priviledged access to special vehicle lanes, bus lanes (2 above notwithstanding) etc.

What else is there?
MDU

I'm with you on that MDU,
Whats wrong with bikes using the left side of the motorway with a limit of 80 Ks or something.
I spoke to a Cop who thort the Bus lane law was crap and not very well managed.

[Ixion]

Yes. I think that NZ should follow the UK practice. There is neithe rlogic nor justification in the present rules.

I would also like to see changes to the learner regime. Especially removal of the idiotic L plate, 70kph and 250cc restrictions (restrict on the basis of approved models if they wish, like Oz )

EDIT : And ban the bloody cheesecutters

[mstriumph]

I'm a right wing extremist hippy [obviously with suicidal tendencies since i'm posting here ...]

Then again I thiink everyone who's left of centre are hippies

Now Playing: Suicidal Tendencies - Hippiekiller

[Jabez]

At the risk of dragging this all back on topic...

What ARE the things that're sought? The ability to do wheelies etc aren't high on my list - in fact I see that as a threat to other road users (my good self included). There are tracks and other places to prcatice that.

For me I want
1) Safety. Barriers and other issues posing a threat to motorcylists need to be changed. I don't expect this to be at the expense of other road users, but similarly I don;t expect their safety to be at my expense.

2) Identification and removal of confounding policies. I.e. I can use a bus lane, sometimes, in some places and still can't go through traffic lights as they're under a different jurisdiction etc etc etc.

That's confusing bullshit and there is no way we're supposed to stay abreast of it, let alone obey.

One rule - you can, or can not use baus lanes and associated controls - nationwide, end of story.

Make your bloody minds up

3) Economy and efficiency of transport. Bikes are cheaper and faster than most other forms of transport - don't impede them. Give them priviledged access to special vehicle lanes, bus lanes (2 above notwithstanding) etc.

What else is there?
MDU

I agree...

[Eurygnomes]

I agree with all of MDU's 3 points.
I agree with removing the speed restrictions for L-platers (up to 100kph).
I've no opinion on the lane-splitting (since I don't - but I had to defend those who do at dinner the other night)
I think that's the lot...

[Squiggles]

how bout someone ask them about their policy for motorbike licensing.....

[Beemer]

how bout someone ask them about their policy for motorbike licensing.....

True - I think it should be like driver licensing - one person, one licence for each class they need, not a separate licence for every vehicle/bike they use. We have three cars and six bikes - and only one is a dirt bike so that's a huge whack we have to pay every year if we want to use them all on the road. They should work out some equable way of paying it through your petrol taxes - so you only pay for what you are using at that time.

[Squiggles]

have united future replied yet?

[stunz]

sounds like the greens are the only ones that dont have auto reply turned on.

[ALTRON]

I would of thought the hippy greens would of been all for motorcycles? Bikes don't use as much gas as cars (I think?) Exhaust emissions are lower and don't cause mass traffic jams.

Stupid hippies.