"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
TOP QUOTE: The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other peoples money.
Or you could go one step further and go back to the overriding principles of ACC - everybody benefits so everybody pays prorata to income i.e. TAKE IT OUT OF TAX REVENUE and stop all the bullshit about who subsidies who. After all, if nobody subsidised anyone else ACC would not exist.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
Time to start perfecting the ol' foot over the numberplate move.
edit: Mind you I've been riding my A7 all summer with no numberplate at all....I don't really know what would have happened if I had been pulled over. Hopefully this time next week it will have a plate though....and I can stomach $120/year retro-rego.
...but...I don't have the knees for such acrobatics!
(...can i settle for just throwing one of my spare boots at the camera's?)
...I honestly don't mind paying my fair share for cover, but not the present unjustified rate's...and especially not when you have to FIGHT to get the over priced cover you are "meant" to be legally entitled to.
Fuck ACC!...where da pitchforks & torches at?
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
In theory at least those who operate vehicles the least are more likely to have an at fault accident due to their relative inexperience.
You increase your exposure but the level of risk gradually decreases as you gain experience provided it is quality experience and not just reinforcing bad habits.
Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.
RUC is more a question of proportionally taxing road users for the degree of damage likely to come from your vehicle to the road surface. Goes back to the days Of not taxing diesel as much as petrol. Now they tax diesel and charge RUC and you pay extra for the privilege on your rego.
Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.
Or just install Infrared LEDS around the number plate.
Been hearing alot of things overseas about this stopping the vast majority of automatic detection cameras. Very cheap and easy to do if you know your way around electrical circuits. Undetectable to the naked eye as well, Im investigating making one for myself.
As far as RUC goes, I challenge you to find a vehicle in NZ with genuine miles on the speedo thats running Diesel.
We all are all cheating the system in someway or another, weather we get caught or not depends on what counter-measures we employ
Maybe they do away with income tax and put GST up to 50% let everybody do as they like and have no licences or rego or any of that shit. My worthwhile contribution to a pointless thread.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
RUC's are fucking stupid for vehicles up to 3.5tns anyway. With the large numbers of diesel cars/wagons around they should incorporate it into the fuel price and then pay RUC for trucks etc over 3.5tns - like they do in most overseas countries. The price of diesel would then end up between 91 and 95, probably, as it does over in Aus.
Bike rego has gone up over here as well - now pay $255 each for the 1000's - the bloody car and van are around $580/yr - probably cause they're diesel....
- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
ACC side of the story
They reckon the fee should be $1267-00 per year.
http://www.acc.co.nz/about-acc/consu...tion/index.htm
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
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