I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........
I can remember pre ACC years ... get hurt in a motorcycle prang ... and no money till you were working again.
And the number of years motorcycle rego was less than half that of the four wheeled vehicles.
I personally would prefer equal ACC levy attached to all vehicle rego's ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
As has already been said, ACC is not perfect but it is far better than what we could have.
If you had to pay for a private medical/accident/income protection insurance I'm sure your eyes would water - ask Americans about health/medical/accident insurance.
The issue of "I have a number of bikes..." I suggest may be able to be solved by having a situation where the bike that is not used often is licenced [rego] but no ACC is paid until you want to use it and then you buy the ACC for the time you want. You print a receipt for those days you've bought and away you ride. For those who don't want to play the game, there will be consequences. If you ride all year or want your bike available all year you do as we do now.
ACC is certainly a case of better the devil you know than the devil you don't...
Yes, but is that fair? I would not want someone to miss out, just thinking about all those who claim to ride unregistered because I only ride that one "once in a blue moon", this would mean they ride it licenced and pay ACC for only the time they want. It would men a rethink of licencing and 'on-hold' licences - a halfway point between on-hold and full everyday use licence. It might actually increase ACC's income... It would also require a rethink of the "them and us" attitude of some...
You really are fucked up in the head. How on earth did you get that from my post? I specifically said: "Charging based on history (or whatever group you happen to belong to) runs directly counter to the core principles of ACC."
Note: "or whatever group you happen to belong to" includes what mode of transport you use.
FFS, this is like trying to explain Quantum Mechanics to a five year old.
"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"
"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"
Bullshit! You and I both have a right to be human, we are not and cannot be expected to be automatons. To do so would destroy the entire point of our existence. The impact on society is irrelevant; the only difference good or bad makes is in the concequences, both personally and publically.
No matter how much we delude ourselves to the contrary, expecting people to be perfect is by definition an act of madness.
"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"
Pick a group, any group, carve it up any way you like - mode of transport, race, sex, age, the list goes on. In any list of groups you will find one that has a more costly health bill than all others. To charge one group more than the rest would mean that the vast majority of the population would be put in one high risk group or another. So what's the point of splitting us up?
P.S.: Read my sig. Third line.
"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"
"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"
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