New Vehicle Law, Vodascam and World Destruction

[Grahameeboy]

I know this is a silly question but there are a few bikes with standard pipes that could be considered noisy in the wrong place or if in a low gear so what happens there....even my SV sounds noisy in built up areas due to the acoustics.......what is the score there Scumbag.......

[Biff]

Iran and nuclear weapons are a deadly mix IMO. Just take a look at the latest muppet/psycho/ideologist to 'run' the country. Well, not quite run the country, because it's the religious luddites that are really running the show there. They, and he, believe that Israel should be wiped off the face of the planet. Not necessarily a bad idea, but the death of millions of people, irrespective of their nationality, isn't a good thing in my book. The fear is that with radical clerics running the show, should they actually have access to a shiny red button that would, in effect, wipe Israel off the planet, they’d use it. And then the US and Israel would retaliate, and everything would get rather messy very quickly.

While it's somewhat hypocritical of the western world to attempt to dictate to other countries who should and shouldn't have a nuclear (weapon) capability, there are certain countries I feel shouldn't have nuclear weapons. And Iran, under the current regime, is one of them. Any country that preaches death to westerners as part of their school curriculum should be considered irresponsible and ever so slightly nutty. Even though if you every fancy visiting Tehran you'll be treated really well and welcomed like and old friend. Providing you're not American, or a jew, or both.

[scumdog]

I know this is a silly question but there are a few bikes with standard pipes that could be considered noisy in the wrong place or if in a low gear so what happens there....even my SV sounds noisy in built up areas due to the acoustics.......what is the score there Scumbag.......

Don't piss off the neighbours and other public late at night, don't stoke it past the cop-shop or any cops and you should be sweet.
It's the fuckwits who ruin it for all by blatting around town in convoy at 2am and testing out their stereo/blow-off-valve/zorsts that piss me off.
Theres plenty of 'noisy' bikes and cars that never get looked at - because the owners know when and when not to make noise.

Why wind your little shitbox to 5,0000pm in 1st when your going past a cop-shop and are not in a hurry???
Why play Rap-Crap at full volume - with all the windows wound down? The rest of the public never asked you to share your 'taste' in music with them.

End of rant but you can see where I'm coming from - it's NOT the sideways cap-wearing, pimple-necked, stinky-sneaker txting hoody-up on a 24 degree day teenagers that make the laws. or get annoyed by the aforementioned noises.

And it's Scumdog to you sonny.......

[Marmoot]

Don't piss off the neighbours and other public late at night, don't stoke it past the cop-shop or any cops and you should be sweet.
It's the fuckwits who ruin it for all by blatting around town in convoy at 2am and testing out their stereo/blow-off-valve/zorsts that piss me off.

Maybe for you, but what about the other constabulary staff?
I DO believe you would not ticket a tinted-visor wearer, but there has been others.

See where I'm getting at?

[MisterD]

[SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana] The fear is that with radical clerics running the show, should they actually have access to a shiny red button that would, in effect, wipe Israel off the planet, they’d use it. And then the US and Israel would retaliate, and everything would get rather messy very quickly.

..and on the plus side, that fear should help our immigration numbers and keep the housing market strong.

[Grahameeboy]

And it's Scumdog to you sonny.......

Sorry....genuine mistype........you can cal me 'Crapeeboy' if you like

Yeah I understand that, but for example...Victoria Road, Devonport makes my bike sound loud even at 4,000 revs in 3rd due to the way it is and also along Queen Street at 7am........I knew it sounded like a crap question but you only need one over zealous peeler.......I mean there is that Insurance Broker guy who was driving his $250,000 Merc with his Wife and Mum in the back who was stopped under the drag law for spinning his tyres......

[Hitcher]

Vodafone claims: If nobody is going to take legal action against Telecom for marketing 256k rate-limited ADSL as "broadband", I doubt much is going to happen about Vodafone misleading teenage girls about the true cost of international text messages.

Iran's nukes: So what. Iran has no recent history as a military aggressor. Their last major stoush was against a US-backed Iraq, which ended in a stalemate. Now Saddam is the bad guy. I'm sure that makes the Iranians sleep more soundly at night. Don't forget that Iran is islamic but is not an Arabic nation. They're Persians. No love lost there.

[scumdog]

Maybe for you, but what about the other constabulary staff?
I DO believe you would not ticket a tinted-visor wearer, but there has been others.

See where I'm getting at?

Ow! that hurts my eye..ow! that hurts my eye..ow! that hurts my eye..ow! that hurts my eye..ow! that hurts my eye..STOP IT!!

Yeah, we're all individuals but what i said holds true with the majority.

[scumdog]

Sorry....genuine I knew it sounded like a crap question but you only need one over zealous peeler.......I mean there is that Insurance Broker guy who was driving his $250,000 Merc with his Wife and Mum in the back who was stopped under the drag law for spinning his tyres......

Maybe he DID spin the tires? The price of the wheels has nothing to do with the brains of the driver....

[Colapop]

Ve are only takink enuff Vhale to ensure there iz a soostainabul harvezt. Pleeze not makink mine peeplez to be bad like japanze Vhalink wessels are. Ve Vikinks are peeceful peeplz and not for pilag... pelag.. piillagi.... F*ck it!! Olaf, sound der horn - Ve attack!

[Grahameeboy]

Maybe he DID spin the tires? The price of the wheels has nothing to do with the brains of the driver....

I agree.....or the price of the car.....I mean think of all the bikes you could buy for that money

......he may have just sqealed the tyres pulling out of somewhere by accident......I park my Mazda MPV (yeah don't laugh) on a hill, it is automatic and sometimes my tyres grab and spin a little as I turn.......it happens...

[scumdog]

I agree.....or the price of the car.....I mean think of all the bikes you could buy for that money

......he may have just sqealed the tyres pulling out of somewhere by accident......I park my Mazda MPV (yeah don't laugh) on a hill, it is automatic and sometimes my tyres grab and spin a little as I turn.......it happens...

The 'media' showed a long black skid-mark on the road on the news last night, NOW if they got it right (doubtful) and the mark WAS left by the MB then I think it was more than 'spun a little'.

[Grahameeboy]

....remember I am 'Troller'.........

[Lou Girardin]

Using a shotgun approach here stonechucker?
The problem with relying on Police discretion is typified by the middle-aged, Merc driving "pillar of the community" who was done under the boy-racer law for sustained loss of traction. This isn't the first Populist politicians enact laws aimed at a section of lawbreakers and Plod uses it on everyone.

[Deano]

Using a shotgun approach here stonechucker?
The problem with relying on Police discretion is typified by the middle-aged, Merc driving "pillar of the community" who was done under the boy-racer law for sustained loss of traction. This isn't the first Populist politicians enact laws aimed at a section of lawbreakers and Plod uses it on everyone.

Hang on - should someone get away with sustained loss of traction because they are a pillar of society in a Merc ? Is he a good enough driver to control the vehicle in that situation any better than a boy racer ? Maybe, maybe not.

Good one them for applying the law consistently.