Want to kill a biker? That’ll be £400 please

[Roj]

Not a good attatude towards bikers again....Someone died before their time and someone should have to pay the price. The courts should take the offenders car, sell it, take their car licence for a minimum of 18 months, and replace it with a bike licence. Said offenders only option would be to ride a bike if they want to get anywhere..(who likes public transport..?) thus forcing them to gain the critical awarness skills they would need to survive on a bike, if they didnt learn them, they too would most likely be struck by a car.
Poetic justice.

I like that idea, it would make the driver VERY aware of what riding a bike means and could be a simple method of getting them off the road in a more permanent manner without having to go through all the PC crap

[Mully]

The only reason for not seeing another motorist/biker is laziness they just did'nt look!!!

Agreed. Or make it compulsory for people to learn about bikes as part of their licencing test.

[CM2005]

Agreed. Or make it compulsory for people to learn about bikes as part of their licencing test.

thats a bloody good idea!

[CM2005]

what happens if the biker dies, and his mates go round and give the offending car driver a kicking? will they get the same 400quid fine?

[avgas]

That guy got fined more than the guy that hit me- good thing i didn't die though. Wasn't worth the sentence.

[irishlad]

Only been in NZ 2yrs. Worked in england & Scotland for 8yrs. Once had a patient experience an epeletic fit during an eye exam. He was pretty blind and wouldn't wear a correction. He was a lorry driver. IN UK I'd have violated his civil rights if I reported him. At least in NZ health professionals have a duty to report such wankers. At least here you can ride a bike in some safety.

[unhingedlizard]

Police in britain cant chase a bike theif if he doesnt have a helmet on either

[idleidolidyll]

years ago in Christchurch an old woman in a cage did the same to me without the death bit.

on the bypass (open road) she had pulled over to the verge but just as i came past she did a U-turn and I tee boned her rear door, flew over the top of the car and tore my achilles tendon off completely.

I was carrying 2 dozen stubbies for the mates at the motel after the Sound of Thunder but not even 1 bottle survived, they've never forgiven me.

The old bat got away with it completely saying she had signalled (nope, she had not) even though 2 witnesses behind me said she did the turn without signalling.

go figure, i've never understood how the cops could let her off with not even a warning!

[Hans]

Whether the old batbitch signalled or not is completely and utterly irrelevant. She HAD TO WAIT UNTIL YOU PASSED. Or do I not have to give way as long as I indicate?

[Manxman]

After reading some of the sh*te that goes on in NZ - which I'm convinced is caused by:
- too much violent American TV
- mixed with ludicrously liberal attitudes to crims , and
- a heavily UK influenced, inflammatory media

..I'm going to start my own political party.

The FFSLHSCS (...FFS Let's Have Some Common Sense...) Party will only be open to people to think that good old fashioned Common Sense is the answer to all our problems, and get NZ back on an even keel.

My policies are as follows:
1) no d*ckheads are allowed to join. This rules out all current politicians, and a (sadly) growing liberal minority within NZ;

2) judges will be given (and expected to apply) the power to direct juries to convict if there is even a remote possibility that the defendant is guilty (of rape - oops, did I say that?);

3) my 2 young kids will be put in charge of the parole board, who are far less qualified, but much more capable of making better decisions...really;

4) de-sexing will be compulsory for those deemed (by a committee of myself and two other sensible, normal, bullshit-free kiwis) to be not worthy of continuing the species (no ageism here - this applies from birth to the time that it becomes unfeasible to procreate), thus removing the "it's not my fault, I was badly brought up" excuse - not to mention a crippling financial burden on the majority to support a minority of losers;

5) bring back hanging....or some other suitable D.E.T.E.R.R.E.N.T. (note the spacing in a "sustainable" fashion, for the greenies amongst us - pffft). There is no room for rehabilitation, underfloor heating, XBox, plasma TV, or conjugal rights in my prison system, matey;

6) prisoner visitors will be searched for drugs/contraband, etc, with on-the-spot invitations to join their mates if anything is found;

7) prison guards will be given the power to beat 7 colours out of crims. Then be allowed to retreat to recreation rooms with underfloor heating, play XBox on plasma TVs, and shag their brains out; oh and finally...

8) I will be appearing on TV to utterly condemn the scandalous pay increases that we politicians receive, and then go and vote for same the next day (24 hours is a long time in politics). You will appreciate that there are some political traditions that MUST be upheld...

[Manxman]

Agreed. Or make it compulsory for people to learn about bikes as part of their licencing test.

...spot on, mate. I was thinking exactly the same thing on the way home tonight...uncanny.