Riding in bus lane

**Lou Girardin** · 11th July 2004, 15:49

Some may remember my post about a workmate getting a $500 fine for riding in a motorway bus lane. I helped with a letter to the Pleece and he's just found out that the fine has been waived. They are still investigating the cops behaviour when stopping him.
A small victory for commonsense perhaps?
It's a shame about all the others who just paid their fines though.

**jrandom** · 11th July 2004, 16:31

I don't recall your post, Lou, but I got a ticket for the same myself and it was $150, no demerits, "failing to comply with gazetted traffic sign" or somesuch. Which seemed appropriate. I didn't write a letter because there weren't any mitigating circumstances other than my own ignorance.

Not that I agree that bikes should be kept off the motorway bus lanes, though. Very dumb idea that is. 'Transit' lanes? Bah.

**Mongoose** · 11th July 2004, 20:07

Motorway? Bus lane? What the eff is that?
Ahhh, such bliss to liove where its not all a happening. :spudwave:

**spudchucka** · 11th July 2004, 20:21

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

I helped with a letter to the Pleece and he's just found out that the fine has been waived.

Good on you but why don't you stick to the slang lingo of your age group and just call the "pleece" the pigs or the filth??

**Redstar** · 11th July 2004, 20:30

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Good on you but why don't you stick to the slang lingo of your age group and just call the "pleece" the pigs or the filth??

Police rhymes with pleece mix um up and you Get Fleece oh please

**marty** · 11th July 2004, 21:47

Originally Posted by Redstar

Police rhymes with pleece mix um up and you Get Fleece oh please

one too many rum and cokes i reckon..

**bikerboy** · 12th July 2004, 15:56

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Good on you but why don't you stick to the slang lingo of your age group and just call the "pleece" the pigs or the filth??

My we are a sensitive one, aren't we................

**kerryg** · 12th July 2004, 16:19

Originally Posted by bikerboy

My we are a sensitive one, aren't we................

mmmmm....sensitive police......are they like military intelligence???

**Coldkiwi** · 12th July 2004, 16:30

can you post the link to the thread lou? I thought that bus lane fine thing was fairly well documented as a no-no. i'd be interested to see what happened

**maybe** · 12th July 2004, 17:54

In wellington we have very few bus lanes and I think all of them in the city proper.....any way our council has decided they need to police these lanes so hey one of the councillers saw this idea in London.... set up cameras that are computer linked to the rego registry that way tickets can be sent out straight away......damn I wish I had thought about spending approx 1 million dollars to police 5 0r 6 short bus lanes.......only take approx 65 years to pay for them.......I gather that people in the know are saying that only 1 or 2 cars a week use these lanes and then that is generally because they are ignorant of them.

**Indo** · 12th July 2004, 18:22

Originally Posted by bikerboy

My we are a sensitive one, aren't we................

I don't know your the one who throws a temper tantrum everytime he gets caught riding like a dickhead...

**Lou Girardin** · 12th July 2004, 21:08

Originally Posted by spudchucka

Good on you but why don't you stick to the slang lingo of your age group and just call the "pleece" the pigs or the filth??

Had a bad day, Spud?
I'll use the description that's appropriate to the situation. Why should I abuse one of the few remaining Policemen with commonsense.

**spudchucka** · 13th July 2004, 15:18

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Had a bad day, Spud?
I'll use the description that's appropriate to the situation. Why should I abuse one of the few remaining Policemen with commonsense.

All I was refering to was your choice of language. If you want to appear more hip and groovy than you are then try "Five Oh's" or "Po Po", which are popular amongst todays losers.