Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
"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"
I understand this. My problem is that those that set the laws don't give a shit about the collateral damage they do along the way.
Just because it's hard does not mean it shouldn't be done. I'd rather let genuine offenders off than catch innocent people in too wide a net.
Good drivers are ones that don't crash and show courtesy to others. Only in hindsight is it possible to say identify them.
I am against any law that penalises people for just living or tries to save me from myself. My body, my risk.
"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"
Your body, your risk?
I guess that means that you'll be happy to pay the professional fees of a plastic surgeon trying to reconstruct your face after face planting a steering wheel.
And for the ambulance which picks you up. And the A&E folk who triage your injuries and call the plastic surgeon.
I understand your point though. I disagree with a number of our current rules. Cycle helmets being compulsory, for example. More lives have been lost through obesity through lack of cycling than head injuries saved by the rule.
We can disagree with the Rules. But it's a stretch to say that we should be allowed to make our own calls on everything. When there is a societal cost.
And given the decision making of some folk, I'm pretty happy with the system of rules we have.
...I'm your average to above average law breaker...some laws are bullshit, as I said but I think you are missing the point...whether a law is a wank bullshit revenue gathering law or not, they are still statutes and as we live in this society and not outside of it, they are the laws...wank or not...I don't know how many drivers, riders I know who think they are good but in reality it is only in their own minds...how does Plod know who is capable of excessive speed and handling it all and someone who thinks they are good enough but in reality are dangers to themselves and others...
...maybe after being a dangerous cunt on wheels for a large part of my life and then getting a little wiser with age, a certain amount of acceptance of the rules/laws starts to emerge...having four kids who are now probably old to some on here and all being motorcyclists, drivers, makes all the shit you ever talked seem just like what it is, shit, when you start to worry about their driving habits that in the long distant past were the same bad habits you had...the bit about 'no harm to others', is also a bit of a thin on reality statement when it comes to motorcycles, cars...you just never know what may happen next out there and often it's someone else who wears the full force of your actions...but again I must reiterate that a lot of laws are wank, but laws that cover us all nonetheless...unless you are a 1%er and they get locked up too...or cassina...
3:46 AM and on Kiwi Biker
That's dedication.
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