http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7455...rs-wedding-day
That saucepan without a handle didnt save his life
Seatbelt wearing and checking that the seatbelt meets the design standard(s) are two different things. They most assuredly do not single out a specific brand and model of car to check seatbelt wearing or standards compliance either. However if you see a bike you can stop it and subject the rider to any number of indignities, because it is a motorcycle and you are a motorcyclist. Bugger all cops know the difference between a 20 year old BMW K100LT and a 2015 Harley Davidson Road King and the type of rider they attract. The profiling finishes at "fuckwit riding fucking death machine".
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Car seatbelt compliance (tag) and condition (fraying and/or not retracting properly can fail them) are checked each WOF (six months/year as applicable).
Motorcycle crash helmets are not.
So when they do a seatbelt wearing blitz the police check you are wearing the belt first, that will lead to a WOF ticket check, rego, license, if you bong is visible on the seat they will continue their search ......
Stop being so precious.
Buy a decent helmet, someone who cares for you may appreciate it one day.
He was a teenager who worked for a living and rode a bike.....
he overcooked a corner.
something we all have done at least once.....
this young man does unfortunately not get a chance to learn from it...
A bit more sympathy and respect wouldnt be out of place.....
condescending old fuck....
Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....
He's earned respect for earning his way. And indeed yes, which of us has not gone into a corner too hot, or followed too close, or overtaken when we shouldn't have? Everyone rolls the dice one way or another, on 2 wheels, or 4... and in other situations. Most of the time we get away with it. Often we learn from it...
R.I.P. young fella.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Typical response James. Try the same attitude with the police when they pull you over for a 'document inspection' let me know how it goes.
Oh and they do also do random 'document inspections' for car drivers too - been pulled over several times for them.
So lets make it real easy - turn up for a WOF and if your helmet is not coded correctly then no WOF. No roadside inspections infringing on your 'rights' .
Surely you could not complain about that? After all the rest of NZ has to ensure their vehicles pass similar inspections (ie seat-belts being legal).
Bloody coppers should never have been permitted to pull "random" stops of people exercising their right to freely traverse the Queens highway..
.. blatantly spearfishing for revenue.. its an abuse of authority..
& "probable cause" ought to be a minimum standard - such as in places where a citizen has fundamental written constitutional rights - under law.
Cops it seems, have always been able to throw their weight around far too readily, & usually in the absence of specific ability to properly appraise
such technical matters in a scientifically valid way, yet 'guilty until proven otherwise' appears to be the norm.. & is getting steadily worse..
Took the bride's car to go shopping before my shift started. Got pulled over, so they can quote "have a good look at my warrant & registration." Whisky Tango? probable cause? there were about seven of us in the queue...
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