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    Stuff article about road safety

    Anyone else read this?
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/6465...tactics-failed

    And then did you have to read quote over and over to believe some one had actually said it?

    Road-safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of The Dog and Lemon Guide, said :

    The remaining 20 per cent of fatalities were caused by high-risk drivers who were "almost exclusively yobbos, impaired drivers or motorcyclists - all of whom are basically immune to road safety messages".

    Am I reading this out of context and getting het up over nothing or is this blatant anti-bikerism?
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    Clive Mathew-Wilson is an idiot. He knows as much about road safety as most of the Police hierarchy, which is to say fuck all.
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    Plus along with the AA he is another long time motorcycle hater... meh... Idiot...

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    How the fk did he get that job!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigreddog View Post
    How the fk did he get that job!!!!!
    I heard he has really soft hands.

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    Clive Matthew-Wilson ...never get sick of that joke!



    ...fugly motherfucker aint he

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    Quote Originally Posted by willytheekid View Post
    Clive Matthew-Wilson ...never get sick of that joke!



    ...fugly motherfucker aint he
    Hates bikes because they don't make a helmet that would fit his cone head.
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    When I read it I thought well to be honest he isn't that far off the mark. Then you look at his figures and he is talking about "the remaining 20 percent" which works out at exactly 3.4 people so he hardly has much data to go on.

    There's a summary of the 17 fatals at the bottom of this page - http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/3...y-road-toll-17. Work out which ones are the 80 percent under the speed limit and you can work out who old buggerlugs is talking about. Just surprised that he didn't have a go at those 'fucking foreigners' while he was at it.

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    Sadly one on the list is Hamilton motorcycle club president, classic racer, friend & all round good bugger Gary Wendt.

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    Unfortunately it matters not what we think, or know. The AA and (quite possibly) this idiot, CM-W, are "respected" in the news-listening community. As such, their word goes, and what they say is taken as literal and truth. They know this - the minority accused will know of the inaccuracies being quoted, but they are a minority. And only a minority of that minority will be sufficiently upset to even say something.

    And those people could be described as the troublemakers being talked about in the first place.

    That's the power of the media.

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    I think the general opinion of Clive Matthew Wilson has already been convered....

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-motorcyclists

    Second crack at motorcyclists in a short time, makes you wonder if he failed his basic handling test too many times.....
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    Interesting to hear the AA are suggesting the police review their current zero tolerance policy on speeding.
    The police have said it is too early to tell if the policy has been effective.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gjm View Post
    Interesting to hear the AA are suggesting the police review their current zero tolerance policy on speeding.
    The police have said it is too early to tell if the policy has been effective.
    Really just a few months previous they were claiming it a "massive success & so would continue the policy as standard" [for holidays]
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    Just watched news.

    Of 17 deaths they believe 11 were the result of alcohol/speed

    Now fuck me sideways why are the 2 counted as one?
    Does this mean 10 were drunk and unable to drive at reasonable speed due to impairment.

    That's the most worthless stat ever.


    I would like to announce that 99 out of 100 aircraft deaths are cause by explosions/ decompression/ lack of altitude.
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    Kind of like saying %100 are the result of a faulty vehicle or decision.


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